Health & Well-Being through Architecture, Building Science & HVAC Design Playing with Fire: Homeostasis and Alliesthesia Considerations in Architecture, Building Science and HVAC Design Copyright © Robert Bean, R.E.T., P.L.(Eng.) for HeatSpring Most people employed in the world of architecture, building science and HVAC understand the need for spaces which are… Continue reading “Health & Well-Being through Architecture, Building Science & HVAC Design”
HeatSpring’s Leaders in High Performance Building Giveaway! At HeatSpring, we celebrate innovative builders and designers who work to improve the overall quality and performance of public and residential buildings… Our Leaders in High Performance Building Giveaway was created for those who have helped plan, design, construct, and/or operate a high performance building. Entrants… Continue reading “HeatSpring’s Leaders in High Performance Building Giveaway!”
New Free Lecture: “The Art of Placemaking” With David Bainbridge Ever heard of David Bainbridge? He’s a prolific writer and thinker within sustainable building and agriculture. He founded the Passive Solar Institute and published dozens of papers and books on topics ranging from irrigation to ‘true cost’ accounting. David’s thirty… Continue reading “New Free Lecture: “The Art of Placemaking” With David Bainbridge”
Solar PV Storm and AC vs. DC Safety Considerations On the Solar PV Installer Boot Camp Training + NABCEP Entry Level Exam Prep discussion board… Student 1: Fred, what is the standard for lightning protection systems? The book touches this topic briefly. Is it the norm to have lightning protection? Do… Continue reading “Solar PV Storm and AC vs. DC Safety Considerations”
Residential Energy Auditor Position: Woburn, MA Residential Energy Auditor Central Cooling & Heating Inc. – Woburn, MA About Central Cooling & Heating Inc. Central Cooling is the largest dealer of Carrier residential HVAC systems in the Eastern Massachusetts. We are a multiple winner of Carrier’s “Dealer… Continue reading “Residential Energy Auditor Position: Woburn, MA”
Two New FREE Building Automation Tools Download Two New FREE Building Automation Tools Multi-Tier Project Check List – Tier I & Sample HVAC Wall Units Points List Profile #85.40 The Multi-Tier Project Check List spreadsheet is an example of a simple project check list of ownership and responsibilities. The… Continue reading “Two New FREE Building Automation Tools”
Download HeatSpring’s FREE Women in Solar Energy Career Guide! Three months and 24 interviews later, HeatSpring and RenewableEnergyWorld.com‘s Solar Women Summer Series has finally come to a close! NOW, you can download our FREE Women in Solar Energy Career Guide today. This free guide is intended to introduce women to career… Continue reading “Download HeatSpring’s FREE Women in Solar Energy Career Guide!”
Bank Lending in Today’s Solar Climate – What You Need to Know Christopher Lord, Managing Director of CapIron, Inc. and an instructor with HeatSpring, recently interviewed Andre Zaffuto, a lending officer focused on solar and other renewable energy opportunities for Bridge Bank. Lord talked with Zaffuto about bank lending in today’s solar… Continue reading “Bank Lending in Today’s Solar Climate – What You Need to Know”
Building Codes, Efficiency & Passive House Principles On Existing Homes On the Passive House in the Real World (with Mike Duclos) discussion board… Takeaways: Homeowners looking to incorporate Passive House principles in existing buildings should consider getting a home energy audit. Still, after a home is built, serious energy reductions (say 50% to 90%) become very expensive.… Continue reading “Building Codes, Efficiency & Passive House Principles On Existing Homes”
Economic Modeling Basics for A Solar Project Happening on the Solar Executive MBA Discussion Board… ___________________________________ Construction Debt/Loans, SRECs & Purchasing vs. Leasing a Site Student 1: 1. What is the difference between project debt and the construction loan? 2. What is SREC and Single SREC? 3. If the… Continue reading “Economic Modeling Basics for A Solar Project”
GRP Exam: What to Know, What to Study On the Green Roof Professional (GRP) Accreditation Training discussion board… Student 1: With the GRP exam coming up quickly, I’m wondering what you can tell us about what to expect in the exam. Is the Week 10 exercise an example of what… Continue reading “GRP Exam: What to Know, What to Study”
HeatSpring Integrates With LinkedIn Want to see where energy and sustainability education is headed? Here’s a cool little innovation that says a lot about the role we’d like to play in the energy and sustainability industry: LinkedIn recently released a feature that allows us to… Continue reading “HeatSpring Integrates With LinkedIn”
Modernizing Enterprise Data Centers for Fun and Profit Twenty first century data centers are the crown jewels of global business. No modern company can run without them, and they deliver business value vastly exceeding their costs. The big hyperscale computing companies (like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook) are… Continue reading “Modernizing Enterprise Data Centers for Fun and Profit”
5 Tips for Managing the Offer Process Have you ever walked out of a job interview knowing everything about it except what the position pays? Or, were you too bold and asked about money, benefits and vacation time when you walked in the door? I don’t recommend… Continue reading “5 Tips for Managing the Offer Process”
Solar Women Summer Series: Funding Sun Through Solar Investing/Borrowing We’re wrapping up the Solar Women Summer Series, and Audrey Desiderato, the Co-Founder/ COO of SunFunder, is helping us end things on a sunny note! SunFunder finances solar projects “beyond the grid” and offers investors opportunities to help fund offgrid solar projects, as… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Funding Sun Through Solar Investing/Borrowing”
FREE REPORT: Gain Access to the ~290,258 LIDAR Identified Solar-Ready Roofs in Massachusetts This article was originally published on Faze1’s blog and re-printed with permission. The above picture is a heat map of the best and worst towns for residential solar based on proprietary LIDAR analysis created by Faze1. Download the full report to get a… Continue reading “FREE REPORT: Gain Access to the ~290,258 LIDAR Identified Solar-Ready Roofs in Massachusetts”
Free Solar Design Tool: String Sizing Tool For Commercial Solar Projects That Works with All Inverters One of the most important aspects of designing a solar array is sizing module strings to operate within the parameters of the selected inverter. This is especially true for commercial and megawatt solar projects. To help in this process, we’re… Continue reading “Free Solar Design Tool: String Sizing Tool For Commercial Solar Projects That Works with All Inverters”
Free “Data Center Cost Calculator” from Stanford’s Jonathan Koomey Jonathan Koomey created a simple Excel model for determining true total cost of ownership for data centers that you can customize and use for your company projects. Dr. Koomey was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal article titled, “Zombie… Continue reading “Free “Data Center Cost Calculator” from Stanford’s Jonathan Koomey”
Free Hydronics Design Software from John Siegenthaler The Hydronics Design Studio Professional version is a set of powerful software tools to assist heating professional in designing high performance hydronic heating systems. It represents the state-of-the-art in computer-assisted design for modern hydronic heating systems. Powerful engineering simulation and… Continue reading “Free Hydronics Design Software from John Siegenthaler”
Solar Women Summer Series: Silicor CEO & WiSE Award Winner Terry Jester We met Terry Jester, CEO of Silicor Materials, at the WiSE Luncheon during the ASES Solar 2015 Conference at Penn State. She spoke with us about her role as CEO, the benefits of solar silicon, Silicor’s Icelandic expansion and her… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Silicor CEO & WiSE Award Winner Terry Jester”