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”
Oakland, CA Inside Sales Professional Position PVComplete Insides Sales Professional Position in Oakland, CA. Job Title: Inside Sales Professional Location: Downtown Oakland, CA Overview: PVComplete is fast growing solar software startup based in downtown Oakland. Our flagship product is the PVComplete solar design software platform. Our… Continue reading “Oakland, CA Inside Sales Professional Position”
Solar Women Summer Series: Cycle For Science The Solar Women Summer Series continues! Meet Elizabeth Case and Rachel Woods-Robinson, the young women behind Cycle For Science, a cross-country education initiative and journey. What is Cycle For Science? Why did you set out on this journey? Rachel: Cycle for Science is both a journey… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Cycle For Science”
Get Building Before NESEA’s BuildingEnergy NYC 2015 BuildingEnergy NYC 2015 “BuildingEnergy NYC is a rapidly growing, cross-disciplinary conference that offers practical, hands-on solutions to the financial, environmental, legal, and maintenance challenges facing NYC building owners and practitioners in every neighborhood and borough. Conceived in 2012 and nearly… Continue reading “Get Building Before NESEA’s BuildingEnergy NYC 2015”
4 Tips to Strengthen Your Resume and Land a Hot Job Your resume is only one piece of the job hunting puzzle. It is a one dimensional representation of your life’s work, and getting it right may mean investing many hours and a lot of effort to polish it. Don’t downplay its… Continue reading “4 Tips to Strengthen Your Resume and Land a Hot Job”
Solar Women Summer Series: Law and Business in the Solar Industry This week’s Solar Women Summer Series features Chelsea Turner and Latasha Terry, employees at Solar Frontier Latasha (right): Legal Counsel J.D./M.B.A. with Solar Frontier Chelsea (left): Business Development Manager with Solar Frontier Tell us your stories. How did you get involved in the… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Law and Business in the Solar Industry”
Enroll in Advanced Solar + Storage, Get Wes Kennedy’s Battery Selector Tool! Why enroll in Advanced Solar + Storage? You’ll access the Battery Selector Tool! Decide the best battery for your application, from a cost perspective. This is a great tool for engineers, designers, and decision makers when determining the best battery to use… Continue reading “Enroll in Advanced Solar + Storage, Get Wes Kennedy’s Battery Selector Tool!”
Free Lecture: Commercial Photovoltaic Design- Integrating Commercial Scale Storage Sign up for Christopher LaForge’s FREE Commercial Photovoltaic Design- Integrating Commercial Scale Storage Lecture today! In this video lecture, Chris explains how commercial scale storage will affect the market for commercial clients, some of the major players that are in the current expanding… Continue reading “Free Lecture: Commercial Photovoltaic Design- Integrating Commercial Scale Storage”
HeatSpring Solar Alumnae: From Courses to Consultants & CEOs! This Solar Women Summer Series interview features two HeatSpring Solar course alumnae, Karma Edwards and Shelley Cohen. Karma Edwards (left), MBA, LEED AP is an independent consultant for Energy Engineering and Business Development. Karma completed our Solar PV Installer Boot Camp… Continue reading “HeatSpring Solar Alumnae: From Courses to Consultants & CEOs!”
What’s On the NABCEP Solar PV Technical Sales Exam? If you click in the image it will take you to the NABCEP PV Technical Sales Resource Guide. It’s a 28-page document that is definitely worth an hour for any solar salesperson. That’s how IREC and NABCEP define your role… Continue reading “What’s On the NABCEP Solar PV Technical Sales Exam?”
Earning Solar Continuing Education Credits with HeatSpring In addition to gaining applicable experience, completing projects, and learning from expert instructors, taking a HeatSpring course can also provide you with the opportunity to earn Continuing Education Credits. Many of our courses are approved by professional solar organizations for continuing… Continue reading “Earning Solar Continuing Education Credits with HeatSpring”
Earning Sustainable Building Continuing Education Credits with HeatSpring In addition to gaining applicable experience, completing projects, and learning from expert instructors, taking a HeatSpring course can also provide you with the opportunity to earn Continuing Education Credits. Many of our courses are approved by professional sustainable building organizations for continuing education… Continue reading “Earning Sustainable Building Continuing Education Credits with HeatSpring”
Free Tool: Water and Hot Water Usage Estimator Download Andy Shapiro‘s FREE Water and Hot Water Usage Estimator! This tool is used in Building Energy Analytics: Measuring and Understanding Building Energy Use course, approved for 10 AIA LU/HSW Credits , 15 Building Performance Institute (BPI) CEUs , 6 GBCI credits (CE Hours for… Continue reading “Free Tool: Water and Hot Water Usage Estimator”
Principles of Deep Energy Retrofits: Homes & Buildings Principles Underpinning Deep Energy Retrofits (DER) of Both Homes and Non-residential Buildings In this article, Marc Rosenbaum discusses… Examples of both Home and Non-Residential Building retrofits Upgrades to energy and mechanical systems in older buildings Heating cost and air quality… Continue reading “Principles of Deep Energy Retrofits: Homes & Buildings”
Solar Women Summer Series: Success in the Employee-Owned Solar Business Model The Solar Women Summer Series continues with Co-Owner and Director of Strategic Planning & Initiatives at Namasté Solar, Amanda Bybee. Namasté Solar provides PV design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and consulting services to residential, commercial, builder, non-profit, and government customers throughout the U.S., with… Continue reading “Solar Women Summer Series: Success in the Employee-Owned Solar Business Model”
The Layers and Pathways of Heat Flow in Buildings In this article, you will learn… How heat flows layer-by-layer through a building assembly made of multiple materials Series and Parallel pathways and the varying ease of heat flow between two different pathways, like the framing of a wall or an insulated cavity… Continue reading “The Layers and Pathways of Heat Flow in Buildings”
FREE Tool: Series Parallel R-Value Calculator DOWNLOAD Dr. Allison Bailes’s FREE Series Parallel R-Value Calculator Calculate the average R-value of an assembly Wouldn’t it be nice if you could push a button and see how much of a hit the R-value of a building assembly takes… Continue reading “FREE Tool: Series Parallel R-Value Calculator”