SolarWorld Installer Summit in Portland, OR The 2015 Installer Summit (Aug. 25-27) is an annual sales, marketing, and technical training event at SolarWorld’s U.S. manufacturing headquarters, in Portland, OR. This year SolarWorld will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary of US manufacturing so if you attend, you… Continue reading “SolarWorld Installer Summit in Portland, OR”
Two Things I Learned at the 2012 IGSHPA Conference On Tuesday October 2nd we hosted an evening program titled, “How to Make Money in Renewable Energy” for 45 brave souls who traveled to Indianapolis for the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) Conference. These were the panelists: Allan… Continue reading “Two Things I Learned at the 2012 IGSHPA Conference”
Made in Detroit: Do you Have a Customer with a Thermal Problem? A hybrid solar panel made in Detroit using automotive components, with investment from an EPC contractor in Florida. Interesting. Interesting enough that I spent two hours this week along with other members of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association touring… Continue reading “Made in Detroit: Do you Have a Customer with a Thermal Problem?”
“How To Make Money in Renewable Energy” Meet-Up at the 2012 IGSHPA Conference Going to the IGSHPA conference in Indy? If so, let us buy you a drink. HeatSpring Learning Institute, GeoConnections, and ClimateMaster are hosting a meet-up for business owners in town for the IGSHPA Conference. Tuesday October 2nd – 7-9pm – Cost: Free… Continue reading ““How To Make Money in Renewable Energy” Meet-Up at the 2012 IGSHPA Conference”
Jigar Shah’s Call to Arms For Small Solar Companies Everywhere This week I flew to Chicago for the Illinois Solar Energy Association fund raiser. Jigar Shah delivered the keynote to 70 registrants, packed into Emmett’s Place in Palatine. I left at 9:30pm with an excited sense that Solar PV in… Continue reading “Jigar Shah’s Call to Arms For Small Solar Companies Everywhere”
“If you can’t install solar at $3.45/watt, you’re going out of business.” Straight Talk on Solar with Jigar Shah at NESEA 2012 Jigar Shah was my favorite presenter at this year’s Building Energy Conference. Mr. Shah founded SunEdison in 2003 and sold it five years later for $200 million. Here are some quotes he offered up in the “Energy Subsidies and the… Continue reading ““If you can’t install solar at $3.45/watt, you’re going out of business.” Straight Talk on Solar with Jigar Shah at NESEA 2012″
What the Heck is Home Performance? Seriously. One Contractor to Another. Paul Eldrenkamp has been a residential remodeling contractor for 26 years. Energy efficiency work has been the competitive advantage that has gotten his business through the current recession. He has a knack for breaking a very complex topic down into… Continue reading “What the Heck is Home Performance? Seriously. One Contractor to Another.”
Software Can Decrease Your Costs, Close More Sales and Grow your Solar Business I’m always on the hunt for the new products, trends and technologies that are decreasing the cost of clean energy solutions. In the past few years the innovation has mainly come from decreasing the cost of the large system components… Continue reading “Software Can Decrease Your Costs, Close More Sales and Grow your Solar Business”
Maximize Solar Job Profitability and Speed with Building Integrated Solar Panels One thing we know about students who have gone through our training courses is that they’re always looking for the best products. At Heatspring, we want to keep you abreast of the best products in the solar and geothermal industry.… Continue reading “Maximize Solar Job Profitability and Speed with Building Integrated Solar Panels”
How do SRECs Work? In Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and most of the east-coast and Mid-Atlantic solar markets, the main incentives driving the solar market are SRECs, which stands for Solar Renewable Energy Credits. If you’re looking to get into the industry or expand… Continue reading “How do SRECs Work?”
How to Measure Demand for Geothermal Heating and Cooling in Your Area Your organization might want to break into the renewable energy fields — you may be considering geothermal and solar installation or energy auditing, but you might not know if you should take the plunge. You must determine: is there demand? The truth is, most times it… Continue reading “How to Measure Demand for Geothermal Heating and Cooling in Your Area”
Get LoopLink RLC Certified and Become a Geothermal Designer! The Geothermal Designer Boot Camp + LoopLink™ RLC course is a joint effort between Geo-Connections and HeatSpring designed to make experienced geothermal system designers – expert geothermal system designers. The goal of the program is to reward industry professionals who have taken… Continue reading “Get LoopLink RLC Certified and Become a Geothermal Designer!”
Three Things You May Not Know About Solar PV Sales Is it really that difficult to sell solar PV, or do some professionals just make it seem that way? If you consider the financial incentives for investing (and that’s definitely the right word for it) in clean energy, coupled with… Continue reading “Three Things You May Not Know About Solar PV Sales”
HeatingHelp.com – A Vibrant Online Community for Heating Professionals Have you ever heard of HeatingHelp.com? Last year I had several people I really respect, longtime contractors in the HVAC business, tell me about it. I figured I better check it out… HeatingHelp.com is filled with technical information about… Continue reading “HeatingHelp.com – A Vibrant Online Community for Heating Professionals”
Top Five Ways to Spot a Bad Roof in a Solar Site Assessment Before being able to install solar panels on any roof, performing a solar site assessment is critical in order to properly design a solar system. From a sales perspective, it is key to know what to look for instead of… Continue reading “Top Five Ways to Spot a Bad Roof in a Solar Site Assessment”