solar training Solar training in New Jersey: Solar design and installation, sales, marketing, and the economics of solarPosted by: april on November 9, 2010 Solar training in the Garden State Solar Energy International believes that people learn by doing. For people wanting to change careers, PV installers or designers, and homeowners, SEI has a solar training workshop to suit your needs. This month, Solar Energy International offers three courses in solar training in Bordentown, NJ: PV101 Solar Training: Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct), Nov. 15-19, provides an overview of the three basic PV system applications, primarily focusing on grid-direct systems. The goal of the course is to create a ... Read More »
New video features Solar Energy International's RD102: Solar Electricity for the Developing World workshop in Costa RicaPosted by: april on October 22, 2010 Video by Solar Energy International alum Christopher Black. Have you ever been to Costa Rica? Are you interested in eco-tourism? What if you could travel to a beautiful rainforest and help bring solar energy to a remote village? To kick off the new year in 2011, Solar Energy International is proudly offering its popular RD102: Solar Electricity for the Developing World hands-on workshop Jan 1-9, in Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica. Join SEI for an exciting destination training with our Renewable Energy for the Developing World program. The ... Read More »
What's special about Guemes Island workshops? Posted by: april on October 5, 2010 By Kathy Swartz, Renewable Energy Education Program Team Leader For the past 15 years, Guemes Island has been the location for more than 100 Solar Energy International workshops. Why here, you may ask? Why this small, residential island that's home to approximately 800 year-round residents and only 8.2 square miles in size? Back in the mid-1990s, Ian Woofenden approached SEI and asked about offering workshops on a small island in the San Juan Islands chain. Ian, who has lived on Guemes Island for more than 30 years and has raised his large family off-grid ... Read More »
Solar Energy International introduces Solar Business and Technical Sales online coursePosted by: april on September 29, 2010 By April E. Clark, Solar Energy International Marketing Communications Coordinator Over the last year, Solar Energy International has seen the renewable energy industry grow by leaps and bounds. We have received an overwhelming interest from our students and alumni for more business-focused curriculum that relies on SEI's 20 years of solar business experience and industry relationships. SEI is listening. In response to the demand for comprehensive solar business training, Solar Energy International introduces its new PVOL206: Solar Business and Technical ... Read More »
Solar Energy International offers free "Understanding the Solar Business" webinarPosted by: april on September 27, 2010 Free webinar - Understanding the Solar Business - an Insider's Guide to Success with Jeff Spies - Sept. 28 @ 10 a.m. PST Join Solar Energy International as solar consultant Jeff Spies covers topics in how to be successful in the solar business and provides a special announcement about the launch of SEI's Solar Business and Technical Sales online course. Jeff Spies is president of SolarSpies - a solar training and consulting firm. He is also the secretary for the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) - the industry certification ... Read More »
Solar Energy International featured in U.S. Department of Energy training storyPosted by: april on September 27, 2010 Solar Energy International executive director and co-founder Johnny Weiss is featured in a U.S. Department of Energy training story published Sept. 24, 2010, on the Energy Empowers website. Learn about the Rocky Mountain Solar Training Program (RMSTP) in the Western with SEI's partners, Salt Lake Community College and the Utah Solar Energy Association. Click here to read the story. Read More »
Online learning in renewable energy education at your fingertipsPosted by: matthew@solarenergy.org on September 24, 2010 By Matthew Harris, Sustainable Building Program Coordinator It has been said, "The World Wide Web (W3) was developed to be a pool of human knowledge, and human culture, which would allow collaborators in remote sites to share their ideas and all aspects of a common project." As I sit here today and type this blog via the web, and as you are reading this on the Internet, we are in fact fulfilling the web's mission. I'm not sure if the founders of the web could possibly imagine the breadth and speed at which their technology has affected the world. In our day and age of ... Read More »
Next steps in your renewable energy and solar trainingPosted by: april on September 17, 2010 At Solar Energy International, we often hear from alumni who want to know what training they should take next. We recommend branching out to the various related and relevant training opportunities SEI has to offer. Do you have previous solar energy training? Have you ever wondered how your solar skills fit into the bigger picture of building energy and design, or even beyond borders in the developing world? Solar Energy International has the answer in our Green Building Design & Construction - Online course, starting Sept. 27. This course shows how ... Read More »
Further your solar training at Solar Power International 2010 in Los AngelesPosted by: april on August 25, 2010 CARBONDALE, CO USA - Solar Energy International is going Hollywood. In conjunction with North America's largest business-to-business solar event - Solar Power International 2010 taking place Oct. 12-14 in Los Angeles - Solar Energy International is hosting a one-day solar installation course. Intermediate Level PV System Installation on Oct. 11 will focus on National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements, best practices, and safe working procedures for installing and troubleshooting solar systems. Read More »
Another stellar crew of work-traders pass through Solar Energy InternationalPosted by: april on August 3, 2010 By Ben de Lieris, Solar Energy International summer 2010 work-trader Solar Energy International has an incredible work-trade program that allows people interested in renewable energy and sustainable building to trade eight weeks of work for eight weeks of workshops. This summer SEI was lucky to have three amazing work-traders who now join the ranks of hundreds of work-traders who have come through Solar Energy International. Ben de Leiris grew up in Newport, Rhode Island and graduated in 2009 from Middlebury College in Vermont, where he ... Read More »
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