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Solar Energy International Expands PV program to the Americas

 

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For many years, Solar Energy International (SEI) has been utilizing our Spanish PV curriculum throughout the Americas. Both the SEI PV Design & Installation Manual and Grid-tied PV curriculum are available in Spanish. Over the years, SEI has used these resources in hands-on workshops throughout the Americas as well as via the on-demand online course, FV101: Diseño E Instalación de Sistemas Eléctricos Solares.  With renewable energy education for end-users, technicians, and decision makers being the cornerstone of SEI's ...
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A change in seasons sparks energy efficiency retrofits

By Matthew Harris, Sustainable Building Program Coordinator

Well I have to say this fall has been eventful. I'm teaching Solar Energy International's online course on Green Building Design & Construction, where we look at applying building science and green design strategies to the built environment.

That’s my professional life. I spend my days working with course participants so they understand how these principles can be strategically and effectively implemented into their living situations.

Flip to my personal life, and things appear to be a ...
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Online learning in renewable energy education at your fingertips

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 ...
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