Spring
Site Assessor Training
This online course offers seven modules (approximately 10 hours) of video/voiceover instruction using PowerPoint, exercises and activities to demonstrate how to perform a PV site assessment for a home or small business using the PV Site Assessment Report Template. Online coursework is followed by an optional two-hour in-person lab.
Topics covered include load profiles and consumption history, energy efficiency and fuel switching opportunities, site-specific shade analysis, array and balance of system location recommendations parameters, and client financing options. Participants will learn how to access and use online tools for assessing the solar resource, perform site-specific PV system sizing, determine energy production of a recommended PV system size, estimate system cost and evaluate existing infrastructure on the site.
Prerequisite
Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics or instructor permission.
Registration
Call 217-786-2292 to register. Course code: WST 034-02
Date
Saturday, May 7, 1-3 p.m., Workforce Careers Center, Room 1171
Cost
$195
Fall
Site Assessor Training
This course offers exercises and activities to demonstrate how to perform a PV site assessment for a home or small business using the PV Site Assessment Report Template.
Topics covered include load profiles and consumption history, energy efficiency and fuel switching opportunities, site-specific shade analysis, array and balance of system location recommendations parameters, and client financing options. Participants will learn how to access and use online tools for assessing the solar resource, perform site-specific PV system sizing, determine energy production of a recommended PV system size, estimate system cost and evaluate existing infrastructure on the site. Instructor: Michelle Knox.
Prerequisite
Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics or instructor permission.
Registration
Call 217-786-2292 to register. Course code: WST 034-02
Date
Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Workforce Careers Center, Room 1169
Cost
$195