Efficiency First California

E-CONTRACTOR ACADEMY - Bay Area Fall 2024
2024-10-22 15:00 - 2024-11-12 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Jose Environmental Innovation Center, 1608 Las Plumas Ave, San Jose, California
E-Contractor Academy is a FREE weekly workshop series building technical, financial, and operational capacity with small minority/BIPOC, women, veteran-owned and/or disadvantaged (MWVDBE construction businesses to successfully do business in climate-critical decarbonization fields such as building electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
Emerald Cities Collaborative’s E-Contractor Academy is a FREE weekly workshop series that builds technical, financial, and operational capacity with small minority/BIPOC, women, veteran-owned and/or disadvantaged (MWVDBE) construction businesses to successfully do business in climate-critical decarbonization fields such as building electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
Priority will be given to firms with the following characteristics:

Licensed contractors in or seeking to expand into electrical, plumbing, and HVAC trades
MWVDBEs: Minority/BIPOC-owned, Women-owned, Veteran-owned and/or Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (certification not required)
Business revenue $25K – $3M
Project scopes up to $1M
Owners seeking to grow their residential decarbonization business!

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Residential Solar PV, Energy Storage and Microgrid Technologies (Webinar)
2024-11-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Course Description:
Home renewable energy systems including solar, energy storage and microgrids, have been growing at the speed of light! Now is the time to learn how these systems are put together. In this class we will learn about the basics, including application, safety, electricity, solar energy, PV modules (aka solar panels), batteries, system components, maintenance, performance, industry ethics, mechanical and electrical design.
Taught by Sean White this class is geared to include homeowners and will provide attendees with a basic technical knowledge of these types of systems. This class will also provide prerequisite and continuing education credit for NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) certifications. There is no better class to get a head start into the fastest growing industry.
Instructor Information:
Sean White
Sean White teaches customized solar PV courses for NABCEP credit globally. He is a NABCEP Associate Provider and a NABCEP Registered Continuing Education provider. Sean has authored 8 Solar PV and Energy Storage books and is always working on more. He teaches course for various entities. Sean teaches NEC workshops at SPI and Intersolar. Sean was the 2014 IREC Trainer of the year and the SNEC Online Trainer of the Decade in 2020.
Agenda:

Markets and Applications
Safety Basics
Electricity Basics
Solar Energy and Storage Fundamentals
PV Module and Battery Fundamentals
System Components
PV and ESS Sizing Principles
PV and ESS Electrical Design
PV and ESS Mechanical Design
Performance Analysis, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
How to Identify an Ethical Installer

Learning Outcomes:

Explain the basics of how residential solar and storage work.
Discuss how electricity goes from the sun, to a solar PV system, an energy storage system and to utilization circuits in a home

Target Audience:

General Audience
Homeowners

Learning Units:

This class will also provide prerequisite and continuing education credit for NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) certifications

Learning Level:
Basic Class: Content is introductory in nature and requires no prerequisite knowledge or experience to grasp the concepts or participate in exercises. Basic educational activities and materials are meant to establish a foundation of knowledge and competence that will be expanded upon in practice or in higher level seminars and workshops.

Special Instructions:
This is a Webinar class and internet access is required. Customers will receive a link to the webinar the Friday prior to the event.
