-------- Original Message -------- Subject: TC3 Solar PV Classes Starting October 8th Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:01:35 -0400 From: Melissa Kemp <[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: Melissa Kemp <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
All, Starting again this October, *TC3's Green Technology Program will be offering a series of Solar PV Systems - Levels 1-5* classes at their Dryden campus. These courses are an intensive classroom and hands-on training designed for successful sales, design, and installation work in the renewable energy industry, and specifically focused on preparation for the NABCEP PV Installer Exam. They are suitable for those who would like to add solar electric systems to their existing service offerings, or who would like to be better informed about these technologies. Classes run every other Saturday throughout October and November, and detailed descriptions of the classes can be found below and at http://www.tc3.biz/ge_renewable.asp. If you are interested in registering, please email Ruth Midgley at [email protected], or call 607-844-6586. Some scholarship funding may be available. Solar PV Systems Level I This course is designed for those who would like to add solar electric systems to their existing service offerings, or who would like to be better informed about these technologies. Students will be given an introduction to the solar industry, electricity, the solar resource in Central New York, and PV technology. Students will learn to calculate electricity usage, size PV systems, prepare a site analysis, and select hardware and components. They will create a basic cost estimate and learn ways to evaluate and demonstrate the economics of simple residential solar electric systems. Prerequisites: None TC3 main campus, Dryden CEPE 559 01 / 0.8 CEU October 8 / 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $259.00 Solar PV Systems Level 2 This course focuses on the physical installation of solar PV systems. Students will be introduced to materials planning, step by step installation procedures for roof and ground mounted systems, recommended construction techniques, wiring and grounding practices, monitoring options, system commissioning, and recommended quality assurance procedures for system reliability and durability. There will also be a field trip to a roof-mounted 5.52 kW solar electric project and ground-mounted 8.1kW solar electric project in the area to see actual operating systems. Prerequisites: SOLAR PV Level 1 or permission from instructor TC3 main campus, Dryden CEPE 560 01 / 0.8 CEU October 22 / 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $259.00 Solar PV Systems Level 3 This course has its focus on advanced system design including such topics as more detailed procedures for sizing solar arrays, for estimating loads for new construction, and how to calculate the output from fixed tilt systems such as roof mounted arrays versus variable tilt systems such as ground mounted system. The course will also cover more advanced economic analysis, and an introduction to the first half of the National Electric Code (NEC) 690 and referenced sections including such topics as the sizing of conductors and overcurrent protection, system disconnects, and wiring methods. Prerequisites: SOLAR PV Level 2 or permission from instructor TC3 main campus, Dryden CEPE 561 01 / 0.8 CEU November 5 / 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $259.00 Solar PV Systems Level 4 This course will cover the second half of the National Electric Code (NEC) 690 and referenced sections including such topics as grounding practices, ground fault protection and interruption, interconnection methods, batteries, and system marking and labeling. In addition, students will learn about troubleshooting scenarios including techniques for diagnosing problems in the field and how to design corrective actions. The course will also include the design and commissioning of other types of solar electric systems including Critical Load Battery Backup Systems and Off-Grid Systems. Prerequisites: SOLAR PV Level 3 or permission from instructor TC3 main campus, Dryden CEPE 576 01 / 0.8 CEU November 19 / 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $259.00 Solar PV Systems Level 5 This final course will focus on additional preparation for taking the NABCEP exam. In addition, the course will introduce the broader skills useful to working in the solar industry, including understanding renewable heating options, heat loads and audits in order to size solar electric systems to meet the needs of geothermal heating and cooling systems, as well as how to compare solar electric to wind systems from the stand points of site, power production, life-time and economics. Prerequisites: SOLAR PV Level 4 or permission from instructor TC3 main campus, Dryden CEPE 577 01 / 0.8 CEU December 3 / 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. $259.00 -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. President Sustainable Tompkins 109 S. Albany St. Ithaca, NY 14850 www.sustainabletompkins.org 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 607-216-1552 (ST office) 607-216-1553 (ST fax) [email protected] For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
