Courses

Should we be trying to electrify everything? Is it practical for existing and new buildings with the technologies we have now? Two engineers with different takes on these questions will debate electrifying residential buildings.

We hired a "Researcher-in-Residence" and gave him access to all of our student performance data, including detailed video metrics. What he found is laid out in this free course.

This presentation is for architects, builders, and others who want a better understanding about how buildings interact thermally with the ground and how to calculate heat loss to the ground.

Free solar installation course from IronRidge. Completing this course gets you halfway to your IronRidge Solar PV Installation Certification.

Learn how building with bio-based materials supports climate justice and resilience as we explore a UN report on biomaterials and a Northeast initiative to scale their use in the built environment.

Learn why flame resistant personal protective equipment (PPE) is absolutely paramount to electric vehicle worker safety.

Join solar experts Keith Cronin and Chris Lord in their discussion of selling solar pv to non-profits and important things to know before pitching non-profit clients.

This course will provide an overview of Solar Thermal mechanics and capacity. It will also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of installation and control.

This one hour lecture builds the case for battery energy storage systems and then discusses specific use cases for those systems.

This course takes a look at moderate vs. deep energy retrofits and asks the question - how do we balance doing what we believe is achievable here and now with our obligation to push for radical transformation?

Qualified solar apprentices need 144 hours of Related Training Instruction (RTI). We'll help you map out what you need and help you put it into place.

This free course employs case studies to illustrate the integrative design process—with its focus on purpose, discovery, and interrelationships.

In this free short course, solar marketing experts from across the industry join a conversation to talk about what has worked and how you can apply their lessons learned to your own growing solar business.

According to John Siegenthaler, The future of hydronic heating is low water temperature-- necessary to optimize the performance of condensing boilers, heat pumps, and solar thermal collectors.

This free lecture describes a unique method of managing the operation of biomass-fueled as well as auxiliary boilers for optimum system performance.

In this introductory cours, Natural Beekeeping for Beginners, professional beekeeper, herbalist, and owner of Honeybee Herbals, Courtney Cosgriff explains natural beekeeping and why it important to look to the bees for best practices of their care.

Real time geothermal monitoring has finally become economical for installers. Real time monitoring significantly reduces risk for property owners and can verify system performance. Take this course to learn how to install and commission the GES.

Fronius teaches about and demos their free solar design tools: Solar.creator and Repowering Tool.

In this free 30-minute lecture, David Bainbridge describes the art of placemaking and offers a unique perspective about proper site selection.

Examine cellulose vs. fiberglass insulation, interior vapor control membranes, diffusion vents at the ridge, interior humidification, inward vapor drive issues, and the effect of air barrier imperfections.