Courses

This course equips learners with foundational knowledge of enhanced geothermal systems through the lens of commercial development and construction

Learn Geothermal HVAC Design fundamentals, with emphasis on building load (residential, commercial and institutional) development, leading to bore field specification from industry legend Al Koenig.

In this course, designed for Footprint Project volunteers, you will learn more about Footprint Project as an organization, learn about solar energy and mobile solar generators, and learn about how we activate our equipment after a time of crisis.

Understanding the trajectory of Massachusetts’ energy policy will drastically change the way our homes are designed and built.

This introductory course is a high-level overview to the practices and tools of ecological design. You will learn about some of the important terminology and pathways to integrating this powerful approach into your life and work.

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.

Grid of the Future pilot program, which offered Maine homeowners a discount on smart appliances (heat pumps, water heaters, smart EV chargers, and batteries) in exchange for aggregated remote control of those devices as a Virtual Peaker power plant.

In this lecture, Andy Shapiro will ask and answer questions relative to understanding how well a new, small, well insulated house is performing on energy use and temperature control.

This interview will help you understand more about how appraisals work and why they can be beneficial for solar and other renewable energy projects. Mike Bammel is a Managing Director for Structured Finance/Leasing Practice at Marshall Stevens.

This short course tackles tracking solar installer marketing campaign results. The course looks at how to determine your solar installation firm’s most important “KPI’s” or key performance indicators.

A framework to help clean energy manufacturers, distributors, and software companies create a customer education program that drives sales, increases loyalty, and reduces the cost of support. Presented by learning design experts at Jackrabbit.

Landfills are excellent sites for renewable energy projects. This course defines landfills and explains how to permit and site them for solar redevelopment.

This module focuses on explaining the basics of electricity, how to estimate your energy needs for a site where you are interested to have a solar generator, and how to size the various components of a solar generator given your energy needs.

In this webinar, co-hosted by UtilityAPI & Energy Toolbase. We will review and demonstrate the value of Green Button Data (aka interval meter data) for use in Distributed Energy Resource project development activities.

This second course, designed for Footprint Project volunteers, describes more of the details of a solar generator, what it can power, and basic safety.

This free course includes a discussion on optimal environmental conditions for flying, what hardware and filters to consider, what camera settings are best for various circumstances, and several examples from projects around the world.

Learn about the four capabilities of the RETScreen Expert software - benchmarking, feasibility, performance, and portfolio analysis - in this free introductory course.

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

Understand how to onboard with Denowatts through the lens of a Project Manager.

Important findings from a rigorous, months-long analysis where we studied the economics of solar + storage projects on every C&I (commercial and industrial) utility rate tariff in California’s Investor-Owned Utility (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E) territories.