Solar school training courses in Albuquerque, NM (public, in-house or online)

Members of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association will teach this introductory level course. Subjects include active and passive solar water heating, home energy conservation, radiant floor and space heating, photovoltaics, solar electricity, and solar cooking. Solar industry professionals will be invited as guest speakers. This course is designed to help everyone feel more comfortable with renewable energy and help students learn the basics of using our most abundant energy resource in a relax...

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Heating water with the sun is a practice almost as old as humankind itself. This Solar Water Heating Specialist course is a guide to this clean and cost-effective technology.

Beginning with a review of the history of solar water and space heating systems from prehistory to the present, this course presents an introduction to modern solar energy systems, energy conservation, and energy economics.

This course covers:

Types of solar collectors, solar water, and space heating s...

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Learn the fundamentals of photovoltaic
solar powered energy systems, gaining the
knowledge you’ll need for an entry level
position with a dealer, installer, or other
photovoltaic industry company.

The interaction of buildings and sunlight is rich and complex. This course will examine the many possibilties provided by the sun to power, light and heat our buildings. These possibilities are affected by geographic location, climate, building site, and building form, orientation, fenestration and thermal mass -all of which will be considered. Passive and active solar thermal systems, solar domestic hot water systems and photovoltaics will be studied along with the design strategies to prevent ...

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Gain the experience you need for an entry level position in the growing field of solar energy. You will learn fundamental facts about photovoltaic solar powered energy systems and come away prepared for employment with a dealer, installer, or other type of company within the photovoltaic industry.