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CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
COURSES AND SEMINARS
WINTER/SPRING 2009
www.csebcc.org / courses and seminars
718-289-5100 x 3733
Solar Thermal (solar hot water)
How to Put Together a Solar Thermal Package
An A-Z for Realtors, Developers, Coop Boards and Homeowners that walks you through the process of commissioning and financing a solar thermal system
Instructor: Thomas Gately
Dates: Friday, February 27, 10 am- 2pm
Location: Bronx Community College
Price: $100
Solar Thermal Design and Installation Class
16 hour hands-on training for trades people, students in the trades track, engineers and architects, HVAC practitioners, and other curious professionals that leads to NABCEP certification
Instructors: Peter Skinner, Betsy Wyman
Dates: Fri. Feb. 6, Fri. 13, Sat. 14- 12 noon- 6pm
Location: Bronx Community College
Price: $450
16 PDH credits
Photovoltaic (solar electric)
Advanced Battery Operated Off-grid PV, Small Wind and MicroHydroElectric Systems
Hands on workshop with focus on small 5kW PV systems in off-grid developing world environments
Instructor: Jim MacDonald
Dates: Sundays February 1, 8, 15, 22, 10 am- 3:30 pm
Location: Bronx Community College
Price: $400
Prerequisite: 40 hour PV class
Advanced Grid-tied PV
Design an interconnected photovoltaic system, from site evaluation to commissioning.
Instructor: Hugo Pedernera
Dates: Saturdays February 21, 28, March 7, 14, 21, 10 am- 3 pm
Location: Bronx Community College
Prerequisite: 40 hour PV class
40 Hour Introductory Photovoltaic Installation Class
A required introductory course for all those seeking to enter the PV field, leading to the NABCEP Entry Level Exam
40 AIA credits
40 PDH credits
a) PV Intensive
Instructor: Kim Curran
Dates: Mon- Sat March 23- 29, 9am- 5pm
Location: Bronx Community College
Price: $600
b) 40 hour class/10 hour electricity basics
Instructor: Hugo Pedernera
Dates: Saturdays April-July
Location: NYCity Tech, downtown Brooklyn
Price: $600
Solar Professionals’ Seminars
Career/ Business Development 101
Instructor: Rob Ashmore
Friday, April 17, 10 am- 1:30 pm, $100
Getting into the Business: trends, training, certifications, jobs
Friday, May 8, 10 am – 3:30 pm, $100
How to Sell Solar: from client contact to closing the deal, identifying incentives, rebates and REC’s
Location: Bronx Community College
Energy Efficient Building
Building Performance Institute Training
Ongoing at different CUNY campuses for building contractors and neighborhood retrofit organizations looking for BPI Certification
a) Building Analyst Training uses the ‘whole house’, performance based approach, addressing a comprehensive range of building issues such as fundamentals of building science, energy consumption analysis and health and safety
b) Envelope Professional Training covers advanced building envelope diagnostics, evaluation and repair skills
The Science of Sustainable Building for architects, developers, engineers and climate change advocates
How to build an energy efficient, healthy and comfortable building with a focus on building energy dynamics, exterior envelope engineering, building systems operations and building envelope design.
Instructors: Chris Benedict, Henry Gifford
Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College
Dates: Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 6:30- 9:30 pm
Price: $400
15 AIA credits
GeoExchange Design Principles
Using the earth’s constant temperature to heat and cool buildings, geoexchange is explored in this indepth series that addresses design principles, economics and construction for engineers, architects, developers, investors, facility administrators and contractors
Instructors: David Ortiz, Jim Munch, John
Location: Borough of Manhattan Community College
Dates: Friday April 24, May 29, June 26, 9 am- 1 pm
Price: $100/session
3 AIA credits/session