Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Solar PV Analysis

Why Should You Take This Solar PV Analysis Course?

This Solar PV Analysis course covers how renewable energy systems work, and explores how the produced energy can benefit LEED projects. This course will provide participants with the background required to effectively perform a feasibility assessment of commercial scale solar photovoltaic systems through the use of RETScreen®. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the value in prescreening for early design options, as well as for calculating the final credits available under EAc2.

Renewable energy technologies harness natural forces such as solar, wind and tidal to generate energy. The energy captured by renewable systems provides a clean alternative to conventional fossil fuel technologies. With increasing social and economic pressures being applied to the global market place, companies and individuals are looking to renewable energy technologies to supplement and/or replace typical power systems. In this course, participants will explore the economics of solar photovoltaic systems using Natural Resources Canada’s RETScreen® "Clean Energy Analysis Software”.

The Following Topics Will Be Covered:

• Components of commercial scale solar photovoltaic (PV) system
• RETScreen® power modeling files
• Solar PV system cost assessment
• Solar PV system installation data
• Greenhouse gas reductions from solar PV system
• Energy cost offsets
• LEED credit availability

Who Should Attend This Solar PV Analysis Course?

• Engineers
• Architects
• Technologists
• Other related LEED® Professionals who would be responsible for managing, and/or calculating renewable energy credits as part of a LEED® project submission

Please Note:  Prior to the course, participants will be encouraged to download the free RETScreen® software, although this is not a course requirement. A portion of course time will be devoted to allowing participants to have some "hands-on" time to familiarize themselves with the software. This will ultimately make participants more comfortable using the software post-course.

Syllabus

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain and discuss the major components of a commercial scale solar photovoltaic (PV) system
• Describe how to open, modify, save and publish a new RETScreen® power modeling file
• Complete a pre-feasibility assessment of a solar PV system using real costing and installation data
• Calculate the green house gas reduction associated with the installation of a solar PV system using standard emission factors for the displaced fuel source
• Calculate the amount of energy cost offset, and available LEED® credits, by using the energy calculated in EA Credit 1 and the results of the RETScreen® modeling file