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Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. About this Course

    3. Course Guidebook

    4. Course Waiver

    5. Technical requirements and support

    6. Using the Thinkific Mobile App

    1. Module 0.5 Overview

    2. Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. communities & Opportunities for Resilience

    3. Community Facility Stories

    1. Module 1 Overview

    2. Videos: The Vocabulary of Solar

    3. Why Solar + Storage? Understanding and achieving resilience as a part of solar projects

    4. Net metering and interconnection

    5. Tools and Resources

    6. Benefits Prioritization Tool

    7. Quiz 1

    1. Module 2 Overview

    2. Guide: Assessing the Solar Potential of Your Building

    3. Electricity usage and critical loads

    4. Sizing a solar PV system

    5. Sizing a battery storage system

    6. Designing your project to last

    7. Using the Simple Solar+Storage Calculator

    8. Module 2 Quiz

    1. Module 3 Overview

    2. Finding and working with a developer/installer

    3. Installer agreements

    4. Technical assistance providers

    5. What quality work looks like

    6. Partnership Tools and Documents

    7. Module 3 Quiz

    1. Module 4 Overview

    2. Direct ownership models and 3rd-party financing

    3. Financial support for solar PV and battery storage systems

    4. Sizing up the costs and benefits of a project

    5. Tax credits and Direct Pay for nonprofits

    6. Module 4 Quiz

About this course

  • Free
  • 47 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content