Solar Energy Design & Installation Schools

Salt Lake Community College

• Founded in 1948, Salt Lake Community College is a public community and technical college in Utah's capital city of Salt Lake City. Today, the two-year college includes solar photovoltaic (PV) installation training as part of its continuing education division. Salt Lake offers two courses in PV design and assembly that prepare students for the national board certification examination. Students learn how to size battery banks and create electrical and mechanical designs in Basic Solar PV Installation, a 30-hour course that combines classroom instruction with practical application. Salt Lake students follow the basic course with advanced studies in Advanced Solar PV Installation.

  Salt Lake Community College

  4600 South Redwood Rd.

  Salt Lake City, UT 84123

  801-957-7522

  http://www.slcc.edu/

University of California-Berkeley

• Established in 1868, the University of California-Berkeley is a part of the state's University of California system of public universities. The central California university houses both undergraduate and graduate programs of study, in addition to a range of continuing education coursework through its extension center. Berkeley's Solar Energy and Green Building is designed for post-baccalaureate level engineers, architects and others in construction related industries and exposes students to the latest in solar green building trends. Housed within the UC Berkeley Extension, students who matriculate into this specialized program are required to complete the Introduction to Photovoltaic Systems and Introduction to Concepts in Green Building courses, both of which focus on elements of solar design.

  University of California-Berkeley

  110 Sproul Hall

  Berkeley, CA 94720

  510-642-6000

  http://berkeley.edu/

Boston Architectural College

• Boston Architectural College (BAC) is in the New England metropolis city of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1889, the private four-year college hosts continuing education coursework in solar design and installation within its Sustainable Design Institute. While BAC students can study thermal and PV systems in the Environmental Systems course, Solar Energy: Design with the Sun is a design course that focuses on the strategic placement of solar systems within residential and business units. Each of BAC's sustainable design courses takes eight weeks to complete and is available through online study.

  Boston Architectural College

  320 Newbury St.

  Boston, MA 02115

  617-262-5000

  http://the-bac.edu/