PV design firm Mayfield Renewables has announced it will start a new collaborative chapter with training organization Solar Energy International (SEI) by hosting two training courses developed by Mayfield Renewables on SEI’s online educational platform. The launch represents their first official educational collaboration.
The two new courses, NEC 2017 and 2020 Solar-Plus-Storage Requirements and NFPA 855 and Fire Code Requirements for Energy Storage Systems, are pre-recorded and self-paced. NABCEP has certified both courses for CEUs (2 hours each) upon completion.
Mayfield Renewables’ solar + storage program director Justine Sanchez led the course development effort. Sanchez has worked with SEI as an instructor since 1998, and was a technical editor for Home Power for more than a decade.
“With the rapid increase in interest and deployment of solar + storage systems, electrical, fire and building codes require frequent updating to keep up with new markets, equipment and design innovations, and of course fire protection goals,” Sanchez said. “As a result, new codes are released every three years. Along with this effort comes a push from industry stakeholders, system designers and integrators to understand the implications these new requirements will have on the systems they’re designing and installing.”
This 2-hour Continuing Education class is an excellent pre-curser to SEI’s 6-hour courses for 2020 and 2017 NEC Code, which take a deep-dive into the details of each version of the code. SEI’s courses were developed by Brian Mehalic, SEI PV developer and trainer with extensive experience in design and installation of over 150 systems ranging from residential off-grid to commercial grid-interactive, advising on quality assurance inspections, commissioning and troubleshooting for top companies in the solar industry.
“The partnership between Solar Energy International and Mayfield Renewables represents a renewed path toward collaboration between two of the top educators in the solar industry,” said SEI’s executive director Elizabeth Sanderson. “Time is of the essence as the devastation of climate change destroys our only home. It’s time that we focus on helping each other and avoid duplication as we tackle the important issues in front of us.”
