Charting Your Solar Course, in the April/May 2010 issue of Home Power Magazine, is a one of the most comprehensive, easy-to-understand articles about renewable energy training I’ve seen. Don’t be intimidated by the 11-page article; consider it the preface as you begin to learn what a quality renewable energy training program should look like.
The article ... Read More
Available for your review: ISPQ International Standard 01022
The new ISPQ Standard 01022 is being released to the IREC website today (www.irecusa.org) for review by potential accreditation or certification applicants. Updated supporting documents such as the Candidate Handbook ISPQ Standard 01022 and applications for each designation are also available. Effective April 1, 2010 all applications for ... Read More
Changes will ensure quality and consistency in renewable energy training
In late October 2009, the Institute for Sustainable Power, Board of Directors approved an updated version of the ISPQ (Institute for Sustainable Power Quality) Standard. Since then, IREC has been working tirelessly to revise all of the documents and processes related to the ISPQ Accreditation & ... Read More
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) is pleased to announce that seven awards of the Institute for Sustainable Power Quality (ISPQ) accreditation and certification were presented in December 2009.
Springfield Technical Community College, in Springfield Massachusetts, has been awarded ISPQ Training Program Accreditation for their course entitled “Photovoltaic Practitioner Certificate Program.”This course offers a 60 hour ... Read More
The February-March 2010 issue of SolarPro Magazine features an interview with IREC’s Jane Weissman who talks with SolarPro’s Managing Editor, Kathryn Houser, about workforce development and quality training opportunities for individuals and for training programs.
Read the full interview about workforce development and quality training with Jane Weissman. Scroll down to find the article.
For nearly a decade, IREC has taken a leadership role in shaping the direction of renewable energy workforce education, and developing quality and competency standards for solar and renewable energy professionals and training programs. Whether authoring articles in national magazines, organizing a national workforce education conference, updating renewable energy training directories, or accepting a record ... Read More
by Jane Weissman
IREC is the North American Licensee for the ISPQ Accreditation of Renewable Energy Training Programs and the Certification of Instructors.
A busy 2009 comes to a close.
We saw record growth for IREC’s credentialing programs in 2009. Forty-five applications were submitted during the past 12 months for ISPQ credentials. Twenty candidates ... Read More
November 20, 2009. Albany, NY. Mr. Mark Mrohs of SunPower Corporation was announced the winner of the 2009 ISP Mark C. Fitzgerald Memorial Award. The award was given on November 20, 2009 at the New Ideas in Educating a Workforce in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Conference.
The award was presented by Mr. Jack Werner, ... Read More
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) is pleased to announce that ONTILTIY, LLC of Houston Texas (formerly Advanced Energy Strategies – ADVEN, LLC) has been awarded the Institute for Sustainable Power Quality (ISPQ) Accreditation for Continuing Education for its ‘Solar Installation Training – Solar Electric Training’ course offering.
This solar installation training course teaches the NABCEP Photovoltaic ... Read More
It’s been busier than usual for IREC’s renewable energy training and accreditation department. As we approach 2010, we find ourselves, collectively, immersed in a place that we’ve wished for and dreamed about for decades: a real, viable renewable energy market in the U.S. IREC’s Annual Meeting and Solar Power International 2009 conference in Anaheim ... Read More
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