IREC and partners today announced the launch of a three-year, $2.1 million project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), to reduce barriers to widespread adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) by providing education and resources to expand the knowledge of 30,000 safety professionals. 

In this article, we explore the value that training program accreditation, instructor certification, and micro-credentials offer in the clean energy industry.

Energy efficiency cuts down on waste by reducing the amount of energy required to achieve the same, or an even better, result.

Make plans now to attend IREC's 2015 3iForum at Solar Power International with two days of insightful 30-minute sessions from IREC's solar thought leaders. We'll be in the Solar Industry Trends booth #3717 on the SPI exhibition floor, September 15-17 in Anaheim, California.

The release of Trends Shaping our Clean Energy Future, an annual report by IREC, presents information and an independent perspective on the year's renewable energy and energy efficiency progress and challenges across the U.S., and the activities, research, publications, expert insight and recommendations that are helping shape our clean energy future.

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According to market research conducted by the Shelton Group, 80 percent of Americans don’t think they use more energy today than they did five years ago, and about half think their homes are already energy efficient. As misguided as this perception may be, it certainly throws a wrench in the works when trying to sell consumers on energy efficient products or retrofit work.