More than 50 local government officials attended a free, day-long workshop in Mooresville, North Carolina on July 30, and learned about solar zoning codes and ways to improve their solar permitting processes. The Centralina Council of Governments hosted the workshop.
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NC Workshop on Planning, Regulating, Permitting & Inspection Helps Local Governments
ASES Wind Division to host Webinar on Small Wind Standards
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Wind Division will host a webinar February 11, 2014, at 3 p.m. ET on the topic of Small Wind Standards. The webinar will provide an overview of the status of the world and U.S.…
Energy Efficiency Standardization Roadmap Open for Comment until 3/15/14
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative (EESCC) has released its Standardization Roadmap 1.0 with 116 action-oriented recommendations to advance energy efficiency in the built environment through standards and conformance activities.
1+1>2 or the Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts (with thanks to Aristotle)
The value of credentialing for the clean energy sector is best understood when the individual credentialing elements are recognized as a synergistic system. Individual groups develop standards, guidelines, job task analyses, certifications and assessment schemes, but the strength and value of credentialing is in the system.