Description
Understand the various stages of designing and constructing a solar array for your projects and their importance to having a successful project.Representatives of an engineerled designbuild construction firm will provide conceptual insight on how to size, select, install, and maintain solar projects. Based on lessons learned from actual project work experience and industry knowledge, they will share information on designing and constructing the main components for solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, including key elements such as roofing, shading, and financing constraints, and they will review system costs and cost ranges typically found between utility scale and smaller scale projects.
Date: 2020-09-30 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Introduction
Project Development/Design
• Determine Thermal or Electric (PV)
• Energy (Load) Reduction Assessment (to Minimize PV Array)
• Software and Sizing (PV Watts/Homer/etc.)
Equipment Selection
• Panels • Types/Efficiencies (Thermal/PV: Bifacial, Thin Film, Monocrystalline)
• Inverters • System Configuration/Resiliency
• Batteries • Type/Resiliency/Cost/Value
• Racking (Roof/Pedestal (Parking Lot)/Ground/Vertical-Building Mount)
Financing
• Typical System Costs
• Alternative Financing Methods (PACE/PPA/VPPA/Community Solar)
Construction
• Creating the Team • Vetting Qualifications
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Constructability Constraints
Commissioning and Ongoing Commissioning
• What Are the Differences
• When to Deploy (Lessons Learned)
• Commissioning Tools
Summary
Questions
AIA ,ENG ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Michael J. Berning, P.E., CEM, LEED® Fellow-Heapy Engineering LLC, Jason Brown, P.E., LEED® AP – Heapy Engineering LLC
