Iowa Energy Efficiency 10 PDH Discount Package 3
Courses in this Package
Solar Energy Introduction (R03-016)
Overview of Geothermal Energy (R01-001)
Advancing Clean Electric Power Technologies: Solar Power (R02-016)
Distributed Solar and Building Energy Systems in a Decarbonized Grid (R04-010)
This online engineering PDH course provides an overview of solar electromagnetic radiation, and presents the fundamental solar parameters and the different methods for calculating them.
Solar energy travels from the sun to the earth in the form of electromagnetic radiation. In this course, properties of electromagnetic radiation will be discussed, and basic calculations for electromagnetic radiation will be presented. Moreover, several solar position parameters, as well as the major methods by which solar radiation is converted into other useable forms of energy will be discussed.
Finally, information will be presented on the use of websites to obtain values for yearly average solar insolation, monthly average insolation, or daily insolation at a specified location in the United States, or anywhere around the world.
This 3 PDH online course is applicable to mechanical, electrical, chemical and energy engineers and architects who interested in learning more about the renewable energy field.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the different types of electromagnetic radiation
- Knowing how to calculate the wavelength and frequency for a specified electromagnetic radiation
- Knowing the meaning of absorbance, reflectance and transmittance as applied to a surface receiving electromagnetic radiation
- Learning how to obtain and calculate values for solar declination, solar hour angle, solar altitude angle, sunrise and sunset angle
- Understanding the major methods by which solar radiation is converted into other useable forms of energy
- Knowing how to use websites to obtain values of relevant solar parameters at a specified location in the United States or anywhere around the world
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course presents basic information regarding geothermal energy, its advantages over traditional energy sources, and the energy savings associated with its use. This course explains the different types of geothermal resources and how they are implemented in the industry, as well as the different types of geothermal power plants used. Furthermore this course highlights the direct uses of geothermal energy and illustrates the benefits of geothermal heat pumps.
This 1 PDH online course is applicable to engineers, contractors, designers, home owners, and personnel who are seeking an understanding of geothermal energy.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding geothermal energy and its benefits
- Learning about the different types of geothermal resources
- Learning about the various geothermal power plants
- Learning about energy savings behind geothermal heat pumps
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the DOE Publication, "Geothermal Energy - Power form the Depths", published by the Department of Energy.
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online PDH course briefly discusses the solar market and solar energy’s technical and resource potential. Also, it addresses R&D strategy and priorities, the development and status of solar technologies and markets, projected solar deployment and impacts, and solutions for high-penetration of renewable energy into the electricity grid.
Solar energy offers a number of strategic benefits to the United States. Replacing fossil-fuel combustion with solar energy reduces emissions of human-induced greenhouse gases and air pollutants.
Despite these benefits, solar energy currently supplies only a small fraction of U.S. energy needs, largely because it historically has cost more than conventional energy sources. However, solar manufacturing costs and sales prices have dropped dramatically over the past few decades, and solar technologies are approaching energy-price parity with conventional generating sources in some regions of the United States and abroad.
This 2 PDH online course is intended for mechanical, electrical and renewable energy engineers as well as others interested in learning more about the current solar market and solar energy’s technical and resource potential.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarization with the solar market and solar energy’s technical and resource potential
- Familiarizing with R&D strategy and priorities
- Understanding the development and status of solar technologies and markets
- Understanding the nature of projected solar deployment and their impact on the U.S. electricity markets
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.
This online engineering PDH course explores the role of demand-side resources in grid transformation and deep decarbonization.
Building energy technologies—including energy-efficient devices, flexible loads, and energy storage—can be coordinated and aggregated to perform similar functions as centralized grid assets. In addition, building energy technologies enable the deployment of distributed solar photovoltaics (DPV). The term distributed solar broadly refers to energy produced by solar panels installed on various rooftops in a (possibly large) geographic area, in contrast to concentrated solar, which refers to energy produced by utility-scale solar power plants. Together, DPV and building energy technologies could help grids achieve deep decarbonization more quickly and cost-effectively.
Demand-side resources can complement supply-side solutions to deep decarbonization by reducing grid net loads and enhancing grid flexibility. The potential benefits of building energy technologies are generally on the order of 20% (e.g., 20% increase in output, 20% reduction in demand, 20% reduction in costs).
This 4 PDH online course is applicable to electrical and energy engineers and professionals who are interested in in applications of solar photovoltaics to building energy systems.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Familiarizing with the trends in DPV and building energy-systems growth
- Knowing the effect of regulatory reforms on demand-side services
- Understanding demand response as an incentive for consumers to reduce their demand for electricity during peak periods of demand
- Recognizing the role of demand-side resources
- Determining the size of the demand-side opportunity to decarbonize grids more quickly and cost-effectively
- Characterizing barriers to beneficial adoption of demand-side resources
- Estimating compatibility and interoperability of communication devices
- Understanding energy policy, building policy, and building user pathways for future development
Upon successful completion of the quiz, print your Certificate of Completion instantly. (Note: if you are paying by check or money order, you will be able to print it after we receive your payment.) For your convenience, we will also email it to you. Please note that you can log in to your account at any time to access and print your Certificate of Completion.