Installers Earn Continuing Education and Re-Certification Credits for Solar Electric Monitoring Courses

San Jose, Calif. – December 13, 2007 –Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc., the market leader in providing monitoring and reporting services for distributed renewable energy systems, today announced that the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) has approved the company’s installer training program for continuing education credits and re-certification. The instructor-led, hands-on courses provide system installers with critical knowledge about installing National Electrical Code (NEC) compliant monitoring packages for solar electric systems.
 
Register for Fat Spaniel’s training course at: http://fatspanieltraining.webex.com.
 
“Fat Spaniel’s class was essential in my understanding of the importance of solar array monitoring. Their hands-on approach to training was integral to my ability to go out on my own and bring the ‘gateway’ link into service,” said David Sims of Chico Electric. “I would recommend this training to any person using this system and its services.”
 
Chris Beekhuis, president and CTO of Fat Spaniel Technologies, added, “This is the type of accreditation that will help raise the bar in our industry and will be increasingly important as more installers begin to offer monitoring as a standard component of every solar system.”
 
Fat Spaniel’s training courses are designed to help installers develop:

• An integrated understanding of the distributed monitoring system as a whole
• Skills to integrate monitoring from the beginning to the end of the installation process – from site planning to continued system maintenance
• Knowledge to properly and efficiently install NEC compliant monitoring packages through instructor-led hands-on labs.
  

Offered every three weeks at the company’s headquarters in San Jose, CA, as well as on-site at partner locations whenever required, Fat Spaniel’s training course is approved for six hours of NABCEP credit. For detailed schedule, see: http://fatspanieltraining.webex.com.

 
About Fat Spaniel Technologies
Based in San Jose, Calif., Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc. is the leading provider of critical monitoring and reporting services for distributed, renewable energy systems – enabling more efficient diagnostics and maintenance, more compelling visualization, and more usable revenue-grade data for billing, REC trading and performance-based incentives. Fat Spaniel acts as an independent, third party monitoring service provider and delivers information that is used by system owners, system installers, PPA service providers, equipment manufacturers, project financing firms, renewable energy credit markets and energy utility regulatory agencies. The company specializes in renewable energy systems including grid-tied solar electric, solar water heating, geothermal and wind. Fat Spaniel products are presently deployed in over 1000 locations across the United States and Canada as well as nine other countries. With our customers and partners, we share the vision of a world where renewable energy is the first and best energy source. For more information, see www.fatspaniel.com.

About NABCEP
The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is a volunteer board of renewable energy stakeholder representatives. Their mission is to support, and work with the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, professionals, and stakeholders to develop and implement quality credentialing and certification programs for practitioners. Consistent with the mission, NABCEP offers national credentialing and certifications for renewable energy professionals. NABCEP began that work by creating a certification program for solar electric installers – referred to as the NABCEPTM Solar PV Installer Certification.

Press contact:
Rosalind Jackson
Antenna Group (for Fat Spaniel Technologies)
[email protected]
415-977-1923

 

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