Renewable Energy Certification Course

INTRODUCTION

Municipalities spend up to 40% of their annual budget on electricity costs. It has become imminent to calculate and reduce energy-intensive practices in order to cope with the increase in demand and reduce operational expenses. To transition towards increased energy efficiency, capacity building and training in energy auditing and management practices will be required.

OBJECTIVES:

The certification course will:

Transfer technical and practical knowledge to participants on Energy Auditing for rooftop
solar, buildings and streetlights
Create awareness about the financial and environmental benefits as a result of renewable
energy generation and optimum energy utilisation.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE:

The program consists of 2 webinars, 3 hours each, over the span of 2 weeks

Sl.no	Topic	Mode of Training	PROPOSED DATES	Duration	Resource Person
1	Module 2- part 1	Online	24th Apr 2021	3hrs	Auroville Consulting
2	Module 2- part 2	Online	1st May 2021	3hrs	Auroville Consulting

TRAINER DETAILS:

Inge van Alphen

Head of Training and Capacity Building

Auroville Consulting

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING:

The modules will include an introduction to the following components:

Energy Auditing;
Energy Conservation and Efficiency-introduction;
Energy Efficiency for the Building Sector;
Energy Efficiency Street Lights;
Solar Photovoltaics (PV) – basics;
Feasibility study for Solar PV;
Solar PV system design;
Solar PV technical specifications and tendering;
Financing mechanisms for Solar PV and policy framework;
Learning by gamification and exercises