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| OnGrid’s principal, Andy Black, has 13 years
experience with solar electric systems. Originally a technical expert on solar electric systems, with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, he has transformed his technical expertise into customer education on the financial benefits of solar electric systems. Andy’s formal and solar electric education & credential includes:
He has been widely published (for a list, see www.ongrid.net/papers) and had 6 papers accepted in the peer review publication process. He has presented at several national conferences, with more coming. Click for past and upcoming presentations. He is an invited presenter at PG&E’s Pacific Energy Center, The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), Solar Energy International, Solar Living Institute, North Carolina Solar Center (NCSC), the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), and at numerous conferences to present on Solar Financial Analysis. He’s also been a requested speaker by several municipal utilities, corporations, and at other forums. He has appeared on National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate KUSP Click here for the audio track (10.3MB MP3 file). In total, he has made more than 90 presentations on Solar Electricity and Solar Financial Payback to an audience of over 5,000 (plus the radio & cable TV audience). Andy is a NABCEP Certified Solar Installer (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners), signifying his technical competence, experience, and adherence to the NABCEP code of ethics. He is an advocate for the solar industry, recently serving on the Boards of Directors for the American Solar Energy Society and the NorCal Solar Energy Association. He has hosted numerous Solar Home Tours around the Silicon Valley, and contributed to NorCal’s Solar Energy Resource Guide for the last 5 years. He is an active member of CalSEIA, ASES, ISES, and NorCal Solar Association. Andy has been an instructor for the Solar Living Institute 10 times over the last 4 years. He teaches “Find Your Dream Job in Solar” to a variety of audiences, with the goal of helping others enjoy the same success in their life’s work as he. Click for the resource list for this "Dream Job" class. He also teaches numerous other classes geared toward customer and industry education. Andy is also the groundskeeper and servant for a cat at his home in San Jose, California. Here are some quotes from students in Andy's classes: "Very exciting, knowledgeable
& fun" - Chris Bovia
"There is no question Andy couldn't address!" - Maya Jones "Great in depth of coverage of all financial analysis intricacies." "Andy Black is a true expert." - Dan Mello "I understood everything presented. This is a very complicated subject." - Parker Painter "Master of his domain" - Dan Sukiennik "Andy's knowledge of the subject is fantastic! He kept the class moving" - Dru Sutton "Knows his stuff" - Pete Chesson "Presenter very knowledgeable! Paid good attention to the details. Very impressive." |
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