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East Coast Green is offering over 30 continuing education sessions focused around individual topics tracks throughout the conference. Below is a detail of one of the courses. To see full course listing and times go back to Speaker Schedule. Click Here to go Back to complete Schedule
TH16T1 While the process of developing and financing a solar electricity facility is not all that different from well-established real estate development processes, there is still a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about the design and economics of solar projects. This session will provide participants with a solid understanding of the technical, legal and financial issues and strategies that architects and planners need to know in considering implementation of solar in new construction and building retrofits. The presenters have a deep background in solar implementation in a variety of applications, including, schools, multifamily affordable housing, commercial real estate and municipal buildings and facilities (e.g., waste water and treatment, corporation yards and maintenance facilities). The session will cover some of the basic design guidelines, such as how to determine site solar electricity generating capacity (e., rooftop, carport and/or grounded mounted), how to size a solar facility to optimize energy savings given site load and local utility rate structures, and the implementation steps in developing solar in ways that capture local, state and federal incentives, are attractive to third-party investors and meet regulatory requirements. The session will also provide information resources that can help participants in determining the opportunities supporting solar that exist in their local communities. Finally, the session will include a couple of illustrative case studies, and provide participants an opportunity to apply some of the models and tools presented to specific projects they are involved with, or contemplating. Speakers: Rick Brown, PhD
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