astronomy

Solar Academy International

Solar Academy International is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Solar Academy International rather than just read about it. In short: Solar Academy International is a global Solar energy training school network. Solar Academy International's first training center, Ontario Solar Academy, was established in 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Key takeaways

Solar Academy International belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Solar Academy International to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Solar Academy International from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Solar Academy International is a global Solar energy training school network. Solar Academy International's first training center, Ontario Solar Academy, was established in 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Entrepreneurs and founders of Solar Academy International, Jacob Travis and David Gower, created the training school in response to demands by solar companies experiencing a shortage in qualified workers within the solar industry, following the surge in interest in solar energy upon the passing of the Ontario Green Energy Act 2009 that led to the creation of the Feed-in Tariff Program. Today, Solar Academy International is the largest training school in Canada, having trained over 700 student graduates, with operations expanding overseas. The school's most popular class is a 5-day intensive course in which students are taught the fundamental basics of the solar industry including aspects of design, sales, and installation by NABCEP-certified installers. Instructors have, in addition to sharing a wealth of field experience and knowledge in best practices, been known to take on students for solar projects, offering practical, paid experience to beginners looking to enter the solar industry. The course concludes with a field trip to a LEED-certified Platinum facility with an operational solar PV system. This intensive course also satisfies the education requirements laid out by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) for the Entry Level Program. Students who have completed the course are eligible to write the NABCEP Entry Level Exam at one of Castle Worldwide's testing facilities by registering through the Academy. Solar Academy International also recently started offering a multiple month internship program for interested applicants to get both knowledge and experience into the solar industry. The internship is tailored to the intern's strengths and interests and offers flexibility in length and scope.

Ontario Solar Academy On August 27, 2010, the then-named Ontario Solar Academy was the first solar PV training school in Canada to receive the Institute for Sustainable Power Quality (ISPQ) accreditation by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. ISPQ Accreditation is internationally recognized for having high standards in solar energy education and is awarded to training providers. Enrollment in the course surged upon approval of this accreditation, with many students satisfied with the quality of instruction and comprehensiveness of the introductory course.

Course Location Courses in Canada are held at the Franken Solar facilities in Mississauga, Ontario. Past courses have also been held in select cities in the United States. Workshops in Miami and Toronto are slated to take place in December 2014.

References

External links Solar Academy International Official Website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Solar Academy International

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Solar Academy International claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Solar Academy International before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Solar Academy International ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Solar Academy International

In research: Solar Academy International appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Solar Academy International in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Solar Academy International is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Solar energy organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Solar Academy International outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Solar Academy International in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Solar Academy International means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Solar Academy International out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Solar Academy International in simple terms?

Why does Solar Academy International matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Solar Academy International?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Solar Academy International.