Successful Students
HeatSpring's goal is to help small companies, professionals, and entrepreneurs make money in the renewable energy industry. We accomplish this through both training and publishing.
In HeatSpring Magazine we write articles that teach tips and best practices for marketing, selling, designing and installing, geothermal heat pump, solar PV and solar thermal projects.
We Can Teach You To
- 1- Become an Expert at Designing and Installing Quality Systems
- 2- Find More Clients and Sell More Projects
- 3- Understand State and Federal Incentives
- 4- Add Renewable Products to an Existing Business
- 5- Change Careers Into Renewable Energy
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For Newbies
If you're brand new to the solar or geothermal industry, these resources will be extremely useful to you:- 1- How to Make Money in the Renewable Energy Industry
- 2- Solar 101 Reading List
- 3- Geothermal 101 Reading List
HeatSpring Team
Brian Hayden is one of the founders of HeatSpring Learning Institute. He manages HeatSpring's course catalog and partnerships. Brian stays awake at night thinking about how small and medium sized businesses can make money in renewable energy and the future of blended learning.
Duncan Miller, co-founder, runs operations for training events and manages the company finances. Duncan loves working with our instructors to develop and run HeatSpring courses. He also enjoys technology and websites and built HeatSpring's very first site back in 2007. He studied finance and computer science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and earned an MBA at Babson College.
Chris Williams is the Chief Marketing Officer at HeatSpring. He's a clean energy jack-of-all trades. He has installed over 300kW of solar PV systems, tens of residential and commercial solar hot water systems and 50 tons of geothermal equipment. Chris is an IGSPHA Certified Geothermal Installer and is a NABCEP Certified Solar Installer. He went to Babson College and founded Green Light Distrikt, and consults with small renewable energy companies to streamline their sales and marketing.
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HeatSpring in the News
We Are Renewable Energy Experts
Since 2007, we have trained over 5,000 building professionals in renewable energy certification programs.
We frequently are quoted and write in renewable energy industry publications on the current state of the industry
- 02/23/2012 - Climate Progress "Construction of the Largest U.S Geothermal Heat Pump System Underway"
- 01/27/2012 - Renewable Energy World "Opportunities and Challenges in the 2012 New England Market"
- 01/23/2012 - EcoOutfitter Blog "The Face of Today's Solar Professional"
- Solar Thermal Biz: "7 Ways the Solar Thermal Industry is Laying the Foundation for Explosive Growth"
- Regular Renewable Energy World Contributor
- Cleantechies: "What Can SRECs Mean for the Solar Thermal Market?"
- Business Week: "Top 25 Social Entrepreneurs"
- Alternative Energy Stocks: "A Guide to Geothermal Heat Pump Investing"
- Reuters: "Will Home Depot Kill the Residential Solar Market"
- Forbes: "Is your Roof Right for Solar?"