Understanding Photovoltaics

UPDATED September 2020!  Field tested by hundreds of students in schools across North America, this easy-to-follow text is designed to take an extremely "non-technical" student with zero background in PV, and literally teach them how to design and install a variety of residential PV systems.

This text is also designed to help prepare students who wish to sit for industry-accepted certification programs such as the ETA Level 1 PV Certification or the NABCEP PV Certificate Programs.

Each chapter contains multiple choice review questions, as well as labs that comply with "hands-on" requirement of the ETA certification.

For Instructors:  Classroom Power Points available that correspond to the text. FREE Desk Copies available for review. A narrated online course with slides, videos and labs also is available that tracks with the text.

Detailed answer keys for practice problems, Dozens of practice scenarios with answer key, Lab instruction and notes. Lab kits are also available. Updated annually. Electronic versions available.