Creative Energies Blog

Andy Tyson, Creative Energies Co-owner, is now certified by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) as a Solar PV Installer.  Now three of Creative Energies staff are certified!

Neither Wyoming nor Idaho currently have licensing programs specifically for solar technologies. We, at Creative Energies, believe that in the absence of such programs, NABCEP certification offers our customers the best guarantee that their system design and installation is of the highest quality.

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) is a volunteer board of renewable energy stakeholder representatives that includes representatives of the solar industry, NABCEP certificants, renewable energy organizations, state policy makers, educational institutions, and the trades. Each member of the board was chosen because of his or her experience and involvement in the solar energy industry. NABCEP’s mission–to support, and work with, the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries, professionals, and stakeholders–is intended to develop and implement quality credentialing and certification programs for practitioners.

NABCEP’s goal is to develop voluntary national certification programs that will:

• Promote renewable energy;
• Provide value to practitioners;
• Promote worker safety and skill; and
• Promote consumer confidence

by Scott Kane

Creative Energies System Designer, Phil Schneider has been accepted as a
NABCEP Certified PV installer. NABCEP (the North American Board of Certified
Energy Practitioners) is the national certifying board for solar design and
installation. There is a rigorous application process and difficult
technical exam.

The NABCEP PV installer certification is a voluntary certification that
provides a set of national standards by which PV installers with skills and
experience can distinguish themselves from their competition. Certification
provides a measure of protection to the public by giving them a credential
for judging the competency of practitioners.

Creative Energies supports and encourages this type of certification and now
has two certified PV installers on staff. For more information on NABCEP
visit their website http://www.nabcep.org/pv_installer.cfm .