Short courses in photovoltaic for worldwide professionals

Author

Schuepbach, E. ; Muntwyler, U.

Author_Institution

Bern Univ. of Appl. Sci. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Burgdorf, Switzerland

fYear

2013

fDate

27-30 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The global energy market is in a phase of transition, and attention is increasingly focused towards renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Professionals work in completely different environments today as compared to the time when they were educated. Expert knowhow on sustainable energy engineering is now more important than ever before. Here, we describe new educational avenues offered by the Photovoltaic Laboratory (PV-Lab) at Berne University of Applied Sciences (BUAS, www.pvtest.ch) in Switzerland. As a leading house in research, development and applications in photovoltaic, the PV Lab at BUAS has introduced a suite of new “short courses” in photovoltaic for worldwide professionals to re-gain the competences required for using the suns´ energy.

Keywords

educational courses; energy conservation; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering education; renewable energy sources; BUAS; Berne University of Applied Sciences; PV Lab; PV plant; Photovoltaic Laboratory; Switzerland; energy efficiency; photovoltaic installation; renewable energy sources; sustainable energy engineering; Lead; Renewable energy sources; Sustainable development; World Wide Web; Bern University of Applied Sciences; Renewable energy; photovoltaic; short courses; worldwide professionals;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), 2013 8th International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Monte Carlo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5269-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EVER.2013.6521530

Filename

6521530