Understanding Photovoltaics: Designing and Installing Residential Solar Systems (2021)

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.

Jay Warmke is the author of a number of textbooks on renewable energy, including Assembling a Solar Generator, When the Biomass Hits the Wind Turbine, Understanding Photovoltaics, Designing & Installing Solar PV Systems, and more. He has received several awards including Educator of the Year (ETA), Volunteer of the Year, and Pioneer of the Year from Green Energy Ohio. Jay also has served as Vice President: Green Energy Ohio, Chair Person: ETA's Renewable Energy Committee and board member: Electronic Technician's Association (ETA) . He also teaches renewable energy at Zane State College, University of Dayton, and conducts various workshops on sustainable construction and renewable energy at throughout the midwest. He co-owns Blue Rock Station, with his wife Annie Warmke, the premier sustainable living center in Ohio which draws thousands of visitors from around the world.