The objectives of this project will be to educate design and construction professionals on key principals of integrating solar energy into the built environment

The scope of the effort will be focused on architectural solar; the project team defines architectural solar as solar energy generating technology that has architectural significance or is coordinated with the architectural design process. Whether IT be a building-integrated photovoltaic (bipv) facade or a rooftop PV system that is architecturally coordinated with rooftop vents early in the design process, IT is encompassed by the term architectural solar. The educational content will encompass both residential and commercial markets when IT comes to communicating the needs of "solar-ready" principals, although the majority of the content will be focused on the commercial market where the largest knowledge gaps have been identified. The initial content will start with a high-level overview of architectural solar and progress to more in-depth technical modules that target specific user-groups. Examples of potential topics include integration feasibility, financial analysis, system design and workflow principals.