How to Provide Qualified Installers of Small-Scale Renewable Energy Systems in Buildings: The Install+RES Training Courses
Creators: name: Caneva, S.
name: Weiss, I.
name: Arancón, S.
name: Hiegl, W.
name: Janssen, R.
name: Rutz, D.
name: Schmid, H.
name: Wolf, M.
name: Schellekens, E.
name: Campogrande, D.
name: Nedelcheva, I.
name: Grabant, N.
name: Tselepis, S.
name: Magiera, Y.
name: Nemish, Y.
name: Esitini, M.
name: Merrone, M.
name: Pressas, S.A.
name: Giannadakis, T.
name: Kirchensteiner, W.
Publisher: name: WIP
Year: 2012
Subjects: PV - a Major Electricity Source
PV Globalisation, Policies and Administrative Barriers

description: 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 4738-4741
description: Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable energy sources sets an
overall binding target of supplying 20% of European Union (EU)’s final energy consumption from renewable energy
sources by 2020 with binding national targets for each Member State. Details of how these targets will be achieved in
each Member State are described in National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs). High RES scenario
presented in Energy Roadmap 2050 by European Commission (EC) foresees that 75% of the gross final energy can
be supplied from renewable energy sources by 2050. Thus, high qualified workforce is fundamental to guarantee the
quality in the installation of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to be installed to achieve the mandatory targets of the
National Renewable Energy Action Plans and the targets of High RES scenario. The Install+RES project aims to
provide highly qualified trainers (teachers and engineers) and installers (electricians, plumbers, roofers and
technicians for heating systems) of small-scale renewable energy systems (biomass, solar, photovoltaic systems and
heat pumps) for buildings in several European countries, namely Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Poland and Slovenia, by
establishing training courses. The trainers and installers trained during the Install+RES training courses will be able
to properly install the Renewable Energy Systems (RES) in their respective countries. This represents a fundamental
step to ensure the achievement of the targets stated in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans and in the High
RES scenario of the Energy Roadmap 2050. The Install+RES training courses material is developed in line with the
requirements mentioned in Directive 2009/28/EC (Article 14, Annex IV). The Install+RES training courses will be
completed with an exam leading to a certification or qualification according to the requirements of the Directive
2009/28/EC. The high quality of the courses offered within the Install+RES project is ensured by the “train the
trainers” courses. During the “train the trainers” courses, the trainers, who will implement the training courses for
installers, acquire practical and theoretical knowledge to properly implement the training courses for installers of
small-scale renewable energy systems in their countries. During the “train the trainer” courses, the trainers will obtain
the pedagogical and technical skills to implement the “Install+RES” courses for installers in their respective countries
(Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece and Poland). The innovative aspects of the Install+RES “train the trainer” courses
such as the “hand on learning” concept, “tandem teaching” approach and the “multiplier effect” are also highlighted
throughout this paper. The Install+RES “train the trainer” courses have already been established in Munich,
Germany, in German and English languages. The participants of the training courses were the Install+RES training
providers and also third party organisations interested in establishing training courses in their own countries. The
content and the methodology of the training courses have been adapted to each target country (Poland, Italy,
Slovenia, Bulgaria and Greece) according to the potential installers’ and markets’ needs resulting from the NREAPs
in line with the RES Directive. The adapted material has been translated into the National languages of each target
country. The training courses for installers have been offered in Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Poland and Slovenia in the
National languages. 78 trainers and 167 installers have been qualified until now during the Install+RES project in the
field of renewable energy systems installations.