Paul is now a certified solar thermal installer to better serve our clients and promote renewable energy in the St. Croix Valley and beyond.

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners or NABCEP solar thermal installer certification is a certification that provides a set of national standards by which solar thermal 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.

**The Need for certification in the renewables industry;

1.Certification provides a measure of protection to the public by giving them a credential for judging the competency of practitioners;
2.Certification provides practitioners with a way to distinguish themselves from their competition; and
3.By potentially improving quality, certification improves the public perception of the given occupation, helping increase the industry’s prominence.