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The SolarTech Permitting and Installation Symposium is bringing together leaders from solar photovoltaic (PV) system installers and integrators, decision makers and building department representatives, to discuss best practices for permitting and inspection processes.
SolarTech presents this Symposium with the collaborative leadership of the City of San Jose, the City of San Francisco’s Department of Environment, PG&E and the Department of Energy’s Solar America Board for Codes and Standards (SolarABCs).
Join SolarTech and its partners in efforts to drive standardization and quality of PV installation and move the industry forward in broad adoption of streamlined permitting practices. Our objective is to collaboratively identify the challenges we face as an industry, and drive best practices adoption.
Developing and adopting standards and best practices is essential for the economic turnaround and continued expansion of the industry!
Panelist will present the latest solutions and practices for residential and commercial systems and will address methods to streamline transaction times, improve efficiency, and reduce project cost.
SolarTech Permitting Challenge
Open the solar market. Open the online permit solutions market.
Join SolarTech in pioneering the necessary software standards!
Who Should Attend?
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AGENDA & SPEAKERS |
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9:00 am |
SolarTech Welcome: Prepare for the Upturn |
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Doug Payne, Executive Director, SolarTech |
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9:10 am |
City of San Francisco Welcome |
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Lawrence Kornfield, City of San Francisco Chief Building Inspector |
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9:30am |
PG&E Commitment to Solar |
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Tom Bottorff, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Relations, Pacific Gas & Electric |
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9:45am |
Regional Collaborative: Bay Area Climate Compact |
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Working towards the adoption of solar standards across Bay Area counties |
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Greg Sellers, President, Burnham Energy & Bob Hines, Vice President & Energy Director SVLG |
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10:00 am |
A National Perspective on Permitting Best Practices |
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Solar ABCs proposed permitting standards, how they were developed and where they've been |
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Bill Brooks, Principal, Brooks Engineering |
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10:20am |
Panel 1: "Beyond Fees, Overcoming Challenges for Permitting Adoption" |
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How the industry and government are preparing for and dealing with the expansion of solar energy |
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Bill Brooks, Principal, Brooks Engineering |
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Molly Sterkel, Program and Project Supervisor, California Public Utilities Commission |
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Kareem Dabbagh, Engineering Manager, SolarCity |
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Moderator: Jessie Denver, Solar Program Coordinator, City of San Jose |
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11:00 am |
Coffee Break |
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11:15 am |
Panel 2: "A systems Approach to Installation & Inspection" |
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A deep dive into installation quality, inspection preparation and commissioning best practices |
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Vlad Gorshtein, Vice President, All Seasons Roofing & Solar |
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Blake Gleason, Engineering Manager, Sun Light & Power |
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David Green, Senior Electrical Inspector, San Francisco Dept. of Building Inspection |
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Moderator: Doug Eakin, Solar Business Development Manager, Wieland Electric |
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12:15pm |
Lunch |
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1:15pm |
SolarTech Permitting Challenge A look at an industry competition to bring the permitting process on-line |
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1:25 pm |
Panel 3: "Off the Shelf Solutions: Streamlined Best Practices for Installation & Permitting for Residential Systems" |
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Francisco DeVries, Program Director for Renewable Funding, California First |
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Jeanine Cotter, CEO, Luminalt |
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Roger Rushing, Sr. Green Building Inspector, City of Berkley |
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Wendy Boyle, Incentives & Interconnection Manager, Real Goods Solar |
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2:25 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:40 pm |
Panel 4: “Best In Class: Leading Practices within the Commercial PV Environment” |
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Craig Stager, Senior Lead Project Designer - Commercial Operations, SPG Solar |
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Andrew Yip, Supervisor - Solar and Customer Generation, PG&E |
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Jonathan Eastwood, Director of Design, Engineering and Technology, Solar Power Partners |
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Tyson Grul, Director Commercial Business, Real Goods Solar |
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Marybelle Ang, MPP, Southern California Edison |
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3:40 pm |
Wrap-Up & Key Takeaways |
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“Mystery” panelists are convened throughout the day of the Symposium |
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Moderator: Doug Payne, Executive Director, SolarTech |
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4:40 pm |
Adjourn |
SolarTech, an initiative of Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is a collaborative organization formed to identify and resolve technical and market barriers to solar technology by addressing issues of performance, installation and workforce readiness.
SolarTech’s industry-spanning collection of products and services delivers best practices and standards to assure member companies achieve faster time to market, with lower risk, and higher consumer adoption of solar powered systems. www.solartech.org.
News & Updates
Directions:
From East Bay
Take the Fremont Street exit from the Bay Bridge. Continue for two
blocks and make a left onto Mission Street. Turn right on 2nd Street
and then right again on Stevenson to park in one of the three parking
garages listed below, or continue on Mission toward the Mission &
5th Street Garage. The Commonwealth Club office is at the corner of 2nd
and Market Streets, one block north of Mission Street.
From South Bay
Take the Fourth Street exit off of Highway 101 or 280. Continue
straight off of exit onto Bryant Street (from 101) or King Street (from
280) for two blocks. Turn left onto Second Street, past Mission, and
then turn right on Stevenson to park in one of the three parking
garages listed below, or continue on Mission toward the Mission &
5th Street Garage. The Commonwealth Club office is at the corner of 2nd
and Market Streets, one block north of Mission Street.
From North Bay
From Golden Gate Bridge, take Marina Boulevard to Bay Street. Turn left
on Bay Street and continue to Embarcadero. Turn right on Embarcadero
and continue to Mission Street. Turn right on Mission Street, right on
2nd Street and right on Stevenson to park in one of the three parking
garages listed below, or continue on Mission toward the Mission &
5th Street Garage. The Commonwealth Club office is at the corner of 2nd
and Market streets, one block north of Mission Street.
Via BART
Take BART to the Montgomery Street station. Take the 2nd Street exit.
The Commonwealth Club office is at the corner of 2nd and Market streets
(there is a Stacey's Bookstore next door). Please note that the BART is literary right in
front of the club and is the best option from the east bay. For schedule information,
visit BART online.
Via Muni
The Commonwealth Club is easily accessible by Muni and can be directly
reached by Lines F, 5, 6, 7, 9, 21, 31, 38, 66, 71, which stop at the
corner of 2nd and Market streets. Many additional Muni lines stop
nearby and are within easy walking distance: visit Muni online or call 817-1717 (415, 510 and 511 area codes) for route and schedule information.
For other information, please vist Commonwealth San Francisco's Web Page
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