Employers are increasingly demanding a workforce that understands the electricity system and resilience principles that can help address their vulnerabilities and lower risks in the face of climate change, disruptions to supply chains, and customer green purchasing preferences.

Get up to speed very quickly through this George Washington University Energy Resilience Certificate program. Download the GWU Energy Resilience Certificate Flyer.

Contact Ed Saltzberg with questions - esaltzberg@gwu.edu

Learn all you need to know on each critical energy topic in 12 hours or less and engage with the instructor through live webinars. This accelerated program is designed for a non-technical professional but deep enough to provide the training all need to understand the energy system and become well-rounded advisors, decision-makers, investors, educators, and policy leaders. Get the banana without paying for the peel.

Four courses comprise the GWU Energy Resilience Certificate. Two classes open on Sept 1. Register here. $550 course fee.

1.How to Design, Finance, and Integrate Renewables in the Power Grid – A key to understanding resilience is to know how the electric grid works and how renewable energy fits into it. This course provides participants with a grounding in the electric power grid and the knowledge needed to oversee, plan, finance, and implement renewable energy projects. Instructor: Stratos Tavoulareas is an energy advisor working globally. Until August 2019, he was the Lead for Global Power at the International Finance Corporation Advisory Services, part of the World Bank Group. He has 40 years of experience in the energy sector working in 80 countries on renewable energy and transforming the power sector to accommodate new technologies.   More about the course and register

2.On the Road to Mass Market Electric Vehicles - The key to modernizing the energy system is integrating electric vehicles into the grid system. Electric vehicles are leading the way to the electrification of the economy. Students will learn about the types of electric vehicles, the EV market and factors driving market growth, barriers to growth, and how the market may overcome them. Instructor: Julian Bentley is the Managing Director and founder of Bentley Energy Consulting, with more than 20 years of experience helping the federal government address energy and environmental challenges.  More about the course and register.

Who would not like to be more resilient? Take the course! Nelson Lee, Green Sky Sustainability, President 

I am a senior system and electrical engineer with 25+ years of experience in the public, private, and government sectors. This course has provided me with knowledge, resources, and examples which I can use to communicate and emphasize the importance and inherent need for resilience. Stephanie Keller, IEEE, Member

The course gave me better knowledge to perform a technical, business, and policy analysis for Electric Vehicle adoption. Andrew Newens, US Department of Energy 

The lecturer's sound technical knowledge and experience guided me through the components, technology, factors, drivers, and forecasts of the EV market. Sandrine Boukerche, The World Bank

The Enterprise Resilience short course is an excellent introduction to powerful techniques of systems thinking and dynamics that are being used to assist complex businesses and governments to not only anticipate and manage the wide range of threats and circumstances detrimental to their operations but also to maximize their potential for generating desired and positive outcomes. Doug Sharp, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Instructor and Former EPA Emergency Management Official

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