Symposium will focus on requirements for installing solar on homes and buildings

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is hosting its inaugural Codes & Standards Symposium Mar. 7-8, gathering the industry and stakeholders in Santa Barbara, Calif., to discuss the patchwork of requirements to install solar on homes and buildings. The event comes after a year of torrid growth for solar, which grew 95 percent in 2016 and doubled its previous annual record.

The symposium will feature the industry's foremost experts sharing their knowledge of the complex world of solar codes and standards, which are key to driving solar's continued rapid expansion. The event will advance the industry's technical and regulatory knowledge of permitting, technology, codes (building, fire, structural and electrical) and standards developments in the solar market.

Charlie Gay, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office, will keynote the symposium, topping an agenda filled with leaders from across the solar industry.

Specifically designed by and for solar codes and standards professionals and their colleagues in research, design, and marketing, symposium attendees will gain insights on today's biggest issues, including:

Solar Structural Codes Innovations
Solar Fire, Energy and Building Codes Development
Solar Electrical Code Development
Unlocking Solar Markets: Permitting and AHJ Engagement
Harmonization of International and U.S. Solar Standards and Implications for the U.S. Market
Developments in PV System Fire Testing and Certification
Industry Proposals to Revise the Solar Mounting and Racking Standard (UL 2703)
SEIA helps its members and the industry actively monitor and develop codes and standards to foster a strong solar industry and facilitate solar's deployment.

To see the full agenda and register, go to http://www.seia.org/events/codes-standards-symposium.

About SEIA®: Celebrating its 43rd anniversary in 2017, the Solar Energy Industries Association® is the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry, which now employs more than 260,000 Americans. Through advocacy and education, SEIA® is building a strong solar industry to power America. SEIA works with its 1,000 member companies to build jobs and diversity, champion the use of cost-competitive solar in America, remove market barriers and educate the public on the benefits of solar energy. Visit SEIA online at www.seia.org.