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Merritt Island, Fla. -- Henry Healey, president of The Florida Alternative Energy Corporation (Healey & Associates), recently conducted the third of a series of training programs for Federal Facility Managers on how to evaluate, develop, and purchase solar systems.

The training was part of the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) College. The workshops were held in Washington D.C. and San Francisco and were sponsored by the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program. Mr. Healey assisted the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Renewable Energy Efficiency Training Institute in developing the course for Federal facility managers.

"We wanted to be able to make sure that facility managers could easily identify and evaluate potential renewable energy projects for their facilities," Healey said. "Federal Facility Managers are under the gun to meet the renewable energy goals set by the president, we want to help them find good sites and evaluate the cost effectiveness of potential projects for implementation. The success of the program in not what they learn, but how many renewable energy projects they implement in the future. Success is measured by action taken," he added.

In order for facilities managers to successfully implement the projects, Healey said, they must understand how renewable energy technologies operate, how to select the most appropriate system, the conditions required for them to perform cost effectively, and the steps required for procuring and installing a successful renewable energy system.

"We gave examples of successful systems as well as the details on how to identify cost effective applications and develop their own systems or designs," Healey added. "We wanted to show them that renewable energy is a viable alternative to conventional sources of energy and can very well pay for itself in the energy savings the facility experiences."

The Florida Alternative Energy Corporation specializes in the identification, development, evaluation ad implementation of Advanced Energy Conservation Measures for Commercial and Industrial Facilities.