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This online engineering PDH course presents the fundamental concepts of converting sunlight to electricity using photovoltaic technology.

The production of a small amount of current by certain solid compounds when exposed to light was first discovered in the 1840’s.  With the space race, photovoltaics developed into an exotic technology used almost exclusively on satellites in space. Now photovoltaic technology has developed into rapidly expanding energy markets.

This course briefly accounts the history of using photovoltaics for solar energy generation, and describes the general scientific characteristics of photovoltaic (PV) technology including the physical laws that govern its ability to convert sunlight into electricity, and the materials and molecular structures used to construct solar cells. This course also outlines a variety of solar module configurations (arrays), comparing their capacities in different applications; and briefly describes solar storage devices such as batteries.

This online engineering PDH interactive presentation provides an updated version of the original “Accessibility Guidebook for Outdoor Recreation and Trails”.

Accessibility always is more difficult and costly to implement as an afterthought. When recreation professionals understand what is needed, accessibility becomes integrated into the thinking, planning, designing, construction, and maintenance of every project from the beginning. In line with the Forest Service direction, this presentation aims at helping designers and managers apply Forest Service Outdoor Recreation Accessibility Guidelines (FSORAG) and Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines (FSTAG) to their work and to provide guidance for integrating accessibility into the start of outdoor recreation site and trail projects.

This presentation begins with means of applying the forest service outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines and exploring conditions for an exception in FSORAG. The presentation also discusses outdoor recreation access routes including surfaces, slopes, resting intervals, clear tread width, passing spaces, tread obstacles, openings, protruding objects, gates, and barriers for these routes. It continues to discuss the means to provide comforts and conveniences through constructed features such as grab bars. The presentation also explores the recreation site layout including vehicle parking, camping units, picnic units, viewing units, and the use of the international symbol of accessibility and other signs. It continues to discuss constructed features in recreation sites including picnic tables, fire rings, grills, fireplaces, wood stoves, tent pads and platforms. It also explores other constructed features such as benches, essential containers, telescopes, utilities, water hydrants, outdoor rinsing showers, and utility sinks. The presentation continues to explore the buildings in recreation sites including camp shelters, toilet buildings, and pit toilets. It also discusses beach access routes including exceptions to guidelines, surface, clear tread width, slopes, resting intervals, tread obstacles, openings, protruding objects, elevated dune crossings, and gates and barriers on these routes. The presentation continues to explore means of applying the forest service trails accessibility guidelines by discussing trail terminology, trail construction techniques, conditions for an exception in FSTAG, general exceptions, and documentation of exceptions. It also discusses the technical requirements for accessible hiker/pedestrian trails including surfaces, clear tread width, trail slopes, resting intervals, passing spaces, tread obstacles, protruding objects, openings, facilities, gates, and barriers on trails, as well as trailheads and their signs. Finally, the presentation ends by exploring the FSTAG 4-step Implementation Process.

This 5 PDH online interactive presentation is applicable to Forest Service employees and their partners, designers, managers, recreation professionals, and technical staff who are interested in ensuring inclusive outdoor recreation opportunities.

This online engineering PDH video pesentation provides an introduction to the ADP process that is commonly used in developing new project sites. It describes the three processes involved in the preparation of an ADP as well as the data collection, analysis, evaluation and decision tasks that are necessary. It presents graphic examples of how to represent a land area so it can be evaluated and decisions made about a strategy for its development. The planning procedures described serve as a guide that can be modified to suit specific project requirements. These procedures provide a logical process that can be applied to a broad range of developments in order to create a functional, efficient and environmentally sensitive Area Development Plan.

Facilities planning is an essential step in development of land for commercial, industrial, residential and public agency uses. The three phases of a facilities planning process are: Master Planning, Area Development Planning and Site Planning. This course will focus on one of the three phases: Area Development Planning (ADP).

This 1 PDH online video presentation is intended for civil engineers, architects, land use planners, designers, developers and construction professionals interested in learning about, or involved in, the preparation and implementation of Area Development Plans.