Renewables Valuation Institute

The RVA Certification Program is 100% self-paced and online. There are no live sessions, scheduled cohorts, or onboarding deadlines. Each team member starts whenever they're ready and progresses at their own pace.

The program is taught through structured video lessons where the instructor builds and explains fully integrated financial models in Microsoft Excel — so students can follow along, replicate the workflow, and apply the same logic to their own deals. Every course includes downloadable Excel files, real-world case studies, and chapter checkpoints.

For teams, this means no scheduling overhead, no waitlist for a cohort, and no risk of new hires missing a training window.

That depends on which Team License you purchased.

Team Yearly licenses provide 12 months of full access to the RVA Certification Program — including all current courses, future course releases during the license period, downloadable financial models, and real-world case studies. The 12 months begin when each team member activates their seat, not from the date of team purchase. A seat activated by a new hire six months into your license runs for the full 12 months from their activation date.

Team Lifetime licenses provide permanent access. Each seat retains full access to all current and future courses, models, and case studies for as long as RVI operates the program — no renewals, no expiry.

Once a team member earns their RVA Certification, the certification itself is theirs for life — even after a Team Yearly license expires.

No. Team Yearly licenses are 12-month terms with no automatic renewal and no recurring billing. Your card or invoice is processed once at the start of the term — that's it. Around 60 days before your license expires, we'll reach out to ask whether you'd like to renew. Renewal is always opt-in — if you don't actively choose to renew, the license simply ends at the 12-month mark with no further charges.

Team Lifetime licenses are a single one-time payment with no renewal at all — there's nothing to renew, no future invoices, and no expiry.

This is a deliberate design choice. Procurement and finance teams shouldn't have to chase down auto-billing or watch for unexpected charges. You buy what you need, on the terms you chose.

The team manager (the person who purchases the seats) is automatically given access to a Seat Manager dashboard to administer the team. From the dashboard, you can:

• See total seats purchased, claimed, and available
• View each team member's name, email, enrollment date, last login, and active/expired status
• Share or copy the sign-up link to invite team members
• Buy additional seats anytime as new hires join

The dashboard is designed for seat administration. Detailed course-level progress tracking sits with each team member in their own learner account, where they can see their lesson completion, quiz scores, and certification status — and share progress directly with their manager as needed.

Onboarding is fully self-service and typically takes less than 30 minutes to set up:

1. Purchase seats — directly through the website or via invoice
2. Receive manager dashboard access — sent immediately after payment confirmation
3. Share the sign-up link with your team — each team member uses it to create their account and activate their seat
4. Your team starts learning — full access begins the moment each seat is activated

A note on seat assignment: the person who purchases the seats does not automatically receive one. As the team manager, you can use the sign-up link to claim a seat for yourself, reserve all seats for team members, or any combination — your call.

No setup fee, no waiting period, no minimum number of users to claim seats before learning starts.

Adding seats mid-term is straightforward. Your team manager can purchase additional seats anytime from the manager dashboard — no need to contact us. Additional seats are charged at the standard per-seat rate. If you'd like volume pricing on a larger top-up, reach out before purchasing and we'll arrange it directly.

Each new seat operates independently. When a new team member activates one of the additional seats, their 12-month access begins from that moment (Team Yearly) or runs permanently (Team Lifetime) — same as any other seat. There's no co-terminus billing to manage and no shared expiry date.

Removing seats mid-term is not supported. Once seats are purchased, they're committed for the license period. If a team member leaves the firm, their seat does not revert and cannot be reassigned — we recommend factoring expected turnover into your initial seat count, or purchasing additional seats as new hires arrive.

We support two purchase paths, depending on what works best for your finance team:

Self-service checkout (card payment):

• Click Get Team Access, select the number of seats you need, and pay by credit or debit card
• Volume discounts apply automatically at checkout based on your seat count
• Seats are activated within minutes of payment, and the buyer receives the manager dashboard to invite team members

Invoiced purchase (for institutional buyers):

• Click Talk to Our Team with your team size, billing entity, country, and any procurement-specific requirements
• We'll issue a professional invoice payable by card via secure link, or by bank transfer / wire on NET 30 terms
• Once the invoice is paid, seats are activated automatically and the buyer receives the manager dashboard

Every Team License includes a 30-Day Pilot Period. If your team isn't satisfied within the first 30 days of license activation, contact us for a full refund — no questions asked.

The Pilot Period gives your team time to evaluate whether RVI is the right fit for your training needs, and the no-questions-asked guarantee makes the decision risk-free.

Refunds are processed within 10 business days of receiving your request, returned to your original payment method.