FreeSkool: DIY Energy Efficiency Workshop

Skyrocketing electric bills? This conversation is for YOU!

Whether you're a homeowner, farm, nonprofit, or small business, skyrocketing energy costs are affecting everyone these days. Chris Woolery, Energy Projects Coordinator and Josh Bills, Senior Energy Analyst, both at Mountain Association, will lead a community conversation about different ways to lower your utility bills. Learn how to do your own DIY efficiency projects, whether solar might work for you, what to look for when hiring a contractor, and where utility programs and other incentives are available to help.

There will be a discussion with time for Q&A. After class, if the weather is cooperative, attendees can also take an outside tour of the solar systems and EV charging station located on the farm (please dress for the outdoors, including mudboots, if you'd like to participate).

Class is FREE, but limited to 20 participants so please register. Recommended for 13 and older. If you have registered and can no longer attend, PLEASE CANCEL your registration so that someone else may take your place. Please note that this event takes place up a flight of stairs. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

About Chris:

Chris Woolery joined Mountain Association’s Energy Team in 2011 after two decades as an ENERGY STAR® builder and energy services contractor. Over his career, Chris has helped deliver residential energy efficiency upgrades to more than 800 households. Chris manages the How$martKY™ program, which partners with rural electric cooperatives to install residential energy improvements paid directly from their energy savings. His work also focuses on equitable energy policy and clean energy workforce development.

About Josh:

Josh Bills, a Certified Energy Manager, has worked with the Mountain Association since 2008 to develop and coordinate energy assessments and pursue emerging energy efficiency and renewable energy opportunities for commercial enterprises across Central Appalachia. He advocates for commercial businesses and organizations to always first lower their electricity demand through smarter usage and low-investment energy efficiency measures; then works diligently with people to help them combine available grant funds, rebates and financing to cover larger investments in efficiency and solar systems designed to optimize energy production.