| Good Energy at Home |
| Written by Green Building Pro Staff | |
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Broadcast Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Speaker: How home performance retrofits improve comfort and safety while decreasing costs and impacts This presentation will explain the process of home performance retrofits and provide an overview of the crucial elements of marketing, assessing, implementing, financing, and following up on retrofit projects. It will also discuss the benefits and challenges associated with this field of work, providing for a more holistic approach to help your project.
Lucas Johnson holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management with a focus in Eco-Entrepreneurship from the Donald Bren School of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). His past experience includes various entrepreneurial activities such as co-founding, and serving as the first President, of the Santa Barbara Emerging Green Builders Chapter. Lucas has also pursued business development beyond the context of academia by founding the non-profit BeyondFire Institute (www.beyondfireinstitute.org) and the for-profit Clean Tech Commercialization (www.beyondfirectc.com). His entrepreneurial passion is focused on making zero-net energy building cost-effective. To further ground his passion, he has worked as an independent consultant for various venture capital firms, successful start-ups, and consulting groups such as Low Carbon Accelerator, Accenture, and Mezzetti and Associates. |


