Reduce & Produce

A Special Event on Energy Efficiency Day (October 5, 2017)

What: Reduce & Produce: Pairing Energy Efficiency and Solar

Join us for a round of “lightning talks” about clean energy solutions including solar for your home and business. Local experts will give short, 5-minute presentations, and guests will move among tables in a fast-paced, fun event. Q&A will be right after the event. Light refreshments provided by Feast! and Champion Brewing Company.

Guests will have the opportunity to:

• Get tips to reduce electricity use.
• Hear about environmental impact of fossil fuels, how to go solar, and alternatives to solar.
• Find out the costs, financing, and returns on going solar.
• Ask our experts questions about energy conservation and clean energy.

When: Thursday, October 5th, 2017 at 5:30 – 7 pm (Lightning talks start at 6)

Where: CitySpace on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville

Cost: Free event hosted by LEAP

RSVP: Due to limited space, please register.

Lightning Talk Topics:

• Improving the Efficiency in Your Building Before Going Solar
• Fossil Fuels and their Environmental Impact
• Solar Power (Value / Financing / Return on Investment / Savings)
• Solar Power (Battery Backups and Storage System Technologies)
• Alternatives to Solar: Clean Energy Power without Going Solar

Speakers:

Tray Biasiolli Building Science Consultant Think Little	William Gathright (Bio) Founder and CEO Tumalow Energy Ingenuity	Megan McGroddy, PhD Visiting Scientist at UVa Dept of Environmental Sciences
Wilson Ratliff (Bio) Technical Director LEAP	Anthony E. Smith, PhD (Bio) President and CEO Secure Futures, LLC	Andrew Yoder (Bio) Technical Manager Secure Futures, LLC

Questions about the event? Contact Kellie Hocking at kellie@leap-va.org