Electrification: The Conservation Conversion Conversation with Jonathan Wright - Session 1

Electrification: The Conservation Conversion Conversation

with Jonathan Wright 

Tuesday, October 24, 6:30pm Hitchcock Center LIving Building 

Session 1 - Tuesday, October 24, 6:30pm A deep dive for the eager and curious novice. Core facts and figures will be folded into what we can do NOW, and why it matters.The sources and uses of electricity, how it works, and how it is so different from any other utility. Where are the conversion opportunities that do not add fossil fuel load on the generating side, or at least reduce more than enough to offset the new grid load? Getting to what good looks like- reducing building operations carbon. Why we can’t just turnoff the gas and plug in the electricity.

Jonathan A. Wright is a writer, author, poet, retired builder, artisan, and designer with a 50-year history in sustainable buildings, methods, materials, and communities. His former company, Wright Builders Inc., under his guidance, completed over fifty LEED certified projects, and was the first in the world to complete two Living Building Challenge projects. He lives In Northampton and consults regionally on sustainable practices.