With: Katy Hollbacher, Beyond Efficiency, Megan Jennings, Energy Conservation Works, Max Moran, Lower Valley Energy Board Member
This session will outline high performance best practices for buildings in cold mountain towns (with better envelopes and heat pumps for space and water heating) • Demonstrate the potential for these strategies to reverse energy demand growth in Teton County over the next 10 years. • Present cold climate/mountain town case studies (for new construction as well as retrofit situations) • Provide specific solutions including products, service providers and partners • Highlight currently available incentives and other programs (e.g. low-interest loans, utility incentives, tax credits and IRA incentives). We propose to offer model solutions that could be applicable to any mountain town but will be considering the solutions through the lens of Teton County. The workshop will be created and delivered in partnership with Lower Valley Energy (LVE), the local rural utility co-op, and Energy Conservation Works (ECW), a joint powers board that includes the Town of Jackson, Teton County and LVE.
