Events

The Master Builders Association of Snohomish and King Counties is pleased to present a variety of free consumer classes to assist with your home projects. Click here to look for classes by subject or click here for a printable listing of upcoming classes. Be sure to invite a friend!

Twenty-two percent of the energy used in the U.S. is used in homes and 11 percent is used by passenger cars. This means that homeowners with cars can have a big effect on the economy and the environment by using solar energy, reducing energy use and driving electric cars. In this session attendees will learn how to achieve energy balance at home through conservation, efficiency and the use of solar energy. Topics that will be covered include technologies, costs, benefits and available incentives.

Four Program Takeaways:

1. If solar energy can be used in the Pacific Northwest and if it should 
2. The costs and benefits of solar energy, and how incentives and financing can help
3. Whether your home or building is suitable for solar and how much sun is needed
4. The solar energy system technologies that can be used and how they work

Length of program:

1 or 2 hours, including Q&A

Speakers:

Jeremy Smithson, CEO, Puget Sound Solar LLC
Master Builders Association member Jeremy Smithson is co-owner of Puget Sound Solar LLC, which is now in its12th year designing and installing solar energy systems. He is a popular lecturer on the subject, explaining solar energy concepts and realities to professional and non-professional audiences alike through entertaining PowerPoint slide presentations.