Company Overview

Founded in 1988 by company president Bill Lilly, California Living & Energy has since provided energy consulting services to the new-home, existing-home, multi-family and commercial-building markets. Holding a California State General Contractor's License, as well as licenses for mechanical and insulation contracting, California Living & Energy is a certified Home Energy Rating Systems provider by Calcerts, Inc. and California Home Energy Efficiency Rating Services. California Living & Energy has provided engineering services throughout California.

Team Member Biographies

With an internal staff of 15 professionals operating the Ceres-based headquarters and a Southern California division, California Living & Energy's Leadership Team consists of four professionals:

William Lilly, President

Bill Lilly first entered the energy-conservation industry in 1976, when he started working with Weathermaster Insulation providing energy-efficient design work for an array of different structures from refrigeration buildings to residential subdivisions. After subsequent years of career growth, Mr. Lilly left Weathercaster in 1981, which would turn out to be right in the middle of the worst recession since The Great Depression, and started his own insulation-contracting firm, which went onto insulate millions of square feet of walls, ceilings and floors in existing homes. Over time, his firm grew to a point where larger insulation contractors became interested in acquiring his company. The company's insulation component was sold in 1988 to Western Insulation, which was subsequently purchased by MASCO Corporation, all the while Mr. Lilly retained ownership of the energy calculations division that would later become a part of Mr. Lilly's other company - California Living & Energy.

During this period, Mr. Lilly secured his contractor's license in three separate designations: general, mechanical and insulation.

For California Living & Energy, it has since grown into an industry leader in both service and stature by providing energy calculations throughout California, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. Over time, California Living & Energy has broadened its scope of services by expanding into engineered mechanical design and HERS inspection as well as providing liability-reducing risk management programs for builders. California Living & Energy has produced more than $1 million in HERS testing revenue annually.

Mr. Lilly is a certified Calcerts and Resnet Rater, Resnet Green Rater and Certified CHEERS Energy Analyst. He is on the board of directors of CalHERS, a rater support organization, and Teen Challenge, a prisoner support ministry. He is also a National Comfort Institute certified air balance inspector. In 2009, Mr. Lilly was invited to give a presentation on green assessments for multi-family public housing communities at two United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) conferences in California.

Mr. Lilly brings a wealth of experience and education in the practical aspect of energy conversation, and by launching two companies amidst recession, he has proven his leadership ability.

California Living & Energy has two offices in California, Lake Elsinore in Southern California and Ceres in Northern California

Brian Lange, Director of Sales and Marketing

In addition to overseeing all sales and marketing initiatives, Mr. Lange assesses new-market opportunities to better position California Living & Energy for increased market share advantage. Mr.Lange holds BS, MBA and MA degrees and is a graduate of the executive management programs at Stanford University and the University of the Pacific.

Randy Chaffey, Director of Outside Sales

Mr. Chaffey oversees all related efforts toward increased outside sales activity. With more than 20 years of executive management experience, namely with a national bank Mr. Chaffey has extensive knowledge in business practices. He has owned and operated two separate businesses in wholesale grocery and computer networking.

Yvette Martin, Accounting Supervisor

Ms. Martin comes to California Living and Energy from Del Valle Homes in Modesto and previously Ranchwood Homes in Los Banos. As controller, Ms. Martin managed all related accounting activity for both new-home builders. Ms. Martin attended California State University, Stanislaus.