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

Randy Chaffey, Director - Sales

Randy Chaffey started his work career with Bank of America in operations management. After 4 years he was recruited to a management position with a large wholesale grocery company. Twenty-two years and two mergers later he decided to start his own company Merchants Wholesale Grocery, serving customers throughout the central valley.

Randy came to California Living & Energy in 2006 and became the Director of Sales. Since then, Randy has completed training in many aspects of energy consulting. He is a member of CABEC, a Certified Green Build Professional and a HERS Rater. He enjoys working with his builder clients on details of Title-24, design and green building.

Married with 3 grown children and 3 grandchildren, Randy holds a BA in Management and an MA in Business Administration.

Andy Llora , Asst. VP of Sales & Marketing at California Living & Energy

Andy Llora graduated from St. Mary's International HS in Tokyo, and continued his education at California State University-Long Beach in the fields of engineering and psychology. In previous positions he was VP of web development, Director of Sales & Marketing, and Webmaster/Designer for several medium sized e-commerce companies.

With 16 years experience in Google market domination for his own companies, and for client sites, he comes to us with a wealth of information in marketing, new media marketing, web design, programming and outside sales. His experience will be utilized to expand new market opportunities, while solidifying existing project fulfillment strategies. He is a Certified Green Building Professional and is a registered CalGreen special inspector #8111516.