Wolfworks' Jamie Wolf Receives PACE Lifetime Achievement Award

People’s Action for Clean Energy (PACE) presented the Judi Friedman Lifetime Achievement Award to Jamie Wolf of Farmington, founder of Avon-based Wolfworks Inc. The award was presented Dec. 2 at the annual meeting of PACE, an organization led for 43 years by Judi Friedman, a passionate and tireless advocate for clean energy. This award is in her memory.

Wolf was recognized for his career of designing passive and net zero homes and deep energy retrofits. In addition, PACE highlighted his role as an educator, noting that, through his home tours, workshops, published articles and leadership in the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, Wolf has inspired countless homeowners, tradesmen and others to build and renovate efficient, resilient and sustainable homes.

PACE President Mark Scully of Simsbury commented on the alignment of Wolf’s work with the work of PACE, noting, “Jamie has dedicated his career to demonstrating that net zero high performance homes can be built and striving for the same in existing buildings, bringing us closer to a 100 percent renewable energy society.”

In accepting his award, Wolf said, “It is a special privilege to associate my life’s work with the standard of commitment demonstrated by Judi Friedman and the community she convened around the relationship between clean energy, a safe and sane environment, and an ethic grounded in peace. Over the years Judi would call me once and awhile to check in and champion our work, work she would thank us for doing. Our last enterprise with Judi was a video championing the work we do. She wanted to shine a spotlight on the very real potential of homes that produce as much energy as they use.”

“We host open houses for all our projects and nobody leaves without exclaiming, ‘Why isn’t every home built like this?’ Wolf told the PACE audience. “We need you to help us ask this question in your communities.”

Wolfworks won two consecutive CT Zero Energy Challenge Grand Prize awards for homes designed and built in Harwinton and Farmington. The firm also conducts energy retrofits for existing homes. For information, visit www.homesthatfit.com.

PACE is a public health and environmental organization formed in 1973 by a group of concerned Connecticut citizens to promote the development of alternative, renewable sources of energy, encourage the efficient use of energy, develop a spirit of conservation among Connecticut residents and challenge Connecticut's commitment to nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Through its house tours, publications, radiation monitoring and recognition of environmental leaders, PACE has educated countless members of the public on energy issues. For further information, go to www.pace-cleanenergy.org.

Photo: PACE President Mark Scully of Simsbury, left, presents the Judi Friedman Lifetime Achievement Award to Jamie Wolf of Farmington, founder of Avon-based Wolfworks Inc.