Case Study: Kentucky Association of Counties achieves real-time energy monitoring and verified savings with Brightly Software

Kentucky Association of Counties Promotes Efficiency in Local Government with UtilityTrac Plus

The Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo), based in Frankfort, KY, needed a way to track promised savings from performance contracts and to support LEED Gold recertification across its member counties. Executive Director Denny Nunnelley and Deputy Executive Director Brian Roy required tools to monitor utility use and identify where heating and cooling costs were being wasted—insights that monthly bills alone could not provide.

KACo partnered with Dude Solutions to implement online energy‑tracking and maintenance tools that deliver real‑time utility monitoring and reporting. The solution lets them verify guaranteed savings, produce documentation for LEED recertification, quickly pinpoint and prevent energy waste, and generate actionable cost data in just a few clicks—helping counties cut expenses and model energy efficiency statewide.

Kentucky Association of Counties

Denny Nunnelley

Executive Director