In Memory
Joe Felz — His Life & Work
Electrician, entrepreneur, solar energy consultant, builder, van-lifer, and world traveler. Based in Costa Rica, building off-grid and preserving what others want forgotten.
— how he described himself
8
companies founded
2+ yrs
lived fully off-grid
2011
investing since
1.7M+
combined audience
Millions to minimalism
In August 2022 Joe gave away most of what he owned and moved out of a 3,500 square foot house into a 1999 Dodge van — taking, by his own account, little more than a pair of American flag shorts, the first solar generator he ever built himself, and a plan.
He had grown up without a television and had never recorded or edited a video in his life. He picked up a phone anyway and started documenting the whole thing. Within a few years he was running eight companies and reaching well over a million people — teaching anyone who asked how to power their own life.
I live entirely off solar energy — in a van, on a farm in Costa Rica, and everywhere in between. Let me help you find your free.
Everything he built
His sites came down after he died. We archived what we could reach first — page by page, the way he would have. Each one has its own place here now.
Felz Energy Consultants
felzenergy.com
His main work. Solar design, installation and service, the calculators he wrote himself, and the gear he personally vetted.
Explore →FelzBooks
felzbooks.com
“The Encyclopédie of the Faithful.” Rare and antique books, photographed page by page from Costa Rica.
Explore →Felz Media Group
felzmediagroup.org
Branding and marketing — and a place where he wrote at length about how people really decide to trust you.
Explore →
Forever Sponsor
The Felz Institute for Solar Energy
Joe put his name behind our free solar lab so that any child anywhere could learn to design a real power system without paying a cent. That sponsorship does not end because he did — and the lab now carries his name outright: the Joe Felz Memorial Solar Exploration Lab.
When we archived his site, his teaching calendar still had classes on it: Intro to Solar, once a month, booked through January 2027. He fully intended to be at every one of them. So the teaching carries on here instead.
Joe
“To my dear friend Joe Felz — it was my pleasure and privilege to work with you on this project and your many other sites we brought back to your control. I’m so sorry that you felt like not being here was the only way to go forward. We love you, Brother, and will never forget how truly special and awesome you were.”
Where he’s still out there
His channels are still live. There are hours of him talking about the work he loved.