The practices that can help us save energy in our homes — like sealing leaks, insulating and updating cooling systems and replacing light bulbs — are also being used to make Georgia’s prolific poultry industry more efficient, one chicken house at a time. For the last five years, a team of engineers led by John Worley, an associate professor of engineering with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, has been helping chicken farmers update their broiler houses to make them run more efficiently. USDA presented Worley with a $100,000 grant on May 24 to continue Extension efforts to advise farmers on how to make their operations more efficient.