ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
We share our customers’, agents’ and employees’ commitment to environmental stewardship. We encourage Doing Good for the environment, and we share our progress in our biannual Corporate Social Responsibility Report.
Solar Power
Over 2,500 solar panels on our Montpelier, VT campus, 500kW on our back field, and 73kW on our roof, produces 600,000kWh of energy per year.
National Life Group was a 2022 recipient of an Efficiency Vermont Energy Leadership Award, citing:
- ~$60,000 savings per year
- Transition to a direct digital control system for HVAC, partnership with Automated Logic and Efficiency Vermont to evaluate the savings potential of a chilled water optimizer, evaluation of existing hydronic heating system distribution and right-sizing circulators for efficiency
- Early adopters of LEDs
EV Charging Stations
Recently recognized with 2024 Electric Vehicle Adoption Leadership (EVAL) Bronze Levewl for our four charging stations.
Renewable Thermal Energy
Our primary winter heating system is fueled by locally sourced woodchips, which saves 200,000 gallons of fuel oil and the associated 2,240 tons of carbon emissions per year. A solar hot water system supplies about half of the hot water used in our Vermont office.
Waste Reduction
Food scraps at our Vermont office are composted locally. Composting was implemented in 2009, six years before it was required by state law. The Vermont office recycles much of it waste. Less than half of the waste leaving our facility goes to landfill.
Community Garden
We loan over two acres of garden space to be used as a community garden for Montpelier residents.
