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View of the solar array on the roof of National Life's office in Vermont

SOCIAL 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.

Here are some of our Do Good Highlights:

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
EVAL Bronze Award 2024

EV Charging Stations

Recently recognized with 2024 Electric Vehicle Adoption Leadership (EVAL) Bronze Level 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.

 

National Life Garden tomato harvest

Community Garden

We loan over two acres of garden space to be used as a community garden for Montpelier residents.