LEED Existing Buildings

1:00 pm – Concurrent Session 2b

Presented By: Tim Shea, National Life

How NLGroup has become a Vermont leader in green buildings and social responsibility. This would include NLGroup’s LEED-EB silver accreditation, solar photoelectric installation, solar thermal installation, lighting retrofit, new plumbing fixtures, and the soon to be installed biomass heating plant. Tim will also present about NLGroup’s recycling efforts which exceed 75% versus landfill waste, green purchasing policy, as well as our innovative Alternate Transportation Program. This program encourages employees through incentives to use an alternate means (carpool, public transportation, work from home, walk, or bike) to work. Other topics will include the work of the NLGroup Foundation, which donates hundreds of thousands of dollars annually to the community and our employee volunteer policy and activism.

Tim Shea is the 2nd Vice President of the Facilities, Purchasing & Contracting at National Life Group. He am responsible for the following areas within facilities: security, janitorial, food service, tenant relations, roads/grounds, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, furniture installers, and environmental initiatives. He has been in the position for 2.5 years and made significant progress in the greening of NLGroup in that short time to include LEED-EB silver accreditation and multiple green building installations. His previous experience was in purchasing operations at NLGroup and prior to that Northern Power Systems.