Innovation in Sustainable Engineering and Energy: A Whole Foods Perspective

Kathy Loftus

Wednesday, 17 Feb 2010 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Kathy Loftus is Global Leader for Sustainable Engineering, Maintenance and Energy Management for Whole Foods Market, the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods. She coordinates strategic energy procurement, efficiency upgrades, engineering and maintenance best practices, and green building efforts for the chain. Her work includes coordinating program partnerships and efforts with the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and U.S. Green Building Council. Loftus holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is a Certified Energy Manager through the Association of Energy Engineers. Part of the National Affairs Series: Innovation and Ethics and the Women in STEM Series.

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Prior to working with Whole Foods, Kathy Loftus was Director of Business Development for EnerNOC, Inc. working with commercial, industrial and institutional national accounts, building beyond demand response to implement improved energy management strategies across their diverse facility portfolios. She also developed and managed business services with utilities.

Prior to joining EnerNOC, Loftus spent eight years as Director of Energy & Environmental Management for Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc., where she was active in the EPA Energy Star and Green Power Partners Programs, as well as the United States Green Building Council’s LEED Retail Advisory committee and a Clean Air-Cool Planet partner. She sat on the board of the (Massachusetts) Energy Consortium and on the board of WasteCap of Massachusetts.

Previously, Loftus worked for Eastern Utilities (acquired by National Grid) for six years, where she worked in integrated resource management including demand side management program development, implementation, and management. She was a participant on the 2005 New England Roundtable on Federal Renewable Energy Policy and is participating currently on the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency. Loftus recently served eight years on the Advisory Committee of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust and currently sits on her town’s Renewable Energy Commission. She is also an officer on the Board of Directors of Clean Air-Cool Planet.

Cosponsored By:

• Council on Sustainability
• Engineers for a Sustainable World
• Engineers without Borders
• Mechanical Engineering
• National Affairs
• Student Union Board
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)