James Hayes

Biography: Mr. Hayes is a graduate of Elizabethtown College, holding a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, and Sustainable Masters of Business Administration (sMBA) from Green Mountain College. Mr. Hayes has received professional certifications from Stanford University for “Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies” as well as Stanford University’s “Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage.” He has attended Harvard University’s Global Energy Seminar, and been certified as a Renewable Energy Professional (REP) by the Association of Energy Engineers. Mr. Hayes is in the process of completing the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Management Institute’s Diploma Program in GHG Accounting. Prior to joining THE STONE HOUSE GROUP, Mr. Hayes served as the Associate Director of Facilities Management & Construction at Elizabethtown College for over five years. Mr. Hayes has spent a majority of his career at THE STONE HOUSE GROUP working with clients to develop strategies that help to reduce energy cost, consumption, and carbon emissions. He has led Climate Action Planning efforts at Haverford College, The Episcopal Academy, Dickinson College, The Pingry School, The Hotchkiss School, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, and Villanova University. Over 20 MW of solar projects have been implemented after THE STONE HOUSE GROUP’S solar feasibility studies. Mr. Hayes has completed several GHG Inventories for clients with a deeper interest in the sources of greenhouse gas emissions that result from campus operations. Mr. Hayes has also assisted in procurement of several Gigawatts of electricity and tens of thousands of dekatherms of natural gas for clients over the past fifteen years. Mr. Hayes has assisted clients to participate in utility incentive programs throughout the northeast, and has helped THE STONE HOUSE GROUP obtain partnership status with utilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Outside of THE STONE HOUSE GROUP, Mr. Hayes coaches you