The document discusses opportunities for houses of worship to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions through low-cost and high-impact efficiency upgrades like installing LED lighting, updating HVAC systems, improving insulation, and replacing old appliances. It provides examples of specific projects a church implemented that reduced their costs by $23,000 and carbon emissions by 59%, and encourages developing a plan to pursue larger efficiency projects.

1. Pilgrimage
to the
BOILER ROOM
Low-Hanging Fruit
Gotta Do It
Plan
Opportunities for Faith in Practice

2. Parish Property
Caring for God’s Creation

3. St James, Cambridge
Built in 19th century

4. Parish Property
Caring for God’s Creation

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6. Why are
Houses Of
Worship
 Old Buildings energy hogs?
 Inefficient HVAC systems
Big sanctuaries/unique architecture
 Strange use patterns
 Budget struggles
SLOTH

7. WHAT TO DO?
Low-Hanging Fruit
Gotta Do-It/Good Yield
Plan The Big Things

9. Low-Hanging
Fruit

10. D Sinks
&
I Toilets
Y
Light Bulbs & Insulation
Interior Storm Windows

11. Lighting
Fixtures
Bulbs
Controls

12. Do All Your Light Fixtures Have
Energy Efficient Bulbs?

13. Compact Fluorescent Light bulb (CFL)
uses about 75% less energy and lasts up to 10
times longer than incandescent bulbs
Light-Emitting Diode bulb (LED)
uses about 90% less energy and lasts up to
50,000 hours
Save Energy + Reduce Maintenance Work
evaluate both costs in considering upgrades

14. Here’s What 138 Did…
Replaced Incandescents with CFLs
kWh use dropped by 13.5%

15. A 1980’s era fridge uses 3x the electricity of
a new Energy Star rated model

16. Tight-fitting interior storm windows create
a thermal barrier, reduce drafts.
They are interior insulating windows
They improve comfort, reduce energy

17. Water
Sinks & Toilets

18. Faucet Aerator
DHW Savings
<<<<2.2 gpm
0.5 gpm>>>>
$2 each!

19. Dual-Flush — 0.8 & 1.6 gpf
Buttons or Lever
$18 conversion kit

20. Gotta Do It — Good Yield

21. By The Number$>>4/7, Always
“Smart” (adaptive recovery) Programmable

22. By The Number$>>MaximizeZones
And Close Doors

23. By The Number$>>65% 24/7 40 5

24. On-Demand DHW Heater
Ideal DHW solution for HOW
DHW when tap turned on
…NOT 24/7
HOW hot water use low
(no showers!)
95%± efficiency
Reduce cost 30% +

25. Plan The Big Things

26. WHAT TO DO?
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28. Here’s Outcome
of what
St James did…
Costs down
by nearly $23,000
CO2 only 41% of prior

29. “Revolutions, before they happen, appear to be
impossible – and after they occur, they appeared
to have been inevitable.”
- Alexis de Tocqueville

30. “Not moving ahead on
energy conservation programs
because you can’t afford it
is like refusing to swim
because you are drowning.”

31. If we don’t,
who will?

32. Put Your Faith In Action
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