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Energy Conservation: Getting Started
As an overview, GreenFaith recommends these first steps:
- Install programmable thermostats. Increase temperature
setbacks.
- Disconnect unnecessary equipment. Turn off computer
equipment on power strips.
- Check seals/weather stripping on windows, doors, refrigerators.
- Replace incandescent bulbs with
CFL’s.
- Retrofit Emergency Exit signs with
LED’s.
- For new appliances, buy Energy Star models.
- Check meeting schedule to ensure energy-efficient use
of space. Small meetings, small rooms.
Additional Resources for Energy Conservation
Additionally, we think you'll find the following link to
the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star
for Congregations website includes many helpful energy resources
for houses of worship: http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=small_business.sb_congregations.
<< Back to Energy Conservation
<< Back to Stewardship
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Upcoming Events:
Meeting the Sacred in Creation
Retreats Offered in Hudson Valley, Pacific Northwest, Southeast in April,
May, October 2007.
New Brunswick Environmental Health and Justice
Tour, April 18, 2007.
Prof. Larry Rasmussen to Keynote April
23, 2007 Interfaith Environmental Conference with Drew Theological School.
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