SC Green Team – meeting notes – 01/21/2016
Present: Mark, Candy, Bill, Steve, Fran, Iric We missed you: Janet, Terry
Paris Pledge
parispledge.org (sponsored by interfaithpowerandlight.org)
– congregation and individuals commit to go carbon neutral by 2030
- can we do it?? How can we talk about it?
- can we do it?? How can we talk about it?
- Could South Church go carbon neutral by 2030? Could we do it by 2025? Sooner than that?
- Practically speaking, what are the areas to go after?
- Insulation in the sanctuary
§ Insulation… there are challenges with this - makes humidity changes,
§ organ/steeple opening – need to create an insulated, airtight box around organ pipes
- (#1) Air sealing in the sanctuary, fellowship hall, office, library, parlor might be the best, first step
§ Ian Rex (Iric’s brother) has an energy efficiency business
§ ACTION: Iric – invite Ian to evaluate air sealing
- (#2) Church Office is cold now, needs to be heated, requiring main boiler to run to heat it
§ Look at mini-split heat pump – can provide heating and cooling efficiently
§ Insulation improvements in office?
§ ACTION: Candy to send previous energy stewardship report from Thomas Nutt-Powell
- Heating system efficiency – long term replacement for boiler
§ what is the separate gas usage of boiler in old church vs addition (forced hot air heated powered by natural gas furnaces in addition)?
§ do we need to get a separate gas meter to find out?
Earth Day Service – propose Sunday May 1 - talk to Dana
(on May 1 because mission trip returns on Sunday Apr 24th - want youth there & involved)
- Tie in to Giving Garden fundraiser – already planned by Giving Garden committee for Saturday Apr 30
- Church involvement – start the deep discussion on the Paris pledge in advance?
- Youth involvement
- Music involvement
Green Retreat for Families
- Let's do it, it's time!
- Shoot for early fall – late September, early October?
Topics we did not talk about
- Divestment
- LED lighting in the church
- green thing of the month
