Thursday, January 21, 2016

SC Green Team – meeting notes – 01/21/2016

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?
-       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 

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