[Sosfbay-discuss] church installs solar panels

[JamBoi]

Cool!  If we spread this around maybe we can get the nonprofit and then
maybe the forprofit sector here in the Valley competing for 'most
greeness'! :-)

Green solidarity!

Drew

--- Jim Doyle <j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> This notice is from
> http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org/article.php?story=LGUMC
> 
> Los Gatos United Methodist Church is sincere about growing green.
> They 
> truly believe: Our Faith, our planet, our responsibility. Thanks to a
> 
> generous gift from members Mimi and Eric Carlson, the church has
> alrady 
> installed 5 banks of solar panels on the roof of their education 
> building. The panels have generated 6,370 kilowatt hours of
> electricity 
> in just two months. 
>
<http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org/images/articles/LGUMC_2_original.jpg>This
> 
> has allowed LGUMC to prevent 12,740 pounds of greenhouse gases (over
> 6 
> tons) from being poured into the atmosphere.
> 
> Of course, the church has been able to save a lot of money on its 
> electricity bills, too. The church went from using 7,000 kilowatt
> hours 
> in the month of July last year to just 74 kilowatt hours this July. 
>
<http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org/images/articles/LGUMC_3_original.jpg>
> 
>
<http://www.councilofchurches-scc.org/images/articles/LGUMC_4_original.jpg>
> 
> The numbers speak volumes. And the installation of the panels has 
> inspired the congregation to do as much as they can to care for God's
> 
> creation in their offices and in their own homes. The church has
> become 
> a member of California Interfaith Power and Light and is in the
> process 
> of applying to become certified as a Green Business through the Santa
> 
> Clara County program.
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