House of Faith

DeIPL is here to assist your house of faith learn how to save energy, which saves money and helps lower climate change causing pollution. The surest way to learn about energy savings opportunities is by requesting an energy audit through the Faith Efficiencies program from Energize Delaware. Details can be found on this website https://delawareipl.org/dev/faith-efficiencies or request an energy audit from Energize Delaware at https://www.energizedelaware.org/nonresidential/public-nonprofit/faith-efficiencies.

For more information, Or contact Shweta Arya, Executive Director at, shweta.arya@delawareipl.org  614-216-3744

Whether you get an external audit or do it yourself, the following guide will be invaluable to help you plan, evaluate, and make energy saving actions.

TreasureHunt Checklist Worship Facilities

ENERGY STAR AWB Congregations DeIPL

Energy Star Action Workbook for Congregations this workbook can serve as a resource and planning guide for clergy, staff, and laypersons at houses of worship who want to increase the energy and water efficiency of their facilities by implementing realistic and cost-effective improvement projects. You may want to consider hosting an Energy Treasure Hunt at your congregation where teams walk around a building looking for quick ways to save energy which can add up to big savings. Please find the Energy Star Treasure Map here for a download copy to use in your treasure hunt’.

Additionally, we recommend forming your own Stewardship Team, also known as a Green Team, which is a core group of people in a congregation who are committed to raising awareness about the urgent need to protect God’s Creation and to work for environmental sustainability and responsibility. Green Teams concepts and suggestions may be found in the Action Workbook, or also be found in a writeup by the Episcopal Diocese of Western MA at https://revivingcreation.org/how-to-start-a-green-team-at-your-church.