Church Energy Efficiency cont.

Calvary United Methodist Church
Annapolis, MD

Then Calvary began a building program, creating an addition and renovating part of the facilities. The data Mary Jean and others had gathered from monitoring their energy usage over the years gave them insights into their own building that enabled them to contribute to the design and construction process in consultation with the architects, mechanical and electrical engineers, and contractors.

Calvary now has a building automation system for regulating the temperature of each room in the building according to the week’s meeting schedule. Microprocessors on many units maximize efficiency. Mary Jean is convinced that they will become more efficient with the equipment they have and that more people will continue to use their facility.

As she says, “The more energy we saved, the more people we were able to serve.”

Adapted from an article by Ginny Vroblesky in Creation Care magazine.