Category: Buildings
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Funding: Community Building Fund re-opened for applications
St Ninian’s Aberdeen has recently installed solar PV panels and battery storage, thanks to £39,900 funding from the Scottish Government’s Community Building Fund (CARES).
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Resource: Monitoring temperature in your church building
HeatHack has put together a useful video explaining how monitoring the temperature of your church building can help inform energy efficiency improvements.
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Case Study: St Mary’s Hamilton solar project
We are delighted to share that the solar panel and battery installation at St Mary’s for All Church and Community Centre in Hamilton is now complete and fully operational.
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Case Study: Saint Andrew’s St Andrews Pilot Church project
As part of Saint Andrew’s, St Andrews journey towards Net Zero by 2030 we have recently installed two Herschel ‘Halo” radiant heaters at the west end of the Nave.
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Case Study: Reducing reliance on oil at St Serf’s Burntisland
St Serf’s Burntisland has recently completed the first phase of a heating project, which aims to gradually replace the oil boiler that previously heated the church.
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Case Study: Smart controls for heating and lighting in Rothiemurchus
St John the Baptist in Rothiemurchus is a small church set within a glade of the Rothiemurchus forest, a mile outside Aviemore on the main road up to Cairngorm Mountain.
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Case Study: Air source heat pump at St Drostan’s, Insch
In July 2020 St Drostan’s opened its new, sustainable church extension with hall space, office, meeting room, kitchen and toilets.
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Newsletter: Giving thanks for the past year and looking ahead to 2026
2025 has been a busy but encouraging year for the Net Zero Team.
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Story: New LEDs light up St James’ Cruden Bay
St James’ Church in rural Aberdeenshire sits on a hill and is visible from miles around.
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Case Study: Our most northerly church installs a new heating system
St Colman’s church, Burravoe, Yell has just installed a new electric heating system to replace their oil boiler.
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Case Study: Secondary glazing at St Mary’s Dalmahoy
St Mary’s Dalmahoy report on how the secondary glazing they had installed in 2022/23 is working for their building and congregation.
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Events: Glasgow & Galloway Net Zero Roadshow
The Net Zero Team held their next Net Zero Roadshow event for the Glasgow & Galloway Diocese on Saturday 15th November at Holy Trinity & St Barnabas, Paisley.
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Events: National Churches Trust Cherish Grant webinars
The National Churches Trust are offering twice-weekly webinars for their Cherish Grants – every Monday and Friday at 1pm.
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Case Study: Insulating the Rectory of St James the Less, Penicuik
The Rectory for St James the Less, Penicuik was built in 1963, from a Canadian timber kit, but without any of the insulation you might expect from a Canadian timber house!
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Events: Moray, Ross and Caithness Net Zero Roadshow
The Moray, Ross and Caithness Diocesan Roadshow was our most northerly Net Zero Roadshow of the year, hosted by St Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness.