Category: Energy Efficiency
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From Vision to Reality: St Columba’s Stanley’s Journey Towards Net Zero
At St Columba’s, Stanley, caring for God’s creation is becoming an increasingly important part of our mission and ministry.
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Resource: Understanding Business Energy Scotland reports
In the following video resource, Jack Nevin and Daniel Prince walk you step by step through understanding and taking forward a Business Energy Scotland Audit.
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Case Study: St Augustine’s Radiant Heating Pilot Project
St Augustine’s Dumbarton, faced with crippling gas costs for an ineffective ageing heating system, was looking for a different way to tackle the problem that aligned with their pursuit of Net Zero.
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Case Study: Safeguarding creation at St Regulus Cromarty
St Regulus Cromarty is a beautiful church in the heart of the town that is home to a congregation of dedicated Episcopalians.
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Story: The General Synod Office is on the move
With the new office at 40 Torphichen Street, the General Synod staff of the Scottish Episcopal Church will have a warmer, more environmentally friendly workspace.
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Energy Footprint Tool: A request for 2025 data
Every year, each Charge is asked to complete the Energy Footprint Tool (EFT).
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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: 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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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.