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Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Programs

emPOWERed – A Comprehensive Energy Program for Congregations Clean energy is our future and we are exploring today the technologies of tomorrow.  As an organization, we address energy efficiency, resources for renewable energy, and energy policy. NCIPL wants to empower every congregation to do all they can to reduce their carbon footprint and move to clean […]

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Hayesville, NC wins national award for work at nexus of climate and poverty

April 24, 2015 Leave a Comment

Energy saving volunteers in North Carolina work at nexus of climate and poverty Community Inspiration Winner of IPL’s Cool Congregations Challenge Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Hayesville, North Carolina CO2 Reduction: 33 metric tons/year Prevents: 35,000 lbs. of coal from being burned Families helped: 40 and counting Percent CO2 Reduction: 10-20% per household A group of […]

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NC Faith Leaders Support Solar in North Carolina

Faith Leaders printed in the News & Observer Rev. Dr. Leonard H. Bolick Rev. Jonathan Brake Rev. Jill Staton Bullard Rev. Robin P. Coira The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry Rev. Richard Edens Rev. Keith Grogg Rev. Steve Hickle The Rt. Rev. Anne Hodges-Copple Rev. Joe Hoffman Rabbi Andrew Koren Friar Michael Lasky Rev. Dr. David Jordan […]

Financing Solar for Congregations

Seeing solar panels on a house of worship becomes an iconic marker to the broader community, a demonstration of the congregation’s love of the Creator and creation, and it shows a commitment to change our relationship to energy. It becomes a moral statement, a rejection of our use of fossil fuels and the implications of […]

Request an Energy Savings Analysis

Thank you so much for your interest in receiving an Energy Savings Analysis through NCIPL’s emPOWERed program. One of the first steps in requesting an NCIPL Energy Savings Analysis (Energy Audit) is to complete an Energy Analysis Application for Participation. Scroll down to complete theEnergy Analysis Application for Participation online. Make the process simple by using our checklist […]

Energy Complementary Programs

National IPL  has programs that complement emPOWERed Cool Congregations has many resources for faith communities including carbon calculators for individuals and congregations, cash prizes for annual competitions, and more. The Carbon Covenant is a program that works to preserve carbon sinks, primarily forests, in areas of the world most likely to suffer first and worst from climate […]

Energy Resources

The US EPA EnergyStar program has specific resources for congregations including a building energy performance rating system called Portfolio Manager. The rating system (1-100 scale) enables a congregation to determine its annual energy use relative to the energy usage of a large population of similar buildings across the country. The Portfolio Manager calculation process takes […]

emPOWERed

Energy efficiency is critical to solving today’s energy, health and climate-disruption challenges.  The Alliance to Save Energy estimates that energy and conservation efforts since 1973 have saved us more energy than any single energy source, including oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear power, has produced. Projects that encourage “green” behavior do not have to be […]

Solar Clearinghouse

Seeing solar panels on a house of worship becomes an iconic marker to the broader community, a demonstration of the congregation’s love of the Creator and creation, and it shows a commitment to change our relationship to energy. It becomes a moral statement, a rejection of our use of fossil fuels and the implications of […]

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