Solar panels for church [View all]
I'm the "green guy" at my church and they gave me the OK to look into ways to save money/save the planet. So I connected with a group called "Interfaith Power & Light" who connected me to Energize Delaware (who I was familiar with) and they are going to use a team of engineering students from the University of Delaware and their own auditor to perform a thorough energy audit of the old building to identify areas to focus on. The good part for the Earth is:
There are grants available, of course...thanks President Biden...BUT they have a low-interest loan (2% for 20 years) that they build around savings that we realize. For example, if we get solar panels and they save the church $300/month, they work it so the loan payment is around $300/month. So our out-of-pocket costs would be about the same until the loan was paid off...but we would be cutting fossil fuel use significantly. I hope this all works out! We are a small church of mostly older people--so we can't afford many new bills and not everyone cares about energy. So this will help me sell the idea.
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