Property and Plant

Caring for church premises, grounds and land, especially churches, clergy homes, parsonages, schools, offices and halls as energy consumers and emitters of carbon dioxide. Also includes the possibility of using church buildings and land for renewable energy production.

Resources

See the dedicated page on Energy in church buildings.  This includes information on: how to organise an energy study; the process for an energy project; renewable technologies and installers; grants and funding; and obtaining approvals.

CofE Shrinking the Footprint, Toolkits for Churches, Cathedrals, Schools and Clergy Homes
CofE Archbishops' Council, Churchcare website - covers church buildings, contents and churchyards
Eco-congregation, Module 07 - Greening the church building
Eco-congregation, Module 09 - Churchyard conservation
Churchcare - practical advice and guidance in caring for church buildings
Caring for God's Acre - provides resources and support for the conservation of churchyards, cemeteries and burial grounds

What is the Diocese doing?

  • Rolling programme to insulate all 330 parsonages and updating boilers, using grants through Westcountry Energy Action (WEA) and Local Authorities.
  • Audit of Old Deanery energy use by Envision, and developed an action plan.
  • Outline audit carried out of Bishop’s Palace.
  • Arranged feasibility studies of energy efficiency and renewable energy in churches, through DARE and the Carbon Trust.
  • Arranged energy studies of four church halls carried out by Envision.
  • Offering free low-energy light bulbs to churches, through WEA.
  • Measuring energy use in up to 624 buildings.
  • Diocesan Advisory Committee encouraging refurbishment of churches using more sustainable materials.

What are churches doing?

Let us know what your church is doing, so we can add you to this list.

Energy in buildings:
  • Churches and organisations who have had energy studies.
  • Switching off Cathedral floodlights for Earth Hour 2009.
  • Biomass boiler at St Paul in Gulworthy. Case study available.
  • Photovoltaic cells (PVs) at St John in Shiphay. Case study available.
  • Wolborough St Paul (in Newton Abbot), Revelstoke St Peter (in Noss Mayo) are looking into PVs.
  • St Edward in Shaugh Prior are looking into PVs and heat pumps.
  • Zoned heating at Prysten Hall, St Andrew, Plymouth. Case study under development.
  • Trickle heating at All Saints in Okehampton, All Saints in Kenton, St George in Modbury, Clayhanger and Throwleigh (base of tower).
Churchyards
  • Plans for redevelopment of the Cathedral Green using sustainable materials and planting of native trees.
  • Torre Churchyard won a Planting Places Award in 2009 for best practice in engaging the community
Waste
  • Composting toilets at St Andrew in Chardstock and St Mary in Luppitt.  Case studies under development.
  • Tree Bog at St Philip & James in Escot.  Case study available.

Subpages (3): Energy in Churches Energy in Housing Water in Housing

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