Forward to Colleagues-Tools to Guide Congregations and Communities Through the Energy Transition–10/15/2019/Webinar

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Global Citizen

Tools to Guide Congregations and Communities Through the Energy Transition

 

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

1:15 to 2:45 PM EDT

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Many organizations want to take action to steward their community’s transition to low carbon energy choices, starting with their own buildings, but often don’t know how to begin.

 

This webinar will introduce The  Sustainability Education and Energy Knowledge-sharing (SEEK) Project, an action research project of the Spirituality and Sustainability Initiative at ASU, and demonstrate the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® for Congregations programBoth programs are designed for congregations, but can be used by any community seeking a framework and tools to help accelerate their energy transitions.

 

SEEK uses a novel model for leveraging existing assets and in-kind resources from multi-sectoral partners (universities, congregations, commercial energy professionals, federal programs and local leaders). SEEK provides tailored mentoring and technical assistance in various online and face-to-face formats that facilitate learning and action while building a peer-mentored community.

 

The EPA’s ENERGY STAR® for Congregations program has assets that also can be used across communities. Its free online tools, training and technical services are designed to support energy and water stewardship in worship facilities but apply to any facility. Like most commercial buildings, houses of worship can typically achieve 25-30 percent reductions in energy use – dollar savings that can be re-purposed to the mission and ministry of the congregation and community. Tools include the ENERGY STAR Action Workbook for Congregations and the Portfolio Manager® tool supported by a robust training center featuring live and recorded webinars, downloadable slides and fact sheets, FAQs, brief “how to” videos and a link to ENERGY STAR’s popular Help Desk.

 

Webinar participants view methods to measure their individual and collective impacts on energy usage, migration to renewable energy products and services, greenhouse gas emissions, energy expenditures, and reinvestment of cost savings into social service.

 

Co-hosted by the Parliament of the World’s Religions.