The Church that is Shrinking their Carbon Footprint.
This is a picture of St Denys Church in Sleaford , taken from the third floor of the hub.
The reason you are seeing this view is because the church has had 54 Solar Photovoltaic panels installed on to the church roof.
If you click on the picture you can see the sunshine glinting on the panels, under the top eight arch windows, over the first roof.
The installation was not without difficulty as being a listed building, installation needed to meet several requirements. One of these was that the panels must not interfere or alter the church structure in any way or be visible from the ground.
This is the biggest installation on a church in the country and the first church in Lincolnshire to take this step in environmental concerns.
The aim is to reduce the locations carbon footprint by 40% by 2050 by using the created electricity to supply the National Grid.
Credit is given to the Curate Rev Cullimore who headed the campaign and applied for 95% external funding from two Grant Sources.
The total cost was £56,000.
A television visit has been made to record the project.
While a programme of Songs of Praise, recorded in St Denys church,led by Aled Jones will be broad caste on 30 August to mark this occasion.
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26 comments:
Wonderful shot and what a wonderful success story for the church. I have happy memories of singing there with you and cannot wait to see the church from the inside again on Songs of Praise!
What a wonderful endeavor to be undertaken by the church. I think it was very successful in that it didn't distract from the church's appearence.
Nice shot of this beautiful structure!
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A marvelous shot, beautiful church and what a great endeavor it undertook! Wonderful post!
Have a great weekend!
Sylvia
That's a beautiful church and shot and such an interesting post.
This is such great advertising for a church. It shows that the people who worship there recognize that they live in this world too...not just a spiritual one. Great post!
Nice post and beautiful photo!!
What a wonderful project - and a smart rev. to go after grant money to handle the expense!
It is such a beautiful church!
Great to hear that at least one church is making an effort to reduce the carbon footprint. Lovely photo to show the glint of the effort.
Hi my friend,Thats interesting to know, must check that out when in Sleaford again.
nice shot too.
Thanks for your visit and kind comments.
This is a beautiful church, and apparently one in which the people know what it is all about. My congratulations to them.
Fantastic that the church was able to make use of some of the modern technologies while retaining character. Makes the view all the nicer.
Great story, and a really beautiful building. Great to have all those new solar panels, too, catching all the sunlight in that pretty sky.
Nice shot of this beautiful church. The panels don't detract from it's beauty in any way....an interesting post and a wonderful work for the church to undertake...
Wow, I never would have seen them if you hadn't pointed them out. FANTASTIC! We try to live very green, but it's nice to see the churches and schools join in the effort. If only we saw more of it on government buildings and banks... hmmm!
Anyhow, it's a beautiful photograph too. Happy skywatching!
Well done. I am glad the church was able to do this. We can't lock churches in the past and expect them to live in the present. Talk about updates! I hope these panels serve te church well.
Nice shot of the church and there are no panels on view that I could see, so it was a job well done.
Lovely church !
nice picture!
Gr.
P-TER
Great to see a gothic church going super modern without changing its style. A beautiful shot!
Sky? What sky? That is an amzing structure! So beautiful and charming. Inspirational. Wow, no collage.
Beautiful church under that lovely sky :)
lovely shot!
Brilliant picture of the church and interesting reading!
BD: What a neat look at the church and its modern changes.
This is so interesting. What a beautiful church and wonderful project for it. I love that they're planning 40 years into the future. Many church buildings here do not last that long. If they do, people want to move to a newer one.
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Such a beautiful Gothic architecture!
Great shot!
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