Grace Episcopal Church, which will serve in conjunction with The Island School as a Disaster Hub for surrounding neighborhoods in the event of a large-scale emergency, is now equipped with solar power. BP’s Executive Director Stephen Richardson attended the project’s ribbon-cutting ceremony last weekend.
In an emergency, having electricity at a Hub where people seek information and first aid is critical.
The contractor, Cascadia Solar, installed a 32 kW system on the church roof. The system, which consists of 73 solar panels, was funded by a grant from the WA Department of Commerce Clean Energy Community Grants program, supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA).
Grace Church will donate its energy cost savings to Fishline to help neighbors struggling to pay utility bills. The solar panels will save the church $10,470 annually and will cut back on greenhouse emissions by 28,891 pounds of CO2 per year.
The featured image shows Richardson and Marcy Lagerloef, who co-led the Grace Greening Committee and is also a Map Your Neighborhood Co-Captain.