Geothermal installation at the Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC

Geothermal installation at the Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC
Pleasant Hill, Tenn.
$25,000
$0 left to fund
Project Description:
The Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC is hoping to lead by example with the installation of a geothermal system in its building.
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1,809,360 lbs
Lifetime Savings CO2: 1,809,360 lbs Energy Costs: $100,520
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Thank you for your support! This project was fully funded June 15, 2011.

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The Pleasant Hill Community Church, United Church of Christ will replace its current heating and cooling systems with heat pumps connected to a geothermal system. The church is also updating its electrical fixtures and appliances to Energy Star rated ones as well as improving its wall and roof insulations.

 

The Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC believes this project will not only help it fulfill its mission of being a progressive Christian church but that it will also inspire other churches in the area to be more environmentally aware.

 

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More about the Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC

Located in the small town of Pleasant Hill, Tenn. -- population 563 -- the Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC has 274 members. Established 126 years ago by missionary teachers of the American Missionary Association from Boston, Mass., the church provides education and theological learning activities for adults and children in the area.

 

Built in the late 1950s, the church building underwent renovations in 1995, adding a wing of classrooms, offices, restrooms, and a fellowship hall. The planned geothermal cooling and heating systems will serve both the new and old constructions.

 

Supporters of the Pleasant Hill Community Church, UCC

Geraldine L. AbbotPeggy HappyHarold Schoup
Edward M. BlumenfeldMark HealdTom and Susan Schroeder
Danford ByrensDonald InglisWarner and Joyce Siebert
William CarrellQuessie KrellGregg Siewert
Pat CavanaughAlberta ManziRoy C. Siewert
Jean ClarkOx and Sheral McDermetDorothy Stark
Rita DefreesWilliam NaumannWinthrop Stone
Barbara EverettPat Robbennolt 

 

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Comments From Project Supporters

Gregg Siewert
from
This is a really worthwhile use of your funding.
Geraldine L. Abbott
from Pleasant HIll
TN
I want a greener world for my grandkids and great-grands. This is, I believe, one way to have it.
Pat Robbennolt
from Pleasant Hill
TN
In planning this addition to our church building, we were concerned to be as energy efficient as possible. We believe that we, who bear the image of God, have a significant responsibility to care for the earth. Geothermal energy seemed a natural way to express our concern.
Janeen & Bill Carrell
from PLEASANT HILL
TN
Hats off to New Generation Energy and to Pleasant Hill Community Church (United Church of Christ) for their efforts and commitment.
Danford Byrens
from Pleasant Hill
TN
My wife and I are the Directors of Music at the Church. We are retired, with a life long interest in efficient energy. One of our local banks recently installed a geothermal unit for their new home office, and we attended a meeting where the CEO of the bank and the head of the company that installed the unit made an excellent presentation of the project. We have found that building to have the quietest and most comfortable all weather control that we have experienced, and are very glad our congregation voted to go this route.
Tom and Susan Schroeder
from Pleasant Hill
TN
We are proud to participate in this energy saving program, both, in the matching grant and in how we will reduce our global use of petrochemicals for the future.