Simply by changing light bulbs, congregations nationwide are saving
hundreds of dollars in electric bills — and keeping tons of carbon
dioxide out of the earth's atmosphere. It's this win-win proposition
that fuels the ELCA Energy Stewardship Program, which provides
information, grants and loans so congregations can switch to
energy-saving bulbs.
"We cut our electricity usage about 30
percent," says Jim Schwab, who worked on the project when his
congregation, Augustana, Chicago, became the first ELCA church to make
the investment in 1992. Savings of $100 a month paid back the $3,000
cost in less than three years, freeing thousands of dollars for church
projects.
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