Choosing the right contractor can sometimes be a stressful decision. This blog shares four essential tips to ensure you know how to make an informed decision and hire the best contractor for your building project.

Many faith communities have buildings with exterior structures that are made out of wooden framing– hence low thermal mass. Without insulation between the walls, such buildings typically experience thermal heat loss. Find out what thermal mass and thermal insulation impact your faith building. 

Wondering what energy efficiency has to do with emergency preparedness? Not knowing what our energy needs are makes it more challenging to manage or provide services. Depending on the service you would like to provide at times of extreme weather crisis, there are different building and energy systems to consider.

Hot and humid air is miserable for human comfort–deadly, even. That’s why, with summer upon us, Canadians are all looking at ways to beat the heat and stay cool within our buildings. Before chasing the newest technology (provided you can even afford it) it is worth considering the unique ways that some buildings can cool naturally, as well as quick and easy ways to keep the heat out.

We have been trained to think about energy efficiency best practices for buildings in terms of improving insulation. It’s an easy enough concept to understand because we can experience heat loss personally. However, we often overlook other influences that affect energy efficiency, such as air leakage. Learn more you can control air leakage in your faith building.

Why should faith community buildings switch to LED lights? Well, what really drives the goal of using LEDs is energy and cost savings. Changing your faith-building lights to LEDs will pay for themselves easily and quickly. Get to know some tips on getting started.

We all love to gather after worship and share food and drink together. It’s at these times that we grow as a community. For this reason alone, a major hub of activity in faith communities (post COVID) is the kitchen. So it is worth taking the time to look at the major energy consumers within this space in order to save some energy and money.

One of the most beautiful experiences in religious services is the sound of a pipe organ filling a church, whether in a small wood framed, rural church, or a full size Casavant in a large Gothic, stone church. The sounds fill the building as well as one’s soul with joy.