Catholic Energies Informational Webinar for the Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Interested in getting solar at your parish or school? What’s your next step?
- View the video above.
- Download and read the Solar Evaluation Letter.
- Contact Page Gravely at Catholic Energies and copy the Office of Real Estate.
- Once the assessments have been done by Catholic Energies and you are ready, schedule time on the BARC agenda (typically meets monthly on the 1st Thursday) by contacting Vy Barto.
- Present your proposed solar project to BARC for approval to proceed.
PLEASE NOTE: ANY AND ALL SOLAR PROJECTS MUST BE PRESENTED AND APPROVED BY THE BUILDING AND RENOVATION COMMISSION (BARC) PRIOR TO INSTALLATION
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Solar Evaluation Letter
To contact Catholic Energies, contact Page Gravely at:
CATHOLIC ENERGIES
A Program of Catholic Climate Covenant
415 Michigan Avenue, NE, Suite 260
Washington, DC 20017
(540) 326-8169
[email protected]
https://www.catholicenergies.org/
Dominion Energy Virginia’s Small Business Improvement Program
Dominion Energy Virginia’s Small Business Improvement Program provides customers with an on-site energy assessment of your facility. Qualifying customers can receive incentives for making energy efficiency improvements identified during the assessment. Upgrade measures include:
- Lighting systems such as LED lighting, exit signs and occupancy sensors
- HVAC system tune-up for air conditioners, heat pumps and air-cooled chillers
- Duct testing and sealing for air conditioners, heat pumps and chillers
- HVAC system upgrades such as variable frequency drives, economizers, programmable thermostats, mini splits and a variety of HVAC systems
For more info on Solar projects currently underway, visit our Construction Updates Link.
SOLAR PROJECTS IN THE NEWS:
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- Catholic Diocese of Richmond WINS C&I Rooftop Solar Project of the Year Award | An Interview with Charles Mikell, Director of Real Estate and Page Gravely of Catholic Energies (Solar Builder YouTube, 11/10/2020)
- Who has the ‘greenest’ Catholic diocese in the U.S? Maybe Virginia. (America, 9/24/2020)
- Virginia shines as solar hot spot in Catholic Energies expansion (NCR, 8/12/2020)
- Addresses economic, environmental concerns (Catholic Virginian, 8/24/2020)
- Catholic Diocese of Richmond Jumps into Renewable Energy (Catholic Climate Covenant, 8/24/2020)
- Catholic Diocese of Richmond Jumps into Renewable Energy (Fox40 WICZ News New York, 8/24/2020)
- Catholic Energies adding solar to Virginia schools and churches (Solar Power World, 8/24/2020)
- Catholic Energies adding solar to Virginia schools and churches (News for Energy, 8/24/2020)
- Virginia churches turn to solar (Renews.biz, 8/24/2020)
- Catholic Diocese of Richmond Jumps into Renewable Energy (EIN presswire, 8/24/2020)
- A Virginia parish switched to 100% solar power — and paid nothing (NCR, 7/1/2019)
- Immaculate Conception first in diocese to convert (Catholic Virginian, 6/29/2019)
- Hampton Catholic church going green (Daily Press, 6/12/ 2019)