Hydro-electricity at Buckfast Abbey
The Catholic Benedictine community at Buckfast Abbey has installed both a water turbine (shown here) and an Archimedes screw in the canal alongside the River … Read more
Month: May 2014
Bishop’s House, Staverton
Pilot installation of a biomass boiler in a large domestic setting. It is 32kW in size, and the expected payback period is less than 5 … Read more
Composting toilets, Week St Mary
Lesley Booker writes… Week St Mary church is a large church surrounded by a church yard in the centre of a village. The only services … Read more
Saving the Planet Exhibition, Bude Churches Together
Geoff Newton writes… My year as Secretary of Christians Together coincided with my reading of theology on the Church’s Mission by Hans Kung and others. … Read more
Helston Methodist Circuit adopts a beach
Revd Andrew Hill writes… In 2008 Helston Methodist Circuit adopted a beach. We joined in the annual Beachwatch weekend organised by the Marine Conservation Society. … Read more
Camborne Parish Church
Revd Mike Firbank writes… At Camborne Parish Church we are trying to change behaviour/attitudes and change the way we heat/light etc our church buildings. Immediate … Read more
Bishop Cornish Education Centre, Saltash
The new education centre in the grounds of Bishop Cornish School, Saltash will provide music facilities, before and after school care, nursery provision and also … Read more
Wood pellet boiler at St Paul, Gulworthy, Devon
The parish of St Paul, Gulworthy is situated in the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the far west of the Exeter Diocese, … Read more
Tree bog at Escot, Devon
St Philip and St James, Escot, is located within the Escot estate in East Devon. It is isolated and not supplied with running water. The … Read more
ASHP at St Bartholomew’s House, Newton Abbot
In January 2009, the Diocese of Exeter installed a Daikin Altherma air source heat pump (ASHP) and wet central heating system in clergy housing at … Read more
