Date/time/location: Nov. 20, 2023 at 1pm in the classroom in the North Wing of BUUF.
Attending: Lisa Hecht, John O’Connor, Carol Ogburn, Jim Bigelow
Agenda
- October Meeting Notes: https://boiseuu.org/cat-carbon-neutral-10-17-23/
- Next Meeting Dec. 18
- Bown Crossing Library at 1 pm
- Reference Material for Climate Action Team:
- web-site on boiseuu.org/: Climate Action Team: Carbon Neutral by 2050
- on-line document storage: Climate Action Team > Carbon Neutral
- Becoming a Carbon Neutral Congregation
- building and grounds
- Update on BUUF switching to a Clean HVAC system
- systems will be replaced with all electric equivalents
- upgrade timelines depends on the BUUF capital campaign, probably 2025
- Tree inventory to refine Outdoor Sanctuary carbon capture
- Trees tagged and circumference recorded: 221
- Trees measured for carbon capture: 151 (68%)
- results: 7.32 mt/yr of CO2 captured.
- Initial guess: 8 mt/yr of CO2 captured
- I used the calculations outlined in How to calculate the amount of CO2 sequestered in a tree per year from the U of New Mexico, which require the tree species, height and circumference to get the carbon captured.
- We need to measure the height of 70 trees to complete the calculations of all the trees inventoried.
- either Dec 4th or 6th
- Update on BUUF switching to a Clean HVAC system
- BUUF households
- Planning for class/workshop with Lisa Hecht
- Develop a short speech or video to be played at for the annual giving drive meetings
- Develop little grid of options, and stickers for accomplishments for those who don’t find the numbers and graphs of the a carbon footprint appealing
- Develop a large grid for the congregation to put up of wall where it’s visible on Sundays
- Put the BUUF CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050 logo on the BUUF web page next to the green sanctuary logo
- building and grounds
- Energy Efficiency
- coordinate with the group doing BUUF maintenance
- Cool Congregations Challenge
- Submit window: Nov 1 – Dec 15
- We will submit an entry for
- Energy Saver: Lighting, Insulation, Windows & Doors, Heating & Cooling Systems
- Possibly: HVAC replacement with heat pumps
- Cool Congregations Planner: Audits, Planning Reports, Fundraising
- BUUF carbon footprint and our plans to switch HVAC to all electric
- Energy Saver: Lighting, Insulation, Windows & Doors, Heating & Cooling Systems
- Interfaith Power and Light
- Coordinate with the Boise First Congregational UCC, Nov 29 to help them start a green team
- Attend Dec 5 IPL event God’s Creation, Faith and Our Responsibility
