SWITZERLAND – Curbing churches’ energy use intensity

While ‘saving energy’ is a hot topic everywhere, many historic churches continue to have a very high Energy Use Intensity (EUI). Energy-saving renovations are often prohibitively costly, and made more difficult by the buildings’ status of protected heritage sites. Moreover, objects within the church may pose limits on the interior climate allowed.

The Swiss organisation ‘Kirche und Umwelt’ is looking for ways to heat churches more effectively. It has researched some 200 sites over the past years in order to  be able to advise about sensible and economic heating.

Read the full article in German here.