Posted September 14, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Gary Moss, Facilities Director
Good news! Our average daily energy usage at Longwood dropped 6.41% in August 2011 versus August 2010. Our net savings over the last four months comes to $21,797. So the staff's efforts are making a big difference. The winner of ENERGY STAR'S Battle of the Buildings will be annouced Nov. 2. ...
Posted May 23, 2011 | Category: Creation Care, News and Inspiration | Written by: Robert Andrescik, Northland's PR Guy
LONGWOOD, FLA., MAY 23, 2010 — Northland, A Church Distributed has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Northland is participating along with hundreds of other teams from...
Posted May 18, 2011 | Category: Creation Care, News and Inspiration | Written by: Marty Taylor and the Media Design Team
The Media Design department has been surveying our processes and have taken numerous green initiative steps. Here is a summary of our efforts: -The Media Design office, production, and control room space are now well equipped with recycle bins and they are being utilized regularly. -The Media...
Posted May 16, 2011 | Category: Creation Care, News and Inspiration | Written by: Robert Andrescik, Northland's PR Guy
As you may have heard, Northland has been selected for ENERGY STAR’s Battle of the Buildings competition! Teams from 245 buildings across the nation are in a head-to-head competition to see who can reduce their energy the most, and Northland’s facility is in the running! It’s a great...
Posted May 9, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Laura Young - Executive Assistant to Pastor Davies (Member of Creation Care Team)
Hi Friends, Check out the EPA Energy Star website to see the Battle of the Buildings competition we are entered in (1 of 245 buildings). Teams from 245 buildings across the nation are in a head-to-head battle to see who can reduce their energy the most. The EPA Energy Star website can be...
Posted April 26, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Maria Penzes
Did you know… Jon Marte and Dennis Bode from Northland’s IT Department are responsible for our computer equipment, maintenance and final disposition of outdated and broken parts? First, they recycle computer parts into existing computers. When they become outdated or broken beyond repair,...
Posted April 21, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Creation Care Team
Our actions impact the environment. Today we realize that each thing we do can help or hurt our planet in many ways. We all need to take ownership of environmental protection. EPA has tools to help us learn and understand the issues and help us to reduce our environmental footprint. Check out the...
Posted April 12, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Maria Penzes
Looking ahead, Creation Care focus from May through August will be on “ENERGY”. Some ideas that have been suggested by Northland staff to implement are: • Powering-off all electronic equipment (non-essential) each evening • Setting suggested temperature settings for the...
Posted April 7, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Creation Care Team
Couple of items worthy of mention on the Creation Care front: Any “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” suggestions and/ or nominations for our Creation, I Care award please send email to green@northlandchurch.net or shared on the above blog entry. Our latest award recipient of Creation, I Care goes to...
Posted March 29, 2011 | Category: Creation Care | Written by: Creation Care Team
As you know, Northland’s Creation Care 2011 is a year-long grass roots initiative. Staff at Northland are walking a journey of proactively affecting various areas the Creation Care Task Force evaluated and recommended. These areas include: energy, solid waste, water, landscaping, purchasing...
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