{"id":132584,"date":"2024-11-06T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132584"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:32:38","slug":"c-of-e-we-think-our-bills-will-be-halved-the-story-of-a-vicarages-net-zero-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132584","title":{"rendered":"(C of E) &#8216;We think our bills will be halved&#8217; &#8211; the story of a vicarage&#8217;s Net Zero overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A vicarage in a deprived area of Bristol has been transformed by the installation of solar panels, insulation and an air source heat pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formerly, the 1970s vicarage, which had gas central heating, \u201cwas cold on a warm day\u201d, according to the Rev Derek and his wife Anne Maddox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accompanied by Basil the dog, they \u201cwere often found under blankets watching the telly,\u201d says Anne. The gas heating system \u201cwasn\u2019t fit for purpose,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, this summer, the Diocese of Bristol began a programme of making 130 of its vicarages more fuel efficient, as part of the Church of England\u2019s ambition to reach net zero carbon by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2024\/09\/25-politics-precepts-commands-election\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bristol Diocese is committed to Netzero 2030<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DFqdE2gpdd\">https:\/\/t.co\/DFqdE2gpdd<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/churchofengland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@churchofengland<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bishopviv (@Bishopviv1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bishopviv1\/status\/1854078293483360500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vicarage in a deprived area of Bristol has been transformed by the installation of solar panels, insulation and an air source heat pump. Formerly, the 1970s vicarage, which had gas central heating, \u201cwas cold on a warm day\u201d, according<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=132584\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[683,184,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecology","category-parish-ministry","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132588,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132584\/revisions\/132588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}