Solar Energy | Atonement Lutheran Church Boulder

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Solar @Atonement

Our Story

In fall of 2018, the middle and high school Sunday school youth decided they wanted to make a difference by putting solar panels on Atonement’s roof. They did research and collected bids from three different solar companies, presented to the church council, and then raised the entire cost with the generous contributions of the congregation and a $15,000 grant from Boulder County PACE (Partners For Clean Environment). They were passionate about this exciting project because it greatly reduces our church’s carbon footprint.

Now Atonement has 84 solar panels on the roof with a capacity of 29.4kW.
Each year, our solar PV system will prevent 34 tons of carbon dioxide – that’s the weight of 6 asian elephants – from being released into the atmosphere!
We also expect to save about $85,000 in electricity costs over the life of the system, which we can put toward other ministries.

See how much energy we've produced!

ALC kidz 4 solar

The ALC kidz 4 solar are middle school and high school youth who care about the environment and our church community.

I care deeply about our planet and saw this was an opportunity to make the world a better place.

Helen

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I was here from the beginning. I care so much about our planet.

Lannon

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I am delighted to make the world a better place and reduce the effects of global warming.

Michelle

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I want our church to be part of taking care of God’s creation.

Holden, Jonah, Calvin, Mia, Will, Luka, and Evan

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Acknowledgements

The ALC kidz 4 solar would like to thank the Atonement pastors, the helpful folks at Namaste Solar, Steve Dundorf, Boulder County PACE, their Sunday school teachers Julie Lundquist and Jeff and Rebecca Scarborough, and all the people at Atonement who encouraged us and supported us in this project and donated generously to purchase our system!