125-year-old church faced stifling temperatures and oppressive heat: It turned to geothermal energy

  • Christ Church Bronxville in New York is undergoing a major energy project to switch to geothermal energy due to failing cooling systems and stifling indoor temperatures.

A 125-year-old church in Westchester County, New York, is the site of a cutting-edge energy project, Inside Climate News reported.

Christ Church Bronxville sits just a few miles north of New York City’s border, and Rev. Kurt Gerhard said that hot summers and stifling indoor temperatures had become untenable.

“Our church was only available in the morning, and it was 85 degrees in there because of the heat outside,” he told ICN…

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