Solar Faith Initiative

 Greening Sacred Spaces (GSS) has launched a Solar Faith Initiative for faith communities in

• Raising awareness about solar within congregations
• Providing step-by-step information about how to go solar
• Providing a solar self-assessment tool to help faith communities determine if they are "solar ready"
• Support financing and case studies of implementation sites

 Faith & the Common Good has developed a solar presentation called "Going Solar: How your faith community FITs in!"  This presentation covers an overview of solar technology, financing options, incentives & rebates, information on the Ontario Green Energy Act, and the MicroFIT (Feed-In-Tarriff) program.  The solar workshop is designed for a number of faith communities to come together to plan and discuss solar action in their region. If you are interested in having a session hosted in your community, contact Kristina Inrig at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Solar Self-Assessment Tool

To find out if your community is solar ready, please complete the Solar Self-Assessment Tool.  You should review the form prior to filling it in as there are several details you need to acquire from your place of worship.

We also encourage you to register your faith community on the online Forum.  Register or Log-in now!

Step-By-Step Tools

For fact sheets about going solar, two tools have been developped:

• Going Solar Photovoltaic (for information about the Solar PV technology and the Green Energy Act)
• Going Solar Hot Water (for information on solar thermal and steps to moving forward)

Current Solar Case Studies

Faith & the Common Good is tracking case studies across Ontario that are going solar!  To share your story, please end your information to Kristina Inrig at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  We also invite communities to register their Green Team through this website and post their own links under the interactive resource library.

-Neighborhood Unitarian (Toronto) - Solar Flyer & Debenture Contract

-Laidlaw United (Hamilton) - Green Story at Laidlaw & Solar Business Plan

Preferred pricing for faith communities

Faith & the Common Good is collecting information from solar vendors who are willing to offer a preferential pricing opportunity for faith communities.  Any vendor who is on the OPA-approved vendor list can submit a one-page overview of their pricing opportunity to Faith & the Common Good to be shared with faith communities.  Please contact Kristina Inrig at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  for more information.

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