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Benedictine Nuns Go Green with Solar Energy Powered Monastery
Monday, March 29, 2010
In Middleton, Wisconsin, Catholic nuns are going green. The Benedictine Women of Madison's Holy Wisdom Monastery have built a solar-powered monastery that received a top/platinum rating with the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program. The monastery, which is expected to reduce energy costs by 60%, earned 63 out of 69 possible points.
According to a USA Today article, the monastery's green features include:
- Photovoltaic light fixtures for the parking lot, which drains to areas of pervious concrete.
- 370 Andersen windows and doors with special glazing on the South, East and West sides of the building to limit visible light transmission.
- A geothermal heating and cooling system with 39 closed-loop wells, each 300 feet deep.
- Two vegetated roofs over the maintenance building and garage.
- Solatubes and a dramatic skylight that provide natural light.
- Four rain barrels that collect and store water for plant care and two rain gardens to minimize storm water runoff.
- Bamboo flooring in the Assembly, gathering and dining rooms and for the ceiling of the Oratory and Meditation Chapel.
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