Georgia Interfaith Power and LightWater-Wise Audits
Zero-Waste and Water-Wise audits to help organizations rethink and reduce their overall food and water waste.
Congregations (faith communities)
From gipl.org/water-wise ↗About this program
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light's Water-Wise program is designed to help congregations understand their water usage and to explore and implement water-efficiency upgrades.
Water is one of the most precious resources we have. Likewise, conserving water resources is one of the most important things a faith community can do to combat the negative effects of climate change, resource depletion, drought, and habitat reduction.
GIPL has created a Water-Wise Guide to help congregations conduct a self-guided water assessment of their facility. The guide includes information about tracking and benchmarking water usage, evaluating building fixtures, and making upgrades.
Congregations that demonstrate a need for additional support may enroll in our Water-Wise program to receive a professional water audit from one of our qualified engineers. This audit will include an analysis of water data from the congregation's campus, customized water efficiency projects, an implementation plan, and a personal audit review and debrief with GIPL staff.
Every audit requires a congregation to complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), a Congregational Background Sheet, and provide 13 months of water bills to GIPL. Professional audits are currently only available to faith communities in Metro-Atlanta.
Questions
If you have questions about the Water-Wise program, who can you contact?
Contact GIPL's Programs Associate, Nadia Smith, at nadia@gipl.org.
What does every audit require?
Every audit requires a congregation to complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), a Congregational Background Sheet, and provide 13 months of water bills to GIPL.
Details
- Who
- Congregations (faith communities)
- Where
- Professional audits are currently only available to faith communities in Metro-Atlanta.
Run by
Green TeamsA Green Team is a group of three or more passionate individuals dedicated to advancing sustainability and environmental action in a community of faith.
Power-WiseThe fee to enroll in Power-Wise ranges from $300-$1000 and is based on a congregation's budget.offering Power-Wise and Solar-Wise assessments to help faith communities lower their carbon footprints
Solar-Wise$500 enrollment feeoffering Power-Wise and Solar-Wise assessments to help faith communities lower their carbon footprints