{"id":1002,"date":"2007-05-29T15:46:42","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T13:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2007-05-29T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2007-05-29T13:46:42","slug":"vatican-goes-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/vatican-goes-solar.html","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Goes Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenoptions.com\/files\/images\/round%20solar%20to%20sky_0.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/>People of faith from around the globe are taking the lead on global warming solutions. Following on the heels of an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenoptions.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/28\/faith_leaders_call_for_action_on_global_warming\">alliance<\/a> among some U.S. faith leaders to fight global warming, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/\">Vatican<\/a> has announced plans to install a giant solar power system.<\/p>\n<p>The 1,000 solar panels will adorn the football-sized roof of the Paul VI audience hall, one of the top energy guzzlers in the sovereign city state. The solar system will be able to provide all the heating, cooling, and lighting needs of the entire building year-round, and any extra electricity generated will be fed back into the Vatican\u2019s grid. <\/p>\n<p>Pier Carlo Cuscianna, head of the Vatican\u2019s department of technical services and mastermind of the project, was inspired by the calls of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II to treat the planet with respect and their warnings that global warming will effect the world\u2019s poorest and most vulnerable people. <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the Vatican has shown leadership on clean energy. In 1999, the entire lighting system of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-destinations.com\/italy\/rome-st-peters-basilica.htm\">St. Peter\u2019s Basilica<\/a> was refurbished with energy-efficient lighting, which cut its energy consumption by about 40 percent.  <\/p>\n<p>Although Vatican City is not a signatory of the Kyoto Protocol, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/0702971.htm\">Catholic News Service<\/a> reports that this solar project marks \u201ca major move\u201d to reduce its carbon-footprint and move away from its dependence on Italy\u2019s power grid. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cathnews.com\/news\/705\/160.php\">CathNews<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/0702971.htm\">Catholic News Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/green-options-blog?a=jOM2Uz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~a\/green-options-blog?i=jOM2Uz\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?a=tvMu4K6Q\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?i=tvMu4K6Q\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?a=DB7rgGhx\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~f\/green-options-blog?i=DB7rgGhx\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/green-options-blog\/~4\/120494410\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People of faith from around the globe are taking the lead on global warming solutions. Following on the heels of an alliance among some U.S. faith leaders to fight global warming, the Vatican has announced plans to install a giant solar power system. The 1,000 solar panels will adorn the football-sized roof of the Paul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}