Blue Labyrinth - Green Lights...

This will be a quick update. Most everything is in place for us to get started with phase I. We are just holding our breath, waiting for the City to hand us our permit.

If you will check the floor of the narthex you can see we’ve laid out the size of our labyrinth in tape. It’s an 18’ circle. You can also see a picture of a similar floor and samples of the porcelain tile we will be using. Blue for the field and a cream for the design.

To give you a little information about labyrinths, click on the Labyrinth Company’s History of Labyrinths page. http://www.labyrinthcompany.com/aboutlabyrinths/history.html

We have a couple of “green” experiments coming up. First is church lighting. Take a look at the LED light fixture we’ve installed on the front of the choir loft that provides the equivalent of a 100 watt bulb but uses only 9.5 watts! I’m not sure this is the exact fixture we want but it does show what an LED light can do. Instead of $15 a year to run, it would be less than $2.

Next is a wind power test station that we will be installing in front of the church. It will look like a small weather station on a pole. Florida is considered marginal for wind power but we are one of the highest points at 33’ above sea level at the church floor. Wind power is less expensive per KWH than solar and runs at night. It may or may not be workable but it’s certainly worth checking.

Peace,

Ric Filer