Ukusuka ekutshintsheni iiglowubhu zokukhanyisa ukuya kwisakhiwo seebhedi eziphakamileyo, uluntu lwezenkolo kulo lonke elase-Chattanooga lutshintsha izindlu zabo zonqulo kunye nemihlaba ukuze zikhuseleke ngakumbi kokusingqongileyo.
Amalungu ecawa ahlukeneyo athi, ngokungafaniyo nokuphuculwa kwamandla ekhaya, ukulungiswa kwezindlu zonqulo kuzisa imingeni ethile.Umzekelo, owona mceli mngeni mkhulu, kwaye mhlawumbi oyena msebenzisi wamandla mkhulu kwisakhiwo secawe, yingcwele.
KwiCawa yase-Episcopal yaseSt.Kwanotshintsho oluncinci olunjalo lunzima, lufuna ukuba icawa izise i-lifti ekhethekileyo ukuze ifike kwiibhalbhu ezibekwe kwisilingi esiphakamileyo, utshilo uBruce Blohm, ilungu leqela eliluhlaza laseSt.
Ubungakanani beendawo ezingcwele zenza ukuba kubize kakhulu ukufudumeza kunye nokupholisa, kunye nokuhlaziya, utshilo uChristian Shackelford, oluhlaza|izithuba Ukuxhobisa umlawuli wenkqubo yeChattanooga.U-Shackelford uye watyelela iicawe kule ndawo ukuchonga utshintsho olunokwenzeka.Malunga neshumi elinesibini leenkokheli zecawe kunye namalungu aqokelelene kwindawo eluhlaza | kwiindawo kwiveki ephelileyo ukwenzela umboniso kaShackelford.
Iingcebiso eziqhelekileyo kwabo bahlaziya ikhaya inokuba kukuqinisekisa ukuba umoya awuvuzi kufutshane neefestile, utshilo uShackelford.Kodwa ezicaweni, ukulungisa iifestile ezineglasi eneglasi akunakwenzeka, utshilo.
Nangona kunjalo, imiceli mngeni efana nale akufuneki ithintele iicawe ekulandeleni ezinye iinguqu, utshilo uShackelford.Izindlu zonqulo zinokuba yimizekelo enamandla kuluntu lwazo ukuze zibe nobuhlobo ngakumbi nokusingqongileyo.
Malunga no-2014, amalungu eCawa yaseSt.Iqela ligqibe uphicotho lwamandla kunye ne-EPB ukubhala amaxesha abo okusetyenziswa okuphezulu kwaye sele iqhubela phambili utshintsho kwisakhiwo ukususela, utshilo uBlohm.
“Yinkitha enkulu yabantu abavakalelwa kukuba ihambisana nokholo lwethu bekufuneka senze okuthile,” utshilo.
Kanye nokutshintsha izibane zengcwele, eli qela liye lafaka izibane ze-LED kuso sonke isakhiwo kunye nenkqubo yokukhanyisa eshukumayo kwiiofisi zecawa.Iimpompo zegumbi lokuhlambela ziphuculwe ukuze kuthintelwe ukusetyenziswa kwaye icawe ithathe indawo yenkqubo yebhoyila yayo ngeyona isebenzayo, utshilo uBlohm.
Ngo-2015, icawa yaqala iprojekthi yokukhulisa iitapile ngoku ineembiza ezimalunga nama-50 ezikhula kwindawo yonke, utshilo uBlohm.Nje ukuba zivunwe, iitapile zinikelwa kwiKitchen yaseChattanooga Community.
I-Grace Episcopal Church igxile ngokufanayo kwigadi yasezidolophini.Ukusukela ngo-2011, icawa ekude ne-Brainerd Road ifake kwaye yaqesha iibhedi eziphakamileyo ezingama-23 kuluntu ukuze zilime iintyatyambo nemifuno.Indawo yegadi inebhedi yasimahla yokuba abantu bavune nantoni na ekhulile apho, utshilo uKristina Shaneyfelt, usihlalo wekomiti yamabala ecawe.
Icawa igxininise ingqalelo kwindawo ejikeleze isakhiwo kuba kukho indawo encinci eluhlaza kuluntu kwaye ukulungiswa kwesakhiwo kuyabiza, uShaneyfelt uthe.Icawe yiNational Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat eqinisekisiweyo kwaye yongeza ukwahluka kwemithi ukuba ibe yindawo yokulima evunyiweyo, utshilo.
“Injongo yethu kukusebenzisa imithi yemveli, sisebenzise izityalo zemveli ukubuyisela inkqubo yendalo kwindawo yethu nakumhlaba wethu,” utshilo uShaneyfelt.”
I-Unitarian Universalist Church igcine ngaphezu kwe-$ 1,700 ukususela ngoMeyi 2014 xa icawa ifake iipaneli zelanga phezu kophahla lwayo, utshilo uSandy Kurtz, owanceda ukukhokela le projekthi.Icawe ihlala iyindlu yonqulo yasekuhlaleni eneepaneli zelanga.
Ukonga okunokubakho kwiinguqu ezenziwe kwisakhiwo seNtlanganiso yaBahlobo baseChattanooga kungekudala ukuba singalinganisa, utshilo uKate Anthony, unobhala weChattanooga Friends.Kwiinyanga ezininzi ezidlulileyo, uShackelford osuka eluhlaza|izithuba wandwendwela isakhiwo seQuaker kwaye wachonga utshintsho, olufana neendawo ezingcono zokugquma kunye neefestile.
"Ubukhulu becala singabagcini bendalo, kwaye siziva sinamandla kakhulu malunga nobugosa bendalo kunye nokuzama ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint," watsho.
Indawo ejikeleze icawe inamaplanga amaninzi, ngoko ke ukufakela iipaneli zelanga yayingeyondlela yokukhetha, utshilo uAnthony.Endaweni yoko, amaQuaker athenge inkqubo yeSolar Share kunye ne-EPB evumela abahlali kunye namashishini ukuba axhase iipaneli zelanga kwindawo.
Olunye utshintsho olwenziwe yicawe luncinci kwaye kulula kuye nabani na ukuba alwenze, utshilo u-Anthony, njengokungasebenzisi izitya ezilahlwayo kunye neeflatware kwiipotlucks zabo.
Contact Wyatt Massey at wmassey@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6249. Find him on Twitter at @News4Mass.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jul-23-2019