Is your Church on mains gas and do you want to save money on energy costs? Micro-Combined heat and power might be the answer.

The principle behind the technology is that as electrical energy is lost during transmission, it is more efficient to distribute natural gas through the gas network and then generate electricity locally using a micro combined heat and power plant (Micro-CHP).

The heat energy produced while generating electricity is then available to heat a home, business, church or community building with the electricity generated either used in the building or fed in to the national grid for local consumption.

The Government's Microgeneration Strategy has identified micro-CHP as one of the key technologies offering a realistic alternative to centrally generated electricity and it has recently introduced the Feed-in Tariff, which offers funding generation opportunities to organisations and households that use these technologies.

If you are interested have a look these websites:

www.bluegen.info/What-is-bluegen-UK/

www.baxi.co.uk/products/combinedheatandpower.htm

So, if your building has a gas connection or if there is a gas main close by it might be worth exploring this option as a way of reducing your energy costs.