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Benedictine Nuns Go Green with Solar Energy Powered Monastery
In Middleton, Wisconsin, Catholic nuns are going green. The Benedictine Women of Madison's Holy Wisdom Monastery have built a solar-powered monastery that received a top/platinum rating with the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program. The monastery, which is expected to reduce energy costs by 60%, earned 63 out of 69 possible points.
According to a USA Today article, the monastery's green features include:
- Photovoltaic light fixtures for the parking lot, which drains to areas of pervious concrete.
- 370 Andersen windows and doors with special glazing on the South, East and West sides of the building to limit visible light transmission.
- A geothermal heating and cooling system with 39 closed-loop wells, each 300 feet deep.
- Two vegetated roofs over the maintenance building and garage.
- Solatubes and a dramatic skylight that provide natural light.
- Four rain barrels that collect and store water for plant care and two rain gardens to minimize storm water runoff.
- Bamboo flooring in the Assembly, gathering and dining rooms and for the ceiling of the Oratory and Meditation Chapel.
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