"Local tour highlights innovative solar project at Lewisburg’s St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church"

Local officials and residents joined leaders from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and the nonprofit environmental group PennEnvironment for an informative tour of the church’s innovative solar project. The tour was held to educate Lewisburg residents about the benefits of solar energy and how they can go solar if interested. In August 2023, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Lewisburg worked with Envinity to install a rooftop solar array with 52 panels, enough to offset 100 percent of its annual electricity usage. This is not only saving the church money on its utility bills, but the array also eliminates approximately 20 tons of carbon emissions annually. Senior Warden Maggie Chappen explained that St. Andrew’s Episcopal church decided to go solar “for three reasons: financial, environmental, and inspirational. And we have succeeded on all three aims.”