FOXe Report: Green Church

St. Catherine of Siena Church in South Austin recently installed one of the largest solar panel arrays at a church in Texas. It is one of the many ways they are working to be a greener church.

The 3,000 square foot installation is over the parking lot. A parishioner who passed away donated the money that funded the project.

The solar panels will provide electricity for about 46% of the administrative building which will save the church roughly $9,000 a year in energy costs.

St. Catherine’s officials told FOX 7 they also plan to xeriscape the church grounds and install a rainwater collection system.