Europe’s biggest new monastery will harvest rainwater and plant 1,500 trees, while Bradford Cathedral becomes the first UK cathedral to be solar powered. A new £3m Carmelite monastery for 30 nuns will be built in Allerton, Liverpool, with a wildflower meadow, solar panels and ground source heating. The new building will restore a peaceful atmosphere for the nuns, who are currently surrounded by two growing schools in west Derby. Sister Mary said: ‘The new monastery will allow us to be much more energy efficient and the gardens will also enable us to be self-sufficient.’ Meanwhile, Bradford Cathedral will be the first in the world to install solar panels to provide its electricity. Costing £50,000, the panels will be fitted on the roof of the south aisle.
Friday 5 August 2011
Monastery and Cathedral go Green
Europe’s biggest new monastery will harvest rainwater and plant 1,500 trees, while Bradford Cathedral becomes the first UK cathedral to be solar powered. A new £3m Carmelite monastery for 30 nuns will be built in Allerton, Liverpool, with a wildflower meadow, solar panels and ground source heating. The new building will restore a peaceful atmosphere for the nuns, who are currently surrounded by two growing schools in west Derby. Sister Mary said: ‘The new monastery will allow us to be much more energy efficient and the gardens will also enable us to be self-sufficient.’ Meanwhile, Bradford Cathedral will be the first in the world to install solar panels to provide its electricity. Costing £50,000, the panels will be fitted on the roof of the south aisle.
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