Education/Creation Care:
During periods of sub-freezing temperatures during the winter, we do daily property checks on our infrastructure at Walter Scott. We do this so we can catch and fix issues before they become bigger, costing more money, and more materials. While furnace and water spigot repair may not fit classically into the category of “Creation Care” and “Green Practices”, they are! This past week one of our outdoor hydrants finally burst and had to be capped (to be fully repaired in warmer months with a frost-proof hydrant). Knowing where our various water shutoffs for the property are, we spent two hours and $4 to fix the issue. Similarly, when we saw one of our buildings was having trouble maintaining temperature during a daily check, we diagnosed the issue, ordered the part from our local HVAC contractor, and replaced the pressure switch on the furnace. Another two hours and $55 this time. If we didn’t have practices that focused on saving energy and conserving water, we wouldn’t have developed plans that call for daily property checks in this weather. The water spigot would have continued to leak 4,500 gallons of water a day until caught and the building without heat would have burst pipes and destroyed sinks, toilets, flooring, and walls. All of these mean that we would have used a lot of resources precious to our planet in transporting parts and people for repairs, not to mention disposing of materials that were wasted. Sometimes, Care for Creation can be as easy to get involved with as setting up a maintenance routine.
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