Sustainable
Energy,
Equity, and
Knowledge-Sharing Project

Catalyzing energy transitions with social values

Accelerating clean energy transitions requires social innovation.
Engaging and leaning into the transformative power of social values.
Leveraging diverse, multi-sectoral partnerships in new ways.
Including underserved or "hard to reach "communities.
Investing valuable social resources & assets. 
Sharing and building new knowledge.
​Imagining new possibilities.
Experimenting together.
Overcoming barriers.
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​Faith communities have a critical role to play.​​​​
​There are 400,000 houses of worship in the United States.
Only 5% regularly monitor their energy usage.
​Just 1% have installed solar systems. 
What happens if 50% of worship facilities achieve baseline clean, equitable energy stewardship by 2025?
​Join us and find out.

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I'm interested. How do I get started?

​Our program matches you with students to establish your energy and climate baseline and get ready to take next steps. We can provide other resources to help you turn your values into concrete goals and measurable outcomes. Our goal? By 2025, engage 50% of US congregations to lead by example in their worship facilities and campus buildings. This can prevent millions of metric tons of carbon emissions, expand solar adoption, save money on utility bills, and contribute to community resilience while also improving the comfort and safety of worship facilities, schools, offices, and community centers. 

let's get started!

January 2021 News
SEEK student teams are now also assisting small municipalities with sustainability-focused energy assessments. Sign up under the "Get Started" tab.

Benchmarking Webinar via ZOOM 
Friday, April 30th | 9 a.m.-Noon AZ Time

Join us for an event this Friday examining the benefits of benchmarking and the impacts that it can have for your congregation. Register here:  https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtf-GuqTooHNMI71JiePnzcZAjoP6PfPQx 
We will be partnering with an organization called Faith for Climate based out of Virginia. If you can't make it- we will be posting the recordings on the website soon- so stay posted! 

Why faith communities?

Faith communities are significant potential leaders in clean energy transitions, with underrealized potential for impact.  As a sector, faith communities are diverse and inclusive: more than 200 spiritual traditions, 400,000 houses of worship, 250 million members (80% of the US population), and 4 billion square feet of built area. Many congregations have interests in “going solar” to align with their strong stewardship values and active commitments to climate action, but only 770 (less than 1%) of all US worship facilities have installed solar and fewer than 6,000 (less than 5%) regularly monitor their energy usage.  In the clean energy marketplace, faith communities face some challenges. Their energy projects tend to be smaller and require more technical assistance than average projects, and they may not be well-suited for conventional financing. This makes them more costly and less lucrative for private sector developers, leaving faith communities under served. SEEK leverages partnerships, engagement, innovation and research to explore and empower the potential for substantial aggregate impact. 

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 Events

Tune into our sessions from the  2021 Conference on Faith and Science.

•  Friday, February 12, 2021 -- Spirituality and Sustainability 
• ​​Saturday, February 13, 2021 -- SEEK Student Perspectives

Energy Star Webinars are a great way to learn at your own pace. Learn how to use simple energy assessments to align your goals and planning -- and use your data to identify strategic, actionable opportunities to use energy wisely, lower your costs, and decrease your climate impact.  Find   Spring 2021 offerings here.

Partners & Collaborators

US Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Star Program
Arizona Interfaith Power and Light
Sun Valley Solar Solutions
Arizona Faith Network
Earth Day Network
​Parliament of the World's Religions
​Council of Religions Advisers at ASU
National Community Solar Partnership

Sustainable Cities Network
​LiT International
San Juan Diego Institute
Catholic Climate Covenant/Catholic Energies
ASU LightWorks
Campus Christian Center
US Committee, International Council on Monuments and Sites