Posted in | News | Solar Energy | Green Building

Stained Glass Solar Windows Adorn Saskatoon Church

The Holy Family Catholic Church in Saskatoon is undergoing renovation. The parish, in an effort to achieve sustainability, plans to utilize the 2,381 hours of yearly sunshine in the process, and is embedding solar cells on  its new windows.

Sarah Hall Studio's stained glass solar windows for the Holy Family Catholic Church

Sarah Hall Studio is making the stained glass solar windows. 54 solar panels have been used in three sections and the art work depicts the prairies sky. Glasmalerei Peters in Paderborn, Germany has air-brushed the glass enamels. The art glass panels were then tempered at Wulfmeier. Following this process 1,013 silver solar cells were soldered onto the panels by hand. These solar cells have the capacity to collect solar energy, which would be sufficient to provide power for five homes through the 12 months.

The Holy Family Catholic Church has followed the Vatican in embarking on this $675,000 green initiative. In 2008, the Vatican had installed 2,700 solar panels.

The installations of the solar panels are to take place in spring, and will make it the first North American church to utilize solar energy.

Tell Us What You Think

Do you have a review, update or anything you would like to add to this news story?

Leave your feedback
Your comment type
Submit

While we only use edited and approved content for Azthena answers, it may on occasions provide incorrect responses. Please confirm any data provided with the related suppliers or authors. We do not provide medical advice, if you search for medical information you must always consult a medical professional before acting on any information provided.

Your questions, but not your email details will be shared with OpenAI and retained for 30 days in accordance with their privacy principles.

Please do not ask questions that use sensitive or confidential information.

Read the full Terms & Conditions.