If your congregation has taken steps to reduce your energy use and carbon emissions, apply to be a Certified Cool Congregation today!

Eco-friendly bamboo plaque is available for each level of certification
With this certification you will demonstrate your leadership in your community by showing that it is possible to reduce emissions, care for our common home, and often save money in the process
How to Apply
If you already have the information on your energy savings, apply today.
First download the application questions and record your answers. This is helpful because you have to complete the online application in one sitting, it is not possible to save a draft and complete it later. The application questions includes the updated 2021 certification policy.
Download the Application Questions
If you do not have the information use the Cool Congregations calculator for congregational facilities to take a “before” snapshot of your congregation’s carbon footprint, then make the changes to reduce your footprint, and come back to the calculator again to take an “after” snapshot. If you have reduced by 10% or more, you qualify for certification. Apply above.
You will receive a certificate suitable for framing and you can purchase a classy eco-friendly wooden plaque to show your leadership and inspire your congregants to make changes at home. You can apply for 10, 20, 30, or 40% reduction certification. Due to many congregations achieving higher levels of reduction, in 2020 IPL added new categories of 60, 80 and 100% reductions that a congregation can apply for. The average certified congregation has reduced 42%!
The Certified Cool Congregations listed here are jointly preventing over 1,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere every year. This is the equivalent of not burning one million pounds of coal every year. Read their inspiring stories and apply for certification!
Use the start up kit for congregations: “5 Steps to Becoming a Cool Congregation” to get started on a project to reduce your congregation’s carbon footprint.
100% CO2 Reduction – Platinum Medallion

Loomis Basin Congregational United Church of Christ
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Lutheran Church of Honolulu
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St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
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Crosslake Presbyterian
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
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80% and above CO2 Reduction – Gold Medallion

St. John’s Lutheran Church
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Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church – All Hands on Deck!
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Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
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Temple Beth El in Stamford
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60% and above CO2 Reduction – Silver Medallion

Congregation Kol Shalom
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Emmaus Cut the Carbon by 60%!
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Temple Sinai of Glendale
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50% and above CO2 Reduction
La Mesa First United Methodist Church

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Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church Cut Energy Use in Half!

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40% and above CO2 Reduction – Bronze Medallion
Central Baptist Church

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Mountain View United Methodist Church

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Nativity Catholic Church

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Taftsville Chapel Mennonite Fellowship

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Shalom Mennonite Church

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Church of the Brethren Modesto

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Flagstaff Federated Community Church

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St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church

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30% CO2 Reduction – Green Medallion
Habitat for Humanity of Central Arkansas

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Niles Discovery Church

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St. Thomas ELCA Lutheran Church

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Central Union Church, Honolulu, HI

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Emmanuel United Methodist Church

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First Unitarian Church of Cleveland

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Salvisa Christian Church

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Westminster Presbyterian Church

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20% CO2 Reduction – Blue Medallion
Aldersgate United Methodist Church

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People’s Church of Kalamazoo

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St. John’s United Church of Christ

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Bethany Lutheran Church

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Genesis of Ann Arbor

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Brackett Memorial United Methodist Church

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Durham Community Church

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Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church

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St. John Neumann Catholic Community

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10% CO2 Reduction – Red Medallion
First Presbyterian Church

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Bethany Christian Church

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Woodmont Christian Church

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Hillside, a Baptist Fellowship

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Covenant Christian Church keeps the covenant for the Earth

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St. Teresa of Avila Parish

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First Unitarian Church

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Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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