The cold weather has started and the heat has been turned on at the church and we wanted to share a few points to help folks manage the thermostats.

The Sanctuary is heated by both heat pumps and the oil boiler. The thermostats in the Sanctuary can always be adjusted to people’s needs and the auto program will reset back to the original settings a few times a day automatically.

The fellowship hall thermostat is currently a standard unit and people can raise up for an event but please remember to lower when you leave.

The heat pumps in the lounge and lower RE hallway are not programmable so if you choose to raise them then if you can remember, please return back to the original settings. There is a note next to these two controllers that identifies what the current desired temperature settings is when you leave the area. This best setting changes during the heating season depending on the cold outside so just check the signage.

For the RE wing there are additional thermostats for the electrical baseboard in each room. Feel free to set these at the temperature that makes you comfortable and know that if you leave without lowering the setting the auto program will return the settings to the best temperature automatically a few times a day.

Finally, during the heating season we like to keep the doors open in the RE wing (downstairs and upstairs) to allow the more efficient heat pump heating reach areas a little further away. You are more than welcome to close doors for activities if needed and please just open them up when you are done.

Building Maintenance Team