Energy at Kimberton Hills

courtesy of Kimberton Hills

Camphill Village Kimberton Hills has a 8.3 photovoltaic solar array on top of a garage. It powers almost 5% of the village. Although hooked up to the grid, Kimberton Hills purchases all green energy from carbonfund.org. They also have two buildings heated using geothermal technology. Most homes have wood stoves that are used for heating and cooking. Deidra Heitzman acknowledges that although there are greenhouse gases emitted from burning wood, it is better than emitting petrochemicals into the atmosphere. All of the wood used in the stoves comes from wind fallen wood.