Prince of Peace Finds the Silver Lining "The story for Prince of Peace began the fall of 2008. Our air conditioning condensers that sit outside the building were stolen,"church member Jeff Benz says. Pastor Roger Osbeck recalls, "When this came up, we said something good can come out of this." He says members formed a committee to look into installing a geothermal heating and cooling system, which was installed and operational by April 1, 2009. Mary Epperly contributed the funds as a memorial to her husband Richard, who wanted to do something for the earth. She says, "That was his wish for his memorial. He was very much into energy efficiency, and saving a buck where he could." Prince of Peace next upgraded their sanctuary windows from single glazed, to triple glazed. Jeff Benz, who runs a solar installation business, said, “My hunch is that adding the triple glazing will save almost the same amount of energy as the geothermal system might.” For more information contact Jeff Benz at jbenz@citysupplycorp.com. Portions of this article are from a WHO TV 13 broadcast on April 14, 2009 by Megan Reuther. To see the video, click here.