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T1 Guidelines on Green Houses of Worship
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
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K1 green building
K1 energy resource
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K1 sustainable energy
K1 religious place
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33262
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33262
NO Houses of worship serve as the spiritual centre for communities where they can practice religious rituals. Some estimates indicate that there are around 37 million churches, 4 million mosques, 20 thousand synagogues and hundreds of millions of temples in existence today. These places can become models of sustainability, engaging in eco-friendly practices of worship, sustainably designed buildings, and teaching an environmentally-friendly lifestyle within communities. This publication has been developed to showcase some successful examples from religions around the world on their greening efforts of their houses of worship and provide some useful references and tips to build or transform a house of worship to be green and contribute to achieving sustainability.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 16, 2026