{"id":2291,"date":"2010-04-27T13:42:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T20:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2010-04-27T13:42:17","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T20:42:17","slug":"solar-powered-construction-design-gets-%e2%80%9cgreen%e2%80%9d-light-from-church-leaders-lds-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/04\/27\/solar-powered-construction-design-gets-%e2%80%9cgreen%e2%80%9d-light-from-church-leaders-lds-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar-Powered Construction Design Gets \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Green\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Light from Church Leaders &#8211; LDS Newsroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Presiding Bishopric of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced the latest environmentally friendly construction efforts by the Church at its first solar powered meetinghouse in the Northern Hemisphere. The new building in Farmington, Utah symbolizes the continued innovative use of technology by the Church in its construction design. 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