Once upon a time, when the first settlers arrived, one of the most important things they did, after setting up shelter for themselves & their livestock, was to build a school. The school doubled as a church on the weekends, a community center for meetings, dances, weddings, and other celebrations. It was a good example of multi-use building, & could & should be utilized today for energy savings. Now, we have separate churches for every denomination, & schools every few blocks so no one will have to travel very far.

It seems to me that a church used only on Sundays, & for the occasional church wedding on Saturday, could well be used for a school auditorium during the week. Or why couldn't a school gym be used as a church on weekends, when no one is around? All these buildings have a power plant, and cleaning staff, & surely they could use one power plant for several schools if they were built close enough together to be connected to the power surce. Surely several churches could use the same space at different times of the week.

Am I the only person who feels that we could save a lot of money on buildings & operation, & thus energy, by combining several uses in one building?