Samuel is the Founder of Green Homes of Maine and enjoys all things sustainable. A web developer by trade, Samuel wanted to cross over into the sustainable realm and settled on sharing information within the ever changing world of Green Building and Living. Residing in Freeport, Maine; Samuel enjoys surfing, yoga, gardening, family and building great websites all while keeping it green.
Samuel has written 60 article(s).
A bit of great news reported by David Worthington on SmartPlanet today; Home energy retrofits reduce healthcare costs. “Wegowise, a start-up that identifies energy efficient homes by analyzing utility data, has partnered with a national non-profit to upgrade low-income housing around Baltimore, Maryland. A recent pilot project produced an unforeseen result: emergency room visits among residents [...]
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A quick update on Apple Inc.’s data center in the foothills of North Carolina reveals that the 20 Mega-watt solar cluster is nearing completion. Sitting next to the new data center built for iCloud, Apple estimates this cluster will produce sixty percent (60%!) of it’s power needs onsite. To do that, they are constructing what will [...]
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Airbus is pushing forward innovations in air travel. Their new concept plane, the airplane of the future, could take flight to new heights in comfort and efficiency with biomimicry at it’s core. Solar power, energy harvesting seats, active panels that go from opaque to transparent on command, purely plant-based materials and more. Yes, if you’re [...]
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Kitchen renovations can be as daunting as they are exciting. With so many choices to make on what to update, sometimes the choice on how to renovate is overlooked. If you’re ready to give your kitchen a redo, and you’re looking to go green, here are five essentials for your fresh new kitchen: Induction Cooktop Aside from [...]
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Have you ever wondered what can be done in landscaping to reflect the work you’ve put into making your home green? In most cases, having a Green Home is about the building or retrofitting process, the materials used and the structures energy efficiency once completed, but what about outside the doorway? Lessening our impact on [...]
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Scottish Power Renewables has successfully installed the world’s first tidal energy turbine near the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. A 100′ tall HS1000 tidal turbine developed by Andritz Hdyro Hammerfest is producing power for more than 500 homes and businesses already, and more are scheduled for installation to complete the tidal energy farm. From [...]
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When most people hear the words “green home” they mostly think of new construction, super-insulated homes. But what about all the homes that are already standing, some for more than a century? In our opinion it’s where the true advancements in energy efficiency can be made, not to mention the potential for starting a wildfire [...]
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Ocean Renewable Power Company of Portland, Maine is set to start construction of it first Tidal Energy System in Cobscook Bay later this month. Securing a federal permit to install Maine’s first go at tidal energy, the project is scheduled to begin mid-month and be online by summer. This first for Maine is a broad leap forward [...]
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Jake Staub and Sonia Barrantes, two veteran former U.S. Navy Test Pilots in Portland, and Chris Corson, of EcoCor Design/Build in Belfast, have embarked on Portland’s first Passive House journey set to break ground in Spring 2012. Partners Jake Staub, formerly of Addison, Illinois, and Sonia Barrantes, formerly of Scarborough, Maine, recently left the Navy in order [...]
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Semprius, a startup company based in Durham, North Carolina, has announced it’s new concentrated solar panel achieves 33.9% efficiency.Semprius’s solar cells use gallium arsenide, rather than silicon, which is able to absorb sunlight and dissipate heat far better. The solar panel that scored this major efficiency record is made up of hundreds of these tiny [...]
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