Unity College supports organic and sustainability programs throughout the entire central part of Maine. This forward thinking school in the small town setting is committed to their efforts to promote sustainability in agriculture and other possible community outreach programs. Find out how Unity College supports organic and sustainability programs, you may get some ideas on [...]
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We usually keep our topics focused on home building and sustainable products, but today I want to share a video I found while browsing Ted.com. Plastic recycling has and in most cases still is, a very complicated process where the end result is very little of it actually being recycled. We feel that this is [...]
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Ireland’s First Net-Zero Home has posted energy positive results for the second year running. Producing more energy than it needs to run with a 7Kw photo-voltaic system, the home has exceeded the energy models forecast. The design incorporated passive house principles and targets to achieve and ultra-low space heating demand. The majority of the heating [...]
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Solar panels on your roof are providing more than just clean power to your home or business. In a new study conducted by the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, new proof has emerged showing significant measurements of cooling from having solar panels on a roof. Yes that’s right, cooling. Hard to believe? Read [...]
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Competing with cheap built homes and foreclosures, builders are pulling out all the stops to try and gain an advantage in the slow housing market. On the market are a lot of cheap homes, mostly foreclosures, and approved buyers are in high demand. To combat the cheap house syndrome, building green or retrofitting green is quickly [...]
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Hannaford Bros. Co. of Scarborough, Maine has announced the opening of the nation’s first LEED Platinum grocery store in Augusta, Maine on July 25th, 2011. Fore Solutions, a consulting firm in Portland, Maine, where the Green Building and LEED Project Managers that helped Hannaford develop their first LEED store. This is certainly an impressive building, [...]
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Want to learn about Wind Energy in Maine? Sunday is your chance! At the Penobscot Theatre in Bangor, Maine the premiere of Wind Energy In Maine: Clean Renewable and Homegrown will show at 4:30 PM. The movie premiere will be followed by a reception at 5:30. Be sure check it out and learn more about [...]
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Michael and Jody Herbert of Rockland, Maine are the first in the state to benefit from an Efficiency Maine PACE loan to finance energy efficient upgrades to their home. The PACE program was introduced as a way for homeowners to apply for government funded, low-percentage loans specifically for energy upgrades to their home. With Maine [...]
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A step outside the Green Home today with look at the Citroen Ev’ie by The Electric Car Corporation. Europe, and England in particular has had access to full electric vehicles for several years. Now the bar has been raised by The Electric Car Corporation and Citroen who introduced the Ev’ie for city dwellers. Aimed directly [...]
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Efficiency Maine has announced that the PACE program now offers 4.99% financing for energy efficiency upgrades that make your home more comfortable and less expensive to heat. You can borrow up to $15,000.00 for improvements to be made on your heating system, weatherization (windows, doors, insulation and air sealing), energy efficient appliances and lighting, solar [...]
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