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Maine's best-kept local wood secret

Maine's best-kept local wood secret

Lifestyle, Design / BuildGreen & Healthy MaineMay 30, 2024local wood products, The Lumbery, building materials Comment

Then & Now: Celebrating 10 years in clean energy and green building in Maine

Then & Now: Celebrating 10 years in clean energy and green building in Maine

Energy, LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineApril 17, 2024electric vehicles, solar renewable energy, heating & cooling, maine legislationComment

Rising CO2 levels...in the bedroom?

Rising CO2 levels...in the bedroom?

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineFebruary 1, 2024indoor air qualityComment

Green realtors are making a difference

Green realtors are making a difference

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineOctober 18, 2023real estate, green real estate dispatch, Julia Bassett Schwerin, maine green brokerComment

passivhausMAINE rolls out statewide training program

passivhausMAINE rolls out statewide training program

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineOctober 11, 2023passivhausMAINE, industry news, nonprofits, passive house, Passive HouseComment

What is the Inflation Reduction Act, and what does it mean for my home?

What is the Inflation Reduction Act, and what does it mean for my home?

Lifestyle, EnergyGreen & Healthy MaineSeptember 26, 2023financing, heat pumpsComment

Safely rid your house of common pests

Safely rid your house of common pests

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineMay 29, 2023indoor air qualityComment

Recycling myth-busters: Plastics

Recycling myth-busters: Plastics

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineMay 26, 2023ecomaine, recycling Comments

Senior eco-advocates push for change close to home

Senior eco-advocates push for change close to home

Lifestyle, EnergyGreen & Healthy MaineMay 12, 2023OceanView at Falmouth, Highland Green, Granite Hills Estates, Piper ShoresComment

The bottom line & construction costs

The bottom line & construction costs

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineMay 9, 2023What's your number?, Kolbert Building, financing Comments

A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It?: An Introduction to Building Science

A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It?: An Introduction to Building Science

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineMarch 21, 2023book review, building scienceComment

Cooking and indoor air quality: reducing pollution in your kitchen

Cooking and indoor air quality: reducing pollution in your kitchen

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineDecember 6, 2022Indoor air quality, Maine Indoor Air Quality Council, indoor air qualityComment

Women and new Mainers are finding a home in construction

Women and new Mainers are finding a home in construction

Lifestyle, Design / BuildGreen & Healthy MaineNovember 23, 2022maine passive house, go logic, Juniper Design+Build, Juniper Design + Build, youthbuild, Evergreen Home Performance, we built this, local businesses, passive house, climate workComment

Why measure your indoor humidity?

Why measure your indoor humidity?

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineNovember 23, 2022Indoor air quality, Maine Indoor Air Quality Council, indoor air qualityComment

Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes

Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineAugust 11, 2022Michael Maines Residential Design, Mottram Architecture, mottram, Kolbert Building, BRIBURN, book review Comment

Owning your carbon footprint when you rent

Owning your carbon footprint when you rent

Lifestyle, EnergyGreen & Healthy MaineApril 28, 2022Efficiency Maine, Garbage to Garden, Maine Standard Biofuels, ReVision Energy, WindowDressers, Innerglass, solar renewable energy, building science, climate workComment

Making the cut: how to shrink your plastic use

Making the cut: how to shrink your plastic use

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineApril 20, 2022Comment

Sustainable investing offers options

Sustainable investing offers options

LifestyleGreen & Healthy MaineJanuary 6, 2022financingComment