Dreaming of Building a Green Retreat?
Architecture & Design
Draw inspiration from three sets of owners who pulled off energy-efficient dwellings with modest carbon footprints.
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How to Design a Pretty Good House
Expert Advice
Niftier than its tongue-in-cheek name suggests, the grassroots building standard launched in Portland balances cost and energy performance.
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Is Community Solar Right For You?
Green Living
New community solar farms, coupled with more affordable ways to opt-in, are making it easier than ever for Mainers to soak up the sun.
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Charred is the New Black
Green Living
An ancient Japanese wood-finishing technique is catching fire in Maine.
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Designed by OPAL; built by GO Logic; photographed by Trent Bell
Look on the Bright Side
Green Living
Declining prices, changes in state policy, and improved technology mean there’s never been a better time to go solar in Maine.
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Winkelman Architecture, one of a handful of Maine architects with experience designing “green roofs,” worked on this foliage-topped Brunswick home.
It’s Alive!
Green Living
The living roof takes root in Maine.
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The first house constructed on Cumberland’s Solar Way is outfitted with 20 solar panels (but wired for 30, which would elevate it to net-zero status) and a charging station for an electric car in the garage. The porch is five feet deep — ideal for allowing sunlight into the home in winter and providing shade in the summer. Photograph by Michael Eric Bérubé.
Greener Acres
Green Living
Is one of Maine’s new eco-friendly subdivisions right for you?
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Architect Chris Briley (right) enjoys a nip in his office/studio with fellow architect Phil Kaplan. The pair think of their podcast as “edu-tainment.” Photograph by Mark Fleming.
Drinking Buddies
Architecture & Design
The hosts of Portland’s Green Architects’ Lounge podcast mix tasty cocktails with sustainable building lessons.
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Sunny Side Up
Green Living
What do Mainers need to consider if they want to harness solar energy to power their homes?
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Greenhouse Effect
House Tour
It’s nearly impossible not to feel good in Luke and Sarah Cellier’s passive-solar home above the Back River in Georgetown.
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