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Sustainability

We highlight new Maine sustainable and environmentally friendly homes, technology, materials, and lifestyles, including passive house standards and green homes. We talk to sustainable Maine architects, builders, landscape designers, and craftspeople to keep our readers in touch with the latest of the sustainable world.

Sustainability

Cross-Laminated Timber: It’s All in the Materials

Matthew O’Malia at OPAL Architecture shares the benefits of cross-laminated timber technology, both from an environmental and cost-effective lens

Sustainability

Fighting for the Future

The 2024 passivehausMAINE Forum brought together the community to share innovative, sustainable ideas

Sustainability

Perfecting Prefab

Prefabricated houses put green building practices within reach

Sustainability

Maine Private Land for Public Values

Maine’s land trusts preserve wild places for recreation, habitat protection, and climate change mitigation

Sustainability

The First Bio-Based Printed Home

At the University of Maine in Orono, the world's first fully bio-based 3D printed home puts Maine on the map

Sustainability

Radical Reuse at The Hatchery

Students at this innovation center in Rockport are re-imagining the life cycle of our material world.

Event, Sustainability

Greener Days Ahead

Naomi Beal, the executive director of passivhausMAINE, summarizes the impact of their Annual Forum

Landscapes, Sustainability

Taming the Wild Plants of Mount Desert Island

Landscape designer Caleb Davis puts native plants to work as intentional design elements in naturalistic-looking gardens

Sustainability, Sustainable Food

Veggies to Table Nourishes the Body and Soul

A non-profit farm in Newcastle feeds their community and addresses food insecurity

Homes, Sustainability, Year In Design

Attardo Architecture & Design’s Saltwater Farm

Taking note from the Maine farmhouse tradition, Paul Attardo, Mike Russo, and Catherine King bring the farm style to the next level

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