Amazing ADUs: High-performance, prefab small homes | These beautiful pre-designed, prefabricated, high-performance homes are tailor made to meet Maine’s ever-growing need for sustainable housing. Built offsite, out of the elements, to exacting standards, they are also sturdy, eco-sensitive and put occupant health and comfort first. | | | |
South Portland's first detached ADU is a ground breaker | Looking at the rundown two-car garage behind their two-story beach bungalow in South Portland, Pat Liddy and Stephanie Harmon saw potential. That location, they imagined, would be perfect for building an accessory dwelling unit for Pat's 78-year-old mother, Eileen. | | | |
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Next episode: Tuesday Dec 5th at 6 pm | |
Building science is a field of knowledge that draws upon engineering, architecture, and science to design innovative high-performance buildings. The founders of the Portland area's monthly Building Science Discussion Group will share some of the basics behind modern building science, followed by a Q&A.
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Dan Kolbert, Kolbert Building
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Steve Konstantino, Performance Building Supply
Bring your questions, or just come to soak it all in!
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Recording available: Paying for energy efficiency upgrades
Weren't able to make it to our last Home + Energy Chat? We had a great conversation with Andy Meyer at Efficiency Maine about the many tax credits, rebates, and instant discounts available to help pay for your energy efficiency upgrades.
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Reducing pollution in your kitchen
Thanksgiving is a time of good food and good company. But did you know that cooking can put a lot of pollutants and chemicals into your indoor air? Here are strategies to reduce cooking pollutants this holiday season.
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Review: A House Needs to Breathe...Or Does It?
Encyclopedic in breadth, authoritative in depth, practical in advice and examples, and entertaining in style, Dr. Alison A. Bailes III, PhD shares over 20 years worth of knowledge about building science in this recent release.
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