#1 Party Conversation Topic: Home Energy
Sometimes being a building science geek means knowing when to bite your tongue. Not everyone wants to hear about beautiful basement encapsulations or the pros and cons of different kinds of insulation, after all. Except when they do.
Read MoreFlood Watch in Your Basement?
There are basements where people enjoy spending time. They’re warm, dry, and cozy, and they make great playrooms, or guest rooms, or media rooms. We imagine they’re something like Shangri-La: happy, idyllic, and – let’s be honest – fictional.
Read More3 Reasons We Work All Summer
Happy June! We’re as happy to see warm, sunny weather as the next guy, but it’s not because we’re headed into three blissful months of vacation. Home performance is a year-round endeavor. Here are the top three reasons we spend the summer in hot attics instead of on hot beaches:
Read MoreThe Future of Hot Water
This is a guest post from ReVision Energy, Maine’s leading installer of solar hot water and solar electric systems. Evergreen frequently partners with ReVision on efficiency/solar projects
Read MoreWe’re Small Business of the Year!
We’d heard that we should really be at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce awards dinner Saturday night, so we had an inkling that something was up. Still, we didn’t dare think we might be named Small Business of the Year. Not until the presenter referred to this year’s winner as “geekishly committed to their mission,” with the aside that “it’s on their website, so I’m going with it,” did we even consider it.
Read MoreHome Performance + Thoughtful HVAC = Right-Sized Comfort and Efficiency
It happens all the time.
Read MoreTeaming Up to Better Serve Homeowners
The news: We’ve forged an innovative partnership with Maritime Energy designed to help homeowners and businesses satisfy their energy needs through good fuel service and energy efficiency.
Read MoreVideo: The Interconnected House
A very entertaining video showing the connection between ice dams and home performance.
Read More“Drafty Bulkheads” Win Spelling Bee!
In the world of wine, a jeroboam is a double magnum, equal to four regular bottles. The word had a different meaning at the Rockland Public Library Spelling Bee Tuesday night: victory.
Read MoreGuest Column: Tom Kruzshak & Evergreen
As a realtor with Sotheby’s, Tom Kruzshak sees a lot of lovely houses. He also thinks about how those houses will feel – and function – for their new owners. After meeting Evergreen President Richard Burbank at a pre-sale audit, Tom decided to tackle energy efficiency in his own home. This is his Evergreen Story:
Read MoreCamden’s First PACE Project
Camden Select Board Member Jim Heard is getting an energy efficiency upgrade, thanks to the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program and Evergreen Home Performance. Heard and his wife, Misty Van Kennen, are the first Camden residents to take advantage of what he calls “this incredible opportunity.”
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