Evergreen and Community Buildings
We’ve had a couple of Hey, do you ever work on community buildings? calls lately. The answer: You bet!
Read MoreIndoor Air Quality & Healthy Homes
Are you living with one of the EPA’s list of top five environmental threats to public health?
Read MoreIt’s time for the North Atlantic Blues Festival!
Evergreen Home Performance is proud to be a Presenting Sponsor of MidCoast 102.5’s simulcast of the North Atlantic Blues Festival. The annual two-day blues music festival is held at the Public Landing in Rockland, Maine, but Evergreen’s sponsorship m
Read MoreOn the Evergreen Bookshelf: Before the Lights Go Out
We’re avid readers here at Evergreen, and we’ve been telling everyone about Maggie Koerth-Baker’s new book on the future of America’s energy system. Here’s why.
Read MoreSorry, Kid: The Truth about Insulation
It’s hard not to bring your work home with you – especially when your work focuses on homes. That explains why the dinner-table conversation at my house tends to include insulation, basement encapsulation, and the potential of PACE and PowerSavers to transform Maine’s energy landscape.
Read MoreEvergreen in the Community
Starting a business comes with plenty of headaches, but one of the many rewards comes from building an organization we’re proud of. At Evergreen Home Performance, that means responsible business practices like family-friendly wages, on-the-job training, and health insurance for all of our employees. It also means supporting the community organizations we care about.
Read MorePractical Wisdom
One of our customers sent this our way. It’s about workplace rules, and how they bolster bureaucracy and undermine innovation. They end up interfering with – even impairing – our progress towards core, mission-critical goals. Barry Schwartz, who studies the link between economics and psychology, argues that the only solution is to encourage and embrace the practical wisdom that comes from doing.
Read MoreCome for the Art, Stay for the Energy Efficiency
When the head of the National Endowment of the Arts visited Rockland, Maine last week, he probably didn’t expect to hear about energy efficiency contracting. But in the story of Rockland’s renaissance, art and the economy are intertwined, and Evergreen Home Performance has one of the staring roles.
Read MorePrioritizing Efficiency – and Moving Forward
Lowering our energy expenses is a far bigger priority for most of us than getting the newest iPhone or iPad – but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to do. A survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research asked people to rank their energy usage priorities and the challenges to changing those usage patterns.
Read MoreWhat Comprehensive Really Means
Comprehensive: Complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something
Read More#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.
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