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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.”
We've been keeping the news of our final test-out at the Rockland Public Library under wraps, but now that The Bangor Daily News,... Read more
Rockland Public Library: The Home Stretch
It's our last week at the Rockland Public Library. We usually spend a week, maybe two, on a job, but then again, we usually work on homes. A big municipal building is a different animal, and it's taken us almost seven weeks to tame this one.
Mind the Gap at the Rockland Public Library
It's pretty obvious that when we're air sealing, we're closing gaps. What might surprise you is how many gaps there are, all over the most solid of buildings. Gaps between trim and fireplace surrounds or windows:
Even "gaps" that are so big, and go so far, they may as well be portals to another universe:
Energy Assessment and Efficiency Recommendations
Although Evergreen focuses primarily on residential energy efficiency, we can't resist municipal projects in our own backyard. So when the trustees of the Rockland Public Library approached us with concerns about high energy bills, uneven temperatures, and ice damming, we listened.