Ralph Turner
—
Freeport, ME
Project recommended: Maybe, it depends.
Key goals:
- Lower costs have allowed Laughing Stock Farm to remain open in the winter (achieved)
Project categories:
- agriculture
,
- greenhouse
,
- energy efficiency
,
- heating
,
- renewable energy systems
,
- biofuels
Ann Weston and Lance Gatcomb
—
Litchfield, ME
Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
Key goals:
- Reduce energy usage and costs (achieved)
- Maintain viability of family-owned farm in a difficult market (achieved)
- Demonstrate ways other farms can cut costs (achieved)
Project categories:
- agriculture
,
- dairy farm
,
- energy efficiency
,
- cooling and refrigeration
,
- pumping
,
- renewable energy systems
,
- solar thermal
Mary Ann Hayes
—
Orono, ME
Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
Key goals:
- Cut annual Forster Bulding heating and hot water costs in half (in progress)
- Cut annual Forster Building electric usage by a third (in progress)
- Shift Forster Building heating supply from imported oil to local wood (in progress)
Project categories:
- community development
,
- economic sustainability
,
- energy efficiency
,
- buildings and lighting
,
- renewable energy systems
,
- biomass
,
- hydro
,
- wind
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Claudia Lowd
—
Orono, ME
Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
Key goals:
- To lower the high cost of greenhouse heating and be "green" (achieved)
Project categories:
- agriculture
,
- greenhouse
,
- nursery
,
- economic sustainability
,
- energy efficiency
,
- buildings and lighting
,
- heating
,
- renewable energy systems
,
- geothermal
Sanna Mckim
—
Belfast, ME
Project recommended: Yes, with significant modifications.
Key goals:
- Sell 36 homes (in progress)
Project categories:
- community development
,
- energy efficiency
Rod Willey
—
Dover Foxcroft, ME
Project recommended: Maybe, it depends.
Key goals:
- Reduced operating expenses by lowering fuel usage (achieved)
- Created and sustained three new jobs (achieved)
- Sustain mission (achieved)
Project categories:
- energy efficiency