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Still Growing Strong: Powering up Local Assets

Mary Ann Hayes — Orono, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- 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)
- community development
- economic sustainability
- energy efficiency
- buildings and lighting
- renewable energy systems
- biomass
- hydro
- wind
Hutchings Greenhouse

Claudia Lowd — Orono, ME

Project recommended: Yes, everyone should do this!
- To lower the high cost of greenhouse heating and be "green" (achieved)
- agriculture
- greenhouse
- nursery
- economic sustainability
- energy efficiency
- buildings and lighting
- heating
- renewable energy systems
- geothermal