Sustainability

We highlight new Maine sustainable and environmentally friendly homes, technology, materials, and lifestyles, including passive house standards and green homes. We talk to sustainable Maine architects, builders, landscape designers, and craftspeople to keep our readers in touch with the latest of the sustainable world.

Taking note from the Maine farmhouse tradition, Paul Attardo, Mike Russo, and Catherine King bring the farm style to the next level
Kaplan Thompson, BRIBURN, and Simons Architects worked together to design and build new additions to The Ecology School
Returning to build a guest house on site of a main house they had designed, Matthew Baird along with Chris Parsons and Emma Kelly created an oasis for visitors
Taking out diving walls and dark wood, Juniper Design + Build brings big windows and light spaces that uplift an old home
OPAL Architecture and GO Logic designed and built an efficient, single floor living space for a couple who wanted their forever home
A family getaway made for four siblings is a project that David Duncan Morris of Woodhull recalls fondly
A forest-swathed Winkelman Architecture family camp gets a new landing
A clever farm’s method of grazing pigs is yielding tastier charcuterie and healthier land
A trio of women partner to create beautiful, self-sufficient homes for themselves and others
A Maine research group is building climate resilience through community conversation