Downeast Maine – Green Buildings Open House 2010
Ever wonder what your friends and neighbors are doing in terms of sustainable technologies and renewable energy solutions?
Time to come on inside and find out for yourself! NESEA’s highly successful Green Buildings Open House is scheduled for October 2, from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Last year, more than 16,000 people toured some 500 sites from Maine to Pennsylvania, and this year’s event is expected to be even bigger!
Here’s a Map and Listing of Different Homes You Can Visit in the Downeast Maine Area:
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Frank & Shari John
185 Flye Point Road ~ Brooklin, ME
Frank and Shari have two PV systems: the first is 1.92 kW grid-tied system with a battery bank. A second grid-tied array was added in early 2010, a 3.68 kW nominal feeding a 4 kW Fronius inverter. They use a Tarm wood gasification boiler to heat their house and provide domestic hot water year ‘round. They will also have electric vehicles on display (Toyota Pickup, Suzuki motorcycle and a bicycle!)
Arnold Greenberg
45 Clayfield Road ~ East Blue Hill, ME 04629
A beautiful off-grid home that features a1.5 kW array with batteries, propane refrigerator and wood heat.
Kimball Petty & Deb Marshall
Coveside Ln. ~ Little Deer Isle, ME 04650
This grid-tied system has a 900 W wind generator, a 1.3 kW grid-tie PV system with battery back up and a new 4.7 kW direct grid tie system. All small ICE on lawn mowers etc have been replaced with electric . There are 3 vintage GE Electrak electric tractors and attachments to see as well a solar electric 16′ converted electric outboard boat and an electric launch. There is a 1985 VW vanagon being converted to electric that can be seen .
Rufus Wanning & Margaret DeRivera
23 Fish Point Rd. ~ Orland, ME 04472
This lovely old home has a 2.3kW grid-tied photovoltaic system with battery backup. Rufus and Margaret generally “break even” over the year on their energy usage.
Ann Logan & Chris Eckels
91 Bayview Ave.~ Sedgwick, ME 04676
Ann and Chris have a lovely new 3-story home using a 90 evacuated tube array to provide domestic hot water and to assist with their radiant heating system. More info at: http://www.downeastsolarhome.com/index.html
Sue Turner
43 Bay View Dr. ~ Salsbury Cove, ME 04672
This is a rammed earth home with 5.06 kW of photovoltaics and a 60-tube solar hot water array with a SuperStor storage tank and an electric boiler.
Maine Coast Heritage Trust Office
1049 Main Street ~ Mt. Desert, ME 04660
This is a LEED Gold certified building that uses a 6.075 kW pole-mounted Solar Electric Array. It has produced more than 8,500 kilowatt hours produced since June 2009 and offset more than 7 tons of CO2 so far. The building uses an air-source heat pump and was constructed of eco-friendly, recycled and locally sourced building materials.
