Inspiring Maine homes that are as healthy for the people who live in them as they are for the planet
10/21/2025
Join us as we celebrate the best of green building in Maine, showcasing projects that minimize operational energy needs, reduce embodied carbon, emphasize occupant and environmental health, and prioritize sustainability in home and landscape. Browse the submissions, network with industry peers and honor the 2025 winners!
🗓️ Wednesday, November 5th, 5-7:30pm
📍 Maine Studio Works, 170 Anderson Street, Portland, ME
🎟️ Tickets at greenmainehomes.com/awards
10/09/2025
With a rich history spanning decades, Decorum Hardware & Nostalgia Lighting (.nostal) in Falmouth is a premier destination for specialty hardware, custom lighting, and lighting repairs.
For those looking for more than box store design (🐓and for a unique customer experience!), they offer household accoutrements including cabinet and doorknobs, hinges, latches, mortise and tubular locks, glass and fabric shades, hooks, brackets and more! Don’t miss the “candy store of hardware” right here in Falmouth and at decorumhardware.com!
This post is part of a series about our partners.
10/06/2025
🚰 On a well or public utility, learn what you need to know and how to test for unwanted contaminants in your home’s water supply at greenmainehomes.com/blog/water-quality
Article by Justin R. Wolf
Featuring resources from the Maine DHHS and Environmental Working Group
10/06/2025
10/02/2025
On the cover of our fall issue: new Nordic style and a family’s creative spirit shine in this Portland home!
Project Team:
Designer: Eric Din
Builder: Spindrift Carpentry LLC
Structural Engineer: L&L Structural Engineering Services
HVAC/Solar: ReVision Energy
Insulation/ERV Insulation: Casco Bay Insulation
Air Tightness Testing: All-Around Home Performance
Cabinets: Eric Din
Metalwork: Cumberland Ironworks
Site Planner: Land Design Solutions
Photography by Darren Setlow Photography LLC
The fall issue is out now—get your copy at greenmainehomes.com/subscribe
10/01/2025
Happy October! 🍂 Here are some events happening around the state this month. Share with a friend interested in sustainable building or landscaping!
You can access our calendar of community events at greenmainehomes.com/events
09/26/2025
To prep your garden for the cold months ahead, we put together some tips to ensure it’s in top form come spring—from fall clean-up to planting and reflecting on the year’s bounty.
Read more at greenmainehomes.com/blog/prepare-your-garden-for-winter
09/19/2025
APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING!
We’re thrilled to announce Maine’s first Green Home + Design Awards—a new program celebrating excellence in sustainable, high-performance residential design and construction across the state.
The awards honor projects that minimize energy use, reduce embodied carbon, promote occupant health, and prioritize sustainability in both home and landscape.
Award categories:
• New build
• Addition, remodel, or adaptive reuse
• DIY or nonprofessional design/build
• ADUs or small project (under 1,000sf)
• Materials or methods innovation
• Sustainable landscape
Who should apply?
We welcome entries from builders, designers, architects, landscape artists, homeowners and any creatives with projects that fall into the categories listed above to apply.
Applications are due: September 23rd, 11:59EST
The premiere Green Home + Design Awards will take place on November 5, 2025 as part of the first annual Building Science Week in Maine. Presented by Green & Healthy Maine HOMES magazine, the Green Home + Design Awards seek to recognize outstanding contributions in sustainable, high-performance resid...
09/19/2025
The Home + Energy Chats are back for the fall season! Tune in on October 9th at noon for the next episode, Advancing the Market for Circular Construction in Maine.
Construction and demolition waste account for 52% of Maine’s landfills and make up the largest waste stream in the United States and the world. Of this, a staggering 90% comes from demolition. New efforts are underway to address the issue including an approach called “deconstruction,” or the systematic disassembly of buildings to maximize reuse and recycling. Join us as we hear from the head of the newly formed Maine Deconstruction Network and the owner of Second Story Builders, a mission-driven business dedicated to advancing circular construction practices in Midcoast Maine.
Featuring:
+ Megan Mansfield-Pryor, Waste Management Climate Policy Advisor, Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
+ Daniel Salomon, Owner, Second Story Builders ()
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Green & Healthy Maine HOMES is a magazine and website dedicated to inspiring real Maine homes that are as healthy for the people who live in them as they are for the planet.
Created and published by The SunriseGuide, Green & Healthy Maine HOMES provides expert advice, informative interviews, profiles of high performing Maine homes, and cutting-edge information about both new and tried-and-true technologies for making Maine homes healthy, comfortable, affordable, efficient and sustainable.
From energy audits to air sealing and insulation, solar panels to heat pumps, and edible landscapes to urban homesteading, we explore the options and show you how they are being implemented in Maine.
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The Green & Healthy Maine HOMES magazine is guided by an advisory panel comprised of local industry professionals with expertise in building performance, renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable landscaping, green building and more.
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