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Article: 'Green' to the extreme: House may cut energy costs by 90%
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
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- September 21, 2009
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TUX TURKEL By TUX TURKEL Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
09-21-2009
'Green' to the extreme: House may cut energy costs by 90%
Byline: TUX TURKEL By TUX TURKEL Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: FRONT
Type: Cover Story
BELFAST --
What does it take to build the most energy-efficient house in Maine?
Probably lots of leading-edge technology, and a pile of money.
The farmhouse-style house rising in an old field here will likely become the state's most energy-frugal home, its builders say, using 90 percent less of it than a typical new home.
This structure is so airtight and heavily insulated, and so well oriented to the sun, that the builders are leaving out any real heating system. ...