Build Green Maine Explores Innovation at Juice Conference

Following the successful Built Energy Forum held at the Augusta Civic Center in February, Build Green Maine is producing four sessions for Juice 2.0 “Building Maine’s Innovation Networks.” Build Green Maine is dedicated to facilitating the rapid transformation of Maine’s built environment to greatly reduce energy inputs and reduce carbon emission.

“Sustainability is an essential theme for the creative economy,” says Skip Bates, Board President of conference producer Midcoast Magnet and Vice President of Business Banking at Bangor Savings. “’Ugly’ is not sustainable, and energy efficiency is essential. This conference represents an opportunity for architects, designers, builders, material scientists, entrepreneurs and consumers to develop relationships and to learn about the forces driving change in our built environment.” The Juice Conference will take place on November 13 and 14 in Camden, Maine. The conference will bring together over 500 of Maine’s most creative entrepreneurs, artists, innovators and statewide leaders at the intersection of technology, tradition and design for the purpose of charting the future of Maine’s economy.

The sessions produced by Build Green Maine are:

• “20/30 Vision: Maine’s Energy Efficient Housing Stock 20 Years into the Future” The heads of key state agencies engage in a moderated dialogue of the elements of a sustainable built environment deep into the future for Maine and its effects on our cultural and economic development. Panelists include John Richardson, Department of Economic and Community Development; John Kerry, Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security; Donna McNeil, Maine Arts Commission and Adam Krea, Maine Housing

• “Gutting the Money Pit: A Case of a Deep Energy Retrofit” World-renowned building scientist, Joseph Lstiburek will walk participants step by step through a case study of a deep energy house retrofit. Learn how to prioritize retrofit tasks, learn what NOT to do and learn about the new materials and technologies that will get the job done

• “Smart Houses Don’t Just Stand There: Exploring a collaborative design and construction process with the goal of producing affordable net-zero houses” Matthew O’Malia and Alan Gibson of GO Logic Homes will present an overview of the design process and construction methods for their net–zero model home in Belfast, Maine. The process demonstrates how a close collaboration between the design and construction processes proves that affordable net-zero houses are viable and possible, right now

• “Preservation as a Development Strategy” Staff of Maine Preservation will explain the keys to success where preservation strategies initiated downtown economic development and significant energy savings.