On Friday, December 10th, 2021, our monthly Coffee & Climate conversation was about the progress made on One Climate Future over the course of its first year. We discussed initiatives that we launched this year, projects that are on the horizon, and our plans to approach other short-term strategies that we haven’t taken on yet. […]
On Friday, January 14th, 2022 the One Climate Future team was joined by David Reidmiller and Gayle Bowness of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Sarah Lyman of Friends of Casco Bay to discuss the impact of climate change on Casco Bay, current coastal resilience initiatives, and how our cities are planning and preparing for […]
This event has ended. Both Portland and South Portland have adopted Maine’s Energy Stretch Code for all new residential and commercial buildings. In order to help people understand and comply with this code, we teamed up with Kim Cheslak, Director of Codes at the New Buildings Institute to offer two trainings, one focused on residential […]
On Friday, February 11th, 2022, the One Climate Future team was joined by Jesse Armstrong of Kaplan Thompson Architects, who discussed the intersection of energy efficiency and housing affordability. Sustainability staff also discussed the new energy stretch code that both Cities recently adopted. Watch the recording of this Coffee & Climate or read our newsletter from […]
On Friday, March 11, 2022, the One Climate Future team was joined by Joel Rosenberg from Rewiring America to discuss how we can electrify and improve the efficiency of our homes through heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, weatherization/insulation, solar, and electric vehicles (EVs)/EV charging. This was also an opportunity to ask questions about Efficiency […]
This event has ended. The Portland and South Portland Sustainability Offices hosted two online workshops to teach property owners how to comply with the Cities' respective energy benchmarking ordinances. In this workshop, property owners learned how to input energy and water usage data into ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and how to submit their annual report […]
