The retrofitMAINE initiative uses high-performance building science and energy efficiency principles to help Maine homes become greener, safer, more comfortable and more affordable.
Calling all homeowners!
Our next passivhausMAINE retrofitting training happens June 9 in York. This $25, day-long session will get you started with retrofit planning in Maine.
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The goal of retrofitMAINE is to support and analyze high-efficiency retrofits of common Maine home types. To do this, we provide free energy coaching, collect data of Maine retrofits and provide retrofit-focused trades training.
Collecting lots of data helps us understand what support is needed!
Have a retrofit to share? Let us know.
history
The retrofitMAINE initiative began in mid-2020 as ’50 Houses’ a passivhausMAINE program to record data from 50 high-efficiency home retrofits and rebuilds. In 2021, a survey was sent out and the online database was launched. In 2023, the program was expanded to develop insights for homeowners and builders and begin publishing resources around home upgrades.
That same year, retrofitMAINE was awarded as a winner of the DOE’s BuildingsUP grant, enabling us to redouble our search for retrofit data. In November 2023, passivhausMAINE began looking for a manager to lead the initiative. And in the spring of 2024, Mika Hemings was brought on to direct the growing program.
Since then, retrofitMAINE has connected with communities in southern and central Maine to educate and collect research data, and has continued to expand with the launch of training programs, energy coaching and the retrofitMAINE Symposium.
people
Mika serves as phME’s retrofitMAINE Director, working to expand and guide the organization’s retrofitMAINE initiative. Previously, Mika served as the program manager for Flood Ready Neighborhoods in New Hampshire, a part of the UNH & NH Sea Grant, and spent five years in Alabama and Mississippi helping communities adapt to sea-level rise and other coastal hazards.
Mika Heming
retrofitMAINE Director
Naomi Beal
Executive Director, passivhausMAINE
George Cox
retrofitMAINE committee chair, phME board member
Rachel Conly
retrofitMAINE committee member
Alison Donovan
retrofitMAINE committee member
Kai Fast
retrofitMAINE committee member, phME board member
Will Manion
retrofitMAINE committee member
Peter Morgan
retrofitMAINE committee member
Erik Derecktor
retrofitMAINE committee member, phME board member
Kevin Leonard
retrofitMAINE committee member
Sarah Derecktor
retrofitMAINE committee member, phME board member
partners
Freeport Community Services
Freeport, Maine
Freeport Rotary Club
Freeport, Maine
Community Concepts
Lewiston, Maine
We're grateful for the support of our community partners!
Want to collaborate with the initiative? Get in contact now.
resources
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