UMaine research cited in Press Herald article on Energy Saver Award winner
Research conducted by the University of Maine was cited in a Portland Press Herald article about the paper’s Energy Saver Award winner, WindowDressers. Every year, the paper’s Source Awards honor a handful of accomplished Maine residents, organizations and businesses working in the arena of sustainability. The Rockland-based nonprofit helps Mainers build low-cost, window-insulating inserts for their homes, which, in turn, reduce fuel bills and carbon dioxide emissions, according to the article. In 2017, more than 2,000 volunteers at 27 community workshops built 6,214 inserts, the article states. Based on research done by UMaine, those inserts saved 880,000 gallons of heating fuel and more than $2.2 million in fuel costs, the Press Herald reported.