http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/ David Whitten on Maine Real Estate, Green Homes, Solar Hot Water and Energy Efficiency en-US Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:56:22 -0400 http://www.typepad.com/ MaineRealEstateBloghttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2009/03/deep-energy-retrofits-and-investing-in-portland-maine-housing.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2009/03/deep-energy-retrofits-and-investing-in-portland-maine-housing.html For more than a few years now I’ve been thinking about how our homes use way too much energy. How, I’ve wondered, will we make our existing homes significantly less energy dependent so that we’ll be able to afford to... Green Building in Maine WhittenProperties Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:56:22 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2009/03/revisiting-my-post-from-january-2008-time-to-install-solar-hot-water.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2009/03/revisiting-my-post-from-january-2008-time-to-install-solar-hot-water.html In case you missed it in January of 2008 here it is again in it's entirety. One update: I installed my own solar hot water system in October of 2008. I designed it and general contracted the work myself. One... Green Building in Maine WhittenProperties Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:13:12 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/11/south-portlands-best-deal-on-a-condominium.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/11/south-portlands-best-deal-on-a-condominium.html It is hard to believe but we have only one unit left here at Heron Cove! Come live at 14 Cormorant Place. A garden unit with it’s own patio and water views, this unit will be finished with hardwood floors... WhittenProperties Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:10:59 -0500 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/11/energy-effiicent-homes-in-maineenergy-from-the-sun.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/11/energy-effiicent-homes-in-maineenergy-from-the-sun.html Kelsey Brook in Freeport (see the website here: http://www.whittenproperties.com/maine-green-homes/ ) is a beautiful location set amidst conservation land. Working with local architects and craftspeople we’ve designed homes that will integrate into the landscape and provide much of the energy needs... Green Building in Maine WhittenProperties Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:42:50 -0500 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/greening-the-ho.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/greening-the-ho.html I've been daydreaming about writing the 20 things or 50 things version of the following article: http://www.intlistings.com/articles/2007/greenify-your-home-100-tips-and-resources-to-make-your-house-environmentally-friendly/ Sarah Scrafford has done the 100 things version so well that sharing it with you is like shrinking my carbon footprint for the... Green Building in Maine Maine Home Trends Real Estate Blogging WhittenProperties Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:30:55 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/energy-effcient.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/06/energy-effcient.html Summer is almost here and winter seems far away but now is the time to get your home tightened up, insulated and to get your solar hot water system installed. The challenges can be made easier by working with a... Green Building in Maine Maine Home Trends WhittenProperties Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:59:07 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/the-standard-ba.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/the-standard-ba.html With a fresh loaf of Standard Bakery Organic Maine Grain sitting on my kitchen counter I was curious to get the ingredients list (I'm a curious home baker). Alas, a quick Google search revealed what I suspected, no website for... Portland Maine Restaurants & Bakeries WhittenProperties Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:04:42 -0500 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/time-to-install.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2008/01/time-to-install.html I n the late 1970's when the Solar Hot Water Panels went on the White House we were getting back to a technology abandoned only a few decades earlier. Only a few short years later we would abandon this renewable... Green Building in Maine Maine Home Trends WhittenProperties Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:11:34 -0500 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/top-ten-reasons.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/top-ten-reasons.html Here is a pretty good rendition of the ubiquitous "Top Ten Reasons" to buy real estate right now. This one is from Paul Pastore out in Arizona. Most of what he talks about applies in Maine (except some of the... Buying Maine Real Estate WhittenProperties Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:52:51 -0400 http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/featured-south-.html http://www.mainerealestateblog.com/whitten/2007/10/featured-south-.html We are pleased to offer not one, but two fabulous condominiums in South Portland's Anchorage Place neighborhood. These homes do not become available very often and, honestly, there are not as many waterfront condos on Portland Harbor as you might... 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