Green Downtowns!

Maine Downtown Center

The Maine Downtown Center‘s Green Downtowns! program is designed to accomplish two primary goals: strengthen the link between the natural and built environment in Maine’s historic downtowns to make them more environmentally responsive and ecologically conscious and strengthen Maine’s downtowns by building local leadership and community capacity to support sustainable green initiatives. Grant funding through the Maine Community Foundation's Environmental Funder's Network helped launch this program in 2009. We encourage these guiding principles be adopted in every downtown in Maine.

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"The Greenest Building"

• Year 3 Program Summary
• Program Summary Power Point
• Brownfields, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Principles of Green Downtown and Green Buildings
• Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Historic Preservation
• Maine Preservation Guide to Energy Efficiency
• Criteria for Worksite Health Programs
• Going Green Downtown - Maryland
• Green Building and Green Points Program - Boulder, CO
• The Greenest Building Report
• Green Initiatives - Iowa
• Healthy Community Design Checklist
• Lewiston Roofing to Receive Chamber Award for Solar Work
• Streetscape Planning Assistance
  • 2010
    • Augusta
    • Bucksport
    • Farmington
    • Lisbon Falls
    • Millinocket
    • Norway
    • Presque Isle
  • 2011
    • Belfast
    • Brunswick
    • Damariscotta
    • Dover-Foxcroft
    • Machias
    • Madawaska
• Sustainable Cities Collective
• Sustainability Resources
• Weatherization Guide for Older and Historic Buildings
• Q & A With NPS: Sustainability Guidelines for Historic Resources
• Preservation Green Lab with the National Trust