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Bosarge Family Education Center

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The Bosarge Family Education Center in Boothbay, Maine is an 8,200 square foot facility at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens built in 2011. It has attained LEED Platinum certification, the highest level that USGBC offers, and has become known as Maine's "greenest building." A 45kW photovoltaic panel array provides 100% of the energy required to run the building. The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's (NESEA) awarded it the 2013 Net Zero Energy Building Award. The building was designed by Scott Simons Architects of Portland, Maine and Mclay Architects of Waitsfield, Vermont.

Energy usage can be tracked publicly online.

Awards

  • 2013 AIA Maine Institutional/Commercial Citation Award
  • 2013 NESEA Zero Net Energy Award
  • 2012 AIA Vermont Award for Design Excellence
  • References

    Bosarge Family Education Center Wikipedia