Maine state-owned buildings going green - Boston.com: "Connect"
Maine state-owned buildings going green
By GLENN ADAMS, AP | May 12, 2007
RUMFORD, Maine (AP) -- The Androscoggin River's heavy springtime flow cascades down falls at the side of a brick hydroelectric plant not far from the middle of this western Maine papermaking city. ...
"Our state government purchases of renewable energy are indicative of our willingness to take direct actions to reduce global warming," said David Littell, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Protection. ...
Maine is one of about a dozen states that have set goals for use of green energy in their buildings, said Sue Gouchoe of the Solar Center at North Carolina State University, whose database tracks such policies and trends across the country.
But Gouchoe said no other state has a goal of 100 percent renewable power in their buildings -- let alone achieves that level. ...
Next to Maine's, Connecticut's standard is the highest, with goals of 20 percent renewable-energy purchases in 2010 rising to 50 percent in 2020 and 100 percent in 2050, said Glen Andersen of the NCSL. ..."
