Please join AIA Maine's Committee on the Environment (COTE) for a tour of Wolfe's Neck Smith Center for Education and Research. Tim Lock of OPAL will lead the tour.

About the Project.

• This project is a case study for biogenic carbon sequestration. The project utilizes a glue-laminated wood structural frame, wood walls, and wood fiber insulation.

• The project uses previously disturbed space on an open site, working entirely within the footprint of a pre-existing dairy barn to minimize ecological impact.

• The project is net-positive, producing more energy on its roof than it uses through all-electric Passive House-level design standards.

• The project maximizes indoor air-quality by continuously supplying 100% outdoor air.

• The new facility will provide children with equitable and inclusive educational offerings while supporting ongoing farm-to-table culinary programming highlighting the surrounding working farm.