WMTW-TV8 • March 8, 2023
Design features to combat climate change drive Alan Caron's small business, Blue Loon Lakefront Homes. "Build for efficiency. It will pay you back enormously over time,” Caron said in an interview. "Spend a little more up front, spend a lot less over the long term." Caron builds ecological homes as family vacation rentals -- solar-panel-powered outside and all-electric inside, with heat pumps and well-insulated walls and windows, like the Freeport prototype he lives in. "If you're still heating with gas and oil, make a plan. Convert,” Caron said. He's built three summer camps for families on lakefront property in Mount Vernon, with four more planned. Caron is also the founder of ClimateWork Maine, a new association to advise Maine businesses.