For the fourth year in a row, the Maine Energy AmeriCorps Program (MEAP) will help reduce energy costs for Maine residents by providing free insulating window inserts. MEAP is partnering with Window Dressers and Efficiency Maine to build the inserts and provide them to the community.
Window inserts are a simple and effective way to weatherize your home. Even more, MEAP is offering up to ten free window inserts per household for those eligible in Portland. In fact, most households eligible for LIHEAP or other public assistance programs will qualify for free inserts.
Interested in this program but don’t qualify for free inserts? No worries, you can purchase them for a reasonably low price.
Window inserts do not require any fasteners. Anyone can easily slide the window inserts into most existing windows. According to the Window Dressers website each insulating window insert is made of a custom-made pine frame wrapped in two layers of tightly-sealed, clear polyolefin film and are finished with a compressible foam gasket.
It’s that outer foam gasket that’s the key when it’s time to install. It allows enough give for the inserts to be easily slid into place every fall and removed in the spring. It also holds firmly enough to provide a tight, friction-based seal that stops drafts and adds two more insulating air spaces between your home and your window.
Window Dressers Build at Maine Irish Heritage Center – Nov. 8-12
There will be a Window Dressers build at Maine Irish Heritage Center from November 8th to 12th.
Interested in receiving window inserts or in volunteering at the window build? Then please contact Sydney Barletta at sydney.barletta@maine.edu.
