Window Dressers announce fall builds in Belfast, Searsport – Republican Journal

Belfast and Searsport will be among 20 communities this year across the state where Window Dressers will fabricate low-cost insulating window inserts in the fall.

Last year in Belfast alone, over 100 Waldo County volunteers, in the tradition of an old-fashioned barn raising, built more than 500 inserts for some 60 customers. Eleven local businesses supported the builds with food, supplies and volunteers.

There are 557,000 homes in Maine, and over 90 percent of them need weatherization. A total of 6,200 inserts were produced statewide last year and this year promises to be even bigger and better, Window Dressers said in a news release. Customized inserts are ordered by customers who pay a flat per-window charge. In addition, Window Dressers sets aside 22 percent of its annual total insert production for low-income households, who contribute a small donation.

Window Dressers is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to helping Maine residents by minimizing heat loss through windows. Inserts offer an inexpensive alternative to window replacement, with an average window costing about $25. With 30 percent of home heat loss through windows alone, inserts reduce home heating fuel use and CO2 emissions, while simultaneously reducing drafts.

Visit windowdressers.org or call 596-3073 for more information or to sign up as a potential customer or volunteer.

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