Bangor Savings Bank Donates $25K to TerraHaus Project at Unity College

Unity, Maine – March 23, 2011 –  Bangor Savings Bank has donated $25K to the TerraHaus project at Unity College.  TerraHaus will be the first college residence hall built to Passive House standards.  This is the most energy efficient performance standards for building.

“We think that the mission of Unity College and plans for the future align with Bangor Savings Bank’s vision for the future,” said Dawn Place, Vice President / Area Sales Manager with Bangor Savings Bank.

During the 2010-2011 academic year, Unity College has been working closely with GO Logic of Belfast, Maine, and landscape architect Ann Kearsley of Portland, Maine, to design and build the first college residence hall built to the Passive House standards.

Taking part of its name as a nod to the Passivhaus approach developed in Germany, TerraHaus will be completed and ready for 10 students to take up residence for the 2011-2012 academic year. It is one of three student residences planned for the coming years.

In February, TerraHaus was featured as an Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Member Spotlight in its weekly newsletter online at http://www.aashe.org/node/25850.

Unity College is a small private college in rural Maine that provides dedicated, engaged students with a liberal arts education which emphasizes the environment and natural resources. Unity College graduates are prepared to be environmental stewards, effective leaders, and responsible citizens through active learning experiences within a supportive community.

In 2010, Unity College was named to the top 30 of the Washington Monthly college rankings, and was one of eighteen U.S. colleges and universities named to The Princeton Review’s Green Rating Honor Roll.