Portland housing complex earns LEED status

Oak Street Lofts, a 37-unit apartment complex in Portland owned by Avesta Housing, has received LEED platinum certification, making it the first affordable multi-family building in Maine to receive that designation.
The 29,370-square-foot complex, completed this past spring, features apartments that are nearly 40% more energy efficient than the average multi-family building, according to a press release from Thornton Thomasetti/Fore Solutions, th ...