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V O L . X X I X N O. X I I M AY 2 9 , 2 0 2 3 20 L O C A L LY G ROW N "We popped a bunch of bags of seeds," said Burdick. "Our goal is to find females to produce new flower strands with. ese are all males, point- ing to a bed of plants, we want to use pollen from the best males on some of our other females and make new genetics that only we have, no one else in the world will have these strands." To heat the greenhouse Burdick uses hot water from a furnace he put in. e furnace uses wood and not propane. Burdick said they do not cut down trees, they use wood that is "all natural" and has blown down. His neighbor also has a sawmill and drops off pine slabs and rounds. "ere's a big fire box in here surrounded by 370 gallons of water," says Burdick pointing inside the furnace. "e water is 173 degrees and there are pipes that run underground that go to Alpha and to our shipping container. When either needs heat, a radiator turns on and blows air across a copper pipe with 185-degree water in it." at is not all Burdick uses the sun instead of lights to grow his plants. Most cannabis growers use powerful lights to grow their plants. "Two weeks from now we will close our black out curtain which is located on top of the greenhouse," says Burdick. "We will close it at 5 p.m. and the plants will think that it is August or even September because we will only be getting 12 hours of sunlight. ey will start to flower even when they aren't supposed to." In the greenhouse which is named Beta he uses a ground to air heat transfer system. e plants inside this greenhouse are in beds unlike Alpha which is in bags. "Greenhouses obviously produce heat and so this time of year instead of exhausting it outside what we do is pump it underground through a series of tubes and what it does is it the air goes down to 95 degrees and then it comes up at 60 degrees. So, it cools the air in the greenhouse which is good because the plants don't like it that hot but, also what it does is at night when it gets to let's say 45-degrees it turns on again. It pushes the cold air down and comes up to 60-degrees. It heats and cools and just uses fans so no wood, no maintenance, nothing." e fans inside the greenhouse quick on and the two exhausts warms the soil. Behind two greenhouses and other outbuildings which are a barn-style building with a drying room, a solventless lab and other workspaces. MEREDA Recognizes the Top 7 Notable Project Recipients for 2022 Projects from Lewiston to Portland to Biddeford received special recognition at MEREDA's 2023 Spring Conference on May 25th. The exemplary projects, completed in 2022, not only embody MEREDA's belief in responsible real estate development, but also exemplify best practices in the industry, contributing to Maine's economic growth by significant investment of resources and job creation statewide. Each of the seven projects was selected in part based upon criteria including: noteworthy and significant project completed* in 2022, environmental sustainability, economic impact, energy efficiency, social impact, uniqueness, difficulty of development and job creation. Lincoln Hotel & Lofts Biddeford LHL Holdings | Chinburg Properties Reconstruction & Reuse of Historic Building 12 Portland Portland Foreside Development Company Gauvreau Place Lewiston Community Concepts Inc. | Avesta Housing Shipyard Brewing Redevelopment Portland Bateman Partners, LLC Freedom Place at 66 State Street Portland Developers Collaborative VA Outpatient Clinic Portland J.B. Brown & Sons | FD Stonewater L.L.Bean Corporate Headquarters Freeport Zachau Construction *Building Occupancy Permit issued by 12/31/22 Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible! P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F T O M P L AT Z P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F T R E N T B E L L P H O T O G R A P H Y » C O N T I N U E D F RO M P R E V I O U S PA G E F O C U S Upward Organics uses a 'climate battery' system that automatically heats and cools the greenhouse using underground ducts and solar powered fans. P H O T O / F R E D F I E L D

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