Apr. 22—Maine Beer Company was recently named “Greenest Independent Restaurant” in the Green Restaurant Association’s annual awards program.
The awards recognize restaurants from among the 1,200 North American restaurants that the association has certified as “green,” for taking significant steps to ensure sustainability through measures like water conservation, energy efficiency and waste reduction. Maine Beer Company was chosen for their award category from the roughly 100 independent restaurants in the association’s stable of certified green venues.
The association credited the Freeport-based Maine Beer Company with “making significant strides” in energy conservation by using “Energy Star appliances, occupancy sensors, 100% LED lights, on-site renewable solar energy that generates over 37% of its energy usage, and more.”
A non-profit organization based in Boston, the Green Restaurant Association has been certifying the environmental friendliness of restaurants throughout North America since 1990. The organization launched its awards program in 2018, with categories that include the Sustainable Food Award, Greenest Small Chain, Greenest University Restaurant and Greenest National Park Restaurant.
Maine Beer Company is one of the association’s two certified green restaurants in Maine, along with The Great Impasta in Brunwsick.
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