In 2019, The Ecology School broke ground on its new campus at River Bend Farm in Saco, Maine. Upon completion, The Ecology School will become the most sustainable building in the Northeast following “Living Building Challenge” guidelines, the first one of its kind to be constructed here in Maine.
Hancock Lumber is proud to be supplying the building materials on this special project in Saco! The new campus will include a 9,000 square-foot dormitory and 7,000 square-foot dining commons, using more than 200,000 board feet of local Maine wood. According to the school, everything used during the construction process is “live what you learn” educational assets built to the specifications of The Living Building Challenge 3.1 certification, the world’s most rigorous building performance standard.