Gov. Paul Lepage said Thursday June 19, 2014 that high efficiency electric heat units have made the Blaine House in Augusta more comfortable and cheaper to cool and warm.
The Blaine House in Augusta is installing new electric high efficiency heating units. A unit sits behind a door Thursday June 19, 2014 in a dining room.
Augusta Fuel Company HVAC technicians Scott Miller, bottom, and Marty Roy set a line for a high efficiency heat unit at the Blaine House in Augusta on Thursday June 19, 2014.
The furnace in the basement of the Blaine House.
Gov. Paul Lepage said Thursday June 19, 2014 that high efficiency electric heat units have made the Blaine House in Augusta more comfortable and cheaper to cool and warm. Andy Molloy/Staff Photographer
A door is open with a fan running on Thursday June 19, 2014 to circulate air in a living room at the Blaine House in Augusta. New electric high efficiency heating units that are being installed at the Blaine House will keep the room cool in the future.
Gov. Paul Lepage and James LaBrecque chat beneath a heat unit that is being installed on a wall in the kitchen of the Blaine House in Augusta. LaBrecque is serving as a technical advisor on the project.
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