Emerald Builders

Rooted in Maine's long history of craft, we apply traditional principles of quality and detail to modern high performance buildings. We build custom homes and renovations with care that are super energy efficient and are made with environmentally conscious products and processes. We guide you through our collaborative process with designers and trusted subcontractors to ensure your beautiful home is healthy, sustainable, and will last for generations.

Our Mission

We focus our mission on two areas: Our Work Build high-quality, environmentally conscious, and super energy efficient homes and buildings with the best materials and processes that will stand the test of time. Our Business Be a company that lives its values by treating its clients, employees, and community with fairness and respect. We are a triple bottom line company.

Learn more about our Building Philosophy

Reggie Lebel, our President and Foreman, started Emerald Builders in 2006 after 17 years in carpentry. He loves exploring craft in the built environment with wood and creating interesting spaces. When he's not pounding nails, Reggie enjoys his quiet time at home with his wife Rachel and their two adorable daughters. He also loves chasing after the perfect ribbon of single track on a bike, deep powder in the trees on a snowboard, perfect timber, and the ultimate session IPA.

Meet Rachel Murphy, Operations Manager

Rachel grew up running around her father's millwork shop and studied sustainable living, building science, and the building industry at Hampshire College. She's been Reggie's much better half since before he started Emerald Builders and has been running the books and keeping our nose clean ever since. When she's not keeping Emerald Builders on the straight and narrow, Rachel runs her own business in the form of a coworking space in Bowdoinham called The Alcove. She loves her two daughters and husband, Reggie, and whenever she can pull herself away, you can find her cross-country skiing, making and eating delicious food, consuming brown liquors, and above all: sleeping (although sleep is but a shadow of a memory at this point, did we mention she has two little children?).

Our Memberships

We are proud to be members of Passivhaus Maine, One Percent For the Planet, and the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.