
PORTLAND — Eric Lemelson realizes he has a famous name, and that’s just fine with him.
The more people who recognize the Lemelson Foundation for its work promoting the power of invention and its support of National Public Radio programs, the more Eric Lemelson can push his own sustainability agenda.
The son of prolific (605 patents) inventor Jerome Lemelson, Eric Lemelson is combating climate change in the southern Asian country of Bhutan. He’s also touting the need for net-zero building,…