Eco Structure Magazine Profile: G•O Logic Believes That Performance Must Be Proven With Data.
Eco Structure Magazine announced their 2012 Evergreen Awards, of which TerraHaus, GO Logic’s first passive house certified residence hall at Unity College, was an award winner. The Press coverage included an interview with award winning firms, including Alan Gibson, Partner at GO Logic. “To delve deeper into our coverage of the 2012 Evergreen Awards, ECO-STRUCTURE… Read more »
Eco Structure Magazine’s 2012 Evergreen Award Winner: GO Logic’s TerraHaus
GO Logic’s Passive House certified TerraHaus, on Unity College’s Campus, recently won an award in Eco Structure Magazine’s 2012 Evergreen Awards!
TerraHaus- 2012 AIA New England Citation Design Award
We’re very pleased to announce that TerraHaus has been chosen to receive a 2012 AIA New England Citation Design Award.
A year in the GO Home
My family and I have been living in the GO Home for a year now. The house has surpassed our expectations in terms of performance and in general livibility. As our second winter in the home approaches, we look forward to watching the onset of cold weather creep through the field from our light filled living room. On the coldest days it is difficult to get a sense of the temperature outside because there is almost no impact inside.
EcoHome Grand Award 2012: TerraHaus, Unity College Dorm
First Passive House-certified student residence hall in the United States earns special recognition from the EcoHome Magazine jury.
Rocky Coast News on the TerraHaus Project
The Rocky Cost News recently featured the TerraHaus, the Certifed Passive House built for Unity College, in its online magazine. “Unity, Maine – When it was completed in August of 2011, Unity College’s TerraHaus residence hall opened as the first college or university residence hall built to the Passive House standard, one of the strictest… Read more »
The GO Home Receives 2011 Project of the Year Award From US Green Building Council
The GO Home, built by architecture and construction firm G•O Logic LLC, received the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 2011 LEED for Homes Project of the Year Award, presented at the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo in Toronto yesterday. According to Nate Kredich, VP of Residential Market Development for USGBC, the award recognizes dedicated… Read more »
Unity College Passive Haus on Jettson Green
Preston, the founder/Chief Editor of Jetson Green recently blogged about the TerraHaus, Unity College’s most recent student residence hall that is on target to be passive house certified.
Unity College Scores Again With TerraHaus That’s Passivhaus on Tree Hugger
Lloyd Alter recently blogged on Tree Hugger about Unity College’s most recent student residence hall, TerraHaus, on target to be North America’s first Passive House Certified student residence hall. He writes: “Unity College says “we’re leaders in the environmental movement, focused on sustainability in the classroom and in the real world.” When it comes to… Read more »
Unity College’s TerraHaus on The Green Building Advisor
The TerraHaus was recently featured on the Green Building Adviser in a well written article by Richard Defendorf. The article describes the strict energy requirements of the Passive House standard, as well as the design and the construction necessities to achieve certification.
Bruce Irving writes in Perspective Magazine about German Windows
Bruce Irving, who has knows the building business from renovations to new construction, wrote an amusing and insightful article about the pros and cons of German windows, and their use in American buildings.
The financial benefits of investing in a Passive House
To demonstrate the investment value in a GO Logic home, we have compared the construction cost and lifetime energy savings of a Passive House vs. a standard built home in today’s dollars. The calculation compares the typical lifetime (30 year) costs of each construction method, taking into account inflation and operating costs.
Job Sites in Maine, Part Three
Martin Holladay, writer for the Green Building Adviser, recently visited a small house we are building in Bath, Maine.
What is a Green Building? Energy Efficient!
It makes sense that building energy consumption should be the focus of the green building movement. The Passive House Standard, developed 30 years ago in Germany, has led the way in developing near zero energy building technology, and now has a proven track record of buildings that use 90% less energy than standard construction.
Dorms get even greener
Today an article in the Colby Echo written by Devin O’Brien describes our Residence Hall project at Unity College: “Unity College, located not far from the Hill in Unity, Maine, has recently begun designing a one-of-a-kind solar powered residence hall that they project to be completed by Autumn 2011. G.O. Logic Homes of Belfast, Maine… Read more »