GO Logic’s Unity College Residence Hall on Green Building Advisor
Gearing Up for a Passive House Residence at Unity College
G•O Logic Homes of Belfast, Maine, will lead the way in designing and building what could become the first college student residence in the U.S. to earn Passive House certification
German Windows
One year ago we traveled to Germany to visit the BAU ‘09, a huge international building trade show held every 2 years in Munich, Germany. We went to the BAU with the intention of learning more about European building products and their (in some cases) exceptional design and performance. At the BAU we found several… Read more »
GO Logic Homes of Belfast Awarded Contract for Passive Solar Residence Hall at Unity College
Read the article from Village Soup: GO Logic Homes of Belfast Awarded Contract for Passive Solar Residence Hall at Unity College And you can read more blog posts about TerraHaus here.
The long-term financial benefits of investing in a GO Logic home based on Net Present Value Calculations
The long-term financial benefits of investing in a GO Logic home based on Net Present Value Calculations GO Logic is an architectural design-build firm, building super energy efficient homes designed for cold climates. As a design-build firm, the efficiency of project delivery from concept to completion is improved over standard design-bid-build delivery systems. The result… Read more »
GO Logic Home is part of the NESEA Solar Tour on Sat. Oct.2
http://waldo.villagesoup.com/p/354203 http://www.nesea.org/Scripts/googleMaps/detail.php?id=3230 You can read more blog posts about the GO Home here.
GreenBuildingAdvisor Blog on The GO Home
The GO Home was recently featured in a blog by the GreenBuildingAdvisor. The Blog discusses The GO Home’s super energy efficiency and passive house standard construction at affordable costs. Check out the article. Squeezing The Price on Passive House You can read more blog posts about the GO Home here.
G•O Logic on Maine Public Broadcasting
G•O Logic was recently featured on radio news by Tom Porter of Maine Public Broadcasting. The story describes G•O Logic’s soon to be completed prototype home in Belfast, that is scheduled to obtain the first Passive House Certification in Maine. To hear the story please link to: http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/11653/Default.aspx
G•O Logic in Residential Architect
G•O logic’s prototype home being built in Belfast was recently featured in Residential Architect’s innovate Shelter Lab column, written by Bruce Snider. The article captures the spirit of the project, describing the home’s super energy efficiency and stylish and practical design. To read the article link to: http://www.residentialarchitect.com/sustainability/savings-plan.aspx
Jetson Green Features the GO Logic prototype
Jetson Green, known for their focus on resource conservation, energy efficient and green technology in residential design and construction, has featured the GO Logic prototype on its site. The article describes the prototype project with its many green design elements, as well as its latest coverage in the news. You can read more GO Logic… Read more »
What makes a healthy home?
Once at a building conference I heard about the results of a study on air quality. The study said the air quality inside the average new home in rural Wisconsin was 8 times worse than the air quality outdoors in New York City. This made my head swim. How could it be true? And then… Read more »
Juice Conference Powerpoint Excerpt
Matt O’Malia and Alan Gibson of G•O Logic presented: Smart Houses Don’t Just Stand There at the Juice 2.0 conference last Friday. The following powerpoint was used for the presentation.
NEAIA 2009 Special Mention for Excellence in Architecture
Elliott Elliott Norelius Architecture, with Matthew O’Malia as project architect, has received the prestigious 2009 Special Mention for Excellence in Architecture from the New England chapter of American Institute of Architects. The New England chapter of American Institute of Architects acknowledges design excellence each year through their design awards program. Awards are given in categories… Read more »
Air Sealing
There is a measure for the amount of air leaks, or “infiltration” that passes through a building’s shell, and it can be determined by a blower door test. The test results for this measure of infiltration can sound rather abstract, but in fact, the amount of air that leaks or infiltrates a building’s shell has… Read more »
Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald’s Tux Turkel toured G·O Logic’s Belfast prototype house and the resulting front-page article is out: ‘Green’ to the Extreme: House May Cut Energy Costs by 90%’ The article reviews some of the fundamental differences between this ‘energy-frugal’ home and standard construction, from foundation to roof and beyond. The house is a model… Read more »
Hybrid Timber Frame Structural System
With the grade beam footings complete, the next step in the construction process is the erection of the hybrid timber frame. The concept behind the structural timber frame system was to create a structural system that is simple, quick to install, and easy to replicate. The structural concept also required a separation of the load… Read more »