What is a Green Building? Energy Efficient!
A recent article on BuildingGreen.com supports our long held belief that reducing a building’s energy consumption is the first and most important step in building sustainably. Buildings account for the largest sector of energy
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consumption in the US, even more than transportation or industry, yet buildings are the most realistic candidates to be converted to near zero energy consumers. 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. In fact, Passive House has been so successful in promoting and implementing their standard, that the European Union has ratified a binding agreement requiring all new construction to be a near zero energy standard by 2020. And why not? The Passive House standard is well documented to not only save an exceptional amount of energy over the lifetime of a building, but also provides enormous financial savings as well. It makes sense that building energy consumption should be the focus of the green building movement. To read more about the the energy issues as they are playing out today and in the future, visit www.buildingGreen.com GO Logic has recently received certification for its Passive House, the first in Maine and the 13th in the US. We feel the best way to demonstrate sustainability is to build it! To learn more visit our prototype blog.
