GO Logic Receives Maine Technology Institute Seed Grant
We are proud and excited to announce that GO Logic has been selected as one of Maine Technology Institute’s Seed Grant recipients this fall, along with 14 other groundbreaking Maine companies.
Maine Technology Institute’s raison d’être is to advance Maine’s economic and technological standing and to expand job growth within the state by injecting a bit of economic lifeblood into seven different technology sectors: biotechnology, composite materials, environmental technology, forestry and agriculture, information technology, aquaculture & marine technology, and precision manufacturing technology. MTI provides support and awards for Maine companies in the form of several grants and loans for nearly every stage of growth.
GO Logic approached MTI because our work with custom panelized, passive-house level prefab construction led us to note a gap within the current U.S. high performance building market. We found that there are few companies who are well positioned to build high- performance panelized components, and few firms building Passive-house level buildings that could readily switch gears from single-family homes to commercial and institutional construction projects. And we’d already recognized that with further development, our current wall system could be adapted to accommodate multiple construction typologies; in short, we were ready to become the company who could meet this emerging market demand for panelized passive house building components. We simply needed time and space for some brainstorming. We were, (we like to think), exactly the type of candidate MTI wants to help along the path to success.
With MTI’s Seed Grant and matching funds from within our company, we’re expanding the scope of construction projects here at GO Logic. We are developing our full range of prefab, Passive-House level wall panels, a system that we’ve dubbed the GO Panels.
The GO Panel, in its final form, will consist of three distinct panel types:
- A wood-framed, load bearing residential panel.
- A wood framed, non-load bearing curtain wall panel, for low- to mid-rise construction, light commercial, and urban infill applications.
- A non-load bearing, non-combustible curtain wall panel, for high-rise commercial, industrial, civic, and urban infill when required by local code.
The GO Panel system is already well under development (we’d been keeping things under wraps until we heard the good news from MTI), and two of our coworkers already volunteered to be our test case. This winter, the three panel types will be incorporated into their house, which is currently beginning construction in the beautiful town of Hope, Maine. We’ll keep you updated when the GO Panels are installed their first home!