Cobscook Bay House Groundbreaking
We are happy to announce the groundbreaking for one of our newest passive house standard projects, Cobscook Bay House! Please look for additional updates from us in the coming weeks and months. You can also follow along on the homeowners beautiful blog, documenting the construction process as well as the native wildlife of Cobscook Bay…. Read more »
Maine Home + Design
GO Logic is honored to have our Cove End project featured on the cover of Maine Home + Design’s July issue! This home for a retired couple, set on the Maine coast of family vacations past, serves as a summer destination for children, grandchildren and extended family. With 2,000 square feet, three bedrooms and two and… Read more »
Jung Haus Construction Completed!
We are very pleased to announce the completion of the Jung residence! Design for the Jung Haus, a 2,300 square-foot, single-family residence with a detached garage and apartment, began about a year ago in Oakland County, Michigan. The home has been designed to meet the Passive House standard, and is on track to become the… Read more »
The GO Home Feature on Houzz
We are so very pleased that the GO Home was featured on Houzz last week! In the article, Houzz’s Mitchell Parker discusses the benefits of a passive house with the GO Home’s resident, and GO Logic Project Architect, Riley Pratt. Please visit our profile on Houzz, and read Houzz Tour: See a Maine House with… Read more »
Build Like This: A Simple Approach to Building a Super-efficient House
This month GO Logic is featured on the cover of Fine Homebuilding Magazine’s special winter issue focusing on Energy Smart Homes. GO Logic’s 1,000-square foot, one-bedroom, two-bath residence, House on a Knoll, in Bath, Maine – completed back in 2011 – was among the homes featured in the publication. The article discusses six key elements to… Read more »
Update: Inaugural Midwest Project Nears Completion
GO Logic’s first-ever project in Michigan is nearing completion. Its location isn’t the only unique aspect of this project as the design itself also represents something of a departure from the norm that has been established with other recent GO Logic projects. The house (which is on target to be Passive House certified in 2013), for example, includes a full basement and exterior walls formed in traditional Larsen Truss fashion.
WKAR Public Radio News Story on GO Logic’s Michigan Passive House
GO Logic has designed a home that is on track to be the first certified Passive House in Michigan. The local contractor partner Michael Klinger and the home owners speak with Mike Bashore of WKAR about the experience and advantages of building a passive house in Michigan. “Lansing Home Builder Pushes Green Envelope” “Only two… Read more »
Funding Not-For-Profits With Insulation
Naturally, funding for not-for-profit foundations in a slow economy is not readily available. Many foundations have taken on aging academic and municipal buildings as a solution to getting up and running without incurring the high costs of a constructing a building of their own only to discover the ongoing maintenance and repair of an aging building is relentless and the cost of heating and cooling the building is astronomical. For organizations operating on very limited facilities budgets, building performance concerns can hamstring all other operations. Interestingly, as evidenced through our work with a local arts foundation in Belfast, Maine, spending money on renovating older structures could be the silver bullet for cash-strapped not-for-profits.
Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage Hits Major Milestone
This July, six residents of our Belfast Cohousing project began moving into their homes. Twenty-seven of the thirty-six units have been purchased, and three duplexes and one triplex have so far been completed. We’re on track to complete another six units by year’s end.
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 »