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 »
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.