Announcing Cousins River Residence!
GO Logic is close to completing the construction of a new high-performance, contemporary residence on the bluff of the Cousins River in Southern Maine. The residence – built for a married couple with college age children – sits in a clearing, providing ample passive solar gain, and surrounded by a heavily wooded site at the… Read more »
Jung Haus Receives “Best Energy-Smart Home” Award
The Jung Haus, designed by GO Logic, has been awarded Fine Homebuilding’s 2014 Houses Award for the Best Energy-Smart Home. Each year, Fine Homebuilding presents Houses Awards to a select few residencies that balance cost, energy efficiency, and style. Partnering with local builders EnergyWise Homes, GO Logic created a highly insulated, air-sealed building shell with… Read more »
Introducing Potwine Passive House!
GO Logic is excited to share with you the Potwine Passive House House, a two-story, 1300 square foot home currently under construction in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is on track for Passive House Certification, having already completed the Passive House Academy’s Design Stage Assurance process. The client, a physics professor who is passionate about energy and… Read more »
GO Logic to present at the 2014 International Passive House Conference
We are thrilled to share the news that GO Logic has been selected to present our work at the Passive House Institute’s 18th Annual International Passive House Conference in Aachen, Germany on April 26th. GO Logic principal Matthew O’Malia will be presenting “Design/Build/Refine/Repeat: A Systems Approach for Passive House Construction in North America”. Here is… Read more »
GO Logic Featured in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors
GO Logic’s Casco Bay Residence is featured in the May 2014 issue of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors. Small House BIG VIEW highlights the design process and features of this waterfront home. While the site itself held a lot of sentimental value for the owner, replacement of the home was only permitted if the footprint… Read more »
Building Above Code Walls
GO Logic was featured in the Journal of Light Construction’s December 2013 issue, in an article entitled Building Above Code Walls. GO Logic outlined our wall construction method that combines a 2×4 stud frame insulated with cellulose sheathed SIPs (Structurally Insulated Panels) to create incredibly efficient homes for the Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage. Our wall… Read more »
Hayfield House Passes the Final Blower Door Test
The owners of the Hayfield House in Bolton, CT have happily reported that the project has scored an extraordinarily low air infiltration rate during their final blower door test. Data from the test — the final piece of information required in the project’s bid for passive house certification — has been sent to Passive House… Read more »
Our Most Recent Passive House Certification: Jung Haus!
GO Logic is pleased to announce our most recent Passive House Institute certified Passive House, the Jung Haus! This 2,300 square foot, single-family home, with detached garage and apartment, is the first certified Passive House in the state of Michigan. GO Logic provided the architectural design services and worked in collaboration with Michael Klinger, local… Read more »
NESEA + BuildingEnergy14
On March 4th, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, MA, Matthew O’Malia and Alan Gibson, GO Logic principals, along with Svea Tullberg, GO Logic’s in-staff Certified Passive House Consultant, and Morty Hansen, GO Logic Construction Foreman, will be presenting a full-day workshop at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s BuildingEnergy (BE14) conference. BE14 is… Read more »
CLT Construction
Some quick images of CLT, or cross-laminated timber, construction of our Little House on the Ferry project on Vinalhaven, Maine. The CLT panels were erected in two weeks, despite difficult weather conditions.
Warren Woods Site Visit
Despite the unprecedented weather in southwest Michigan this winter due to the polar vortex, the Warren Woods Field Station construction crew, led by Michael Klinger, has pushed through the bitter cold temperatures to make headway on the building shell. The cold presented many obstacles to construction, most notably the delay in getting the Triple glazed… Read more »
Portland, ME Energy Efficient Renovation
Our latest renovation in Portland, ME is underway! When we were approached for the project, the home was a blank slate on the inside – already stripped back to the framing. This one-bedroom home has a dynamic interior full of natural light due to few key window adjustments and an open plan with a loft,… Read more »
GO Logic Featured on Houzz
GO Logic has been featured in three very different Houzz articles during the past month. We are excited to see that the writers at Houzz continue to consider GO Logic a source not only for technical knowledge for energy-efficient building, but also for inspiration. Togetherness Take 2: Is a Cohousing Community Right For You? features… Read more »
Announcing Island Residence!
GO Logic is in the process of building a seasonal island residence, located on a sloping site adjacent to an old granite quarry with expansive ocean views. The residence consists of three small structures: a living unit and two bedroom units that are linked by an exterior deck. The structures follow the topography of the… Read more »
THERM Energy Modeling for the Warren Woods Ecology Field Station
At GO Logic, every architectural design process includes the determination of how much insulation is enough for a building in a given climate. The primary goal in this endeavor is to balance the level of insulation with the climate, construction cost, and operational cost of the building. Many other factors influence which type of insulation to… Read more »