03 Apr GO Logic Leaders to Address Passive House Multi-Family Conference
GO Logic partner and principal architect Matt O’Malia and Joshua Henry, president of the firm’s sister R&D company, GO Lab, will address the New England Passive House Multi-Family Conference Friday, April 6, at the Alnoba Retreat Center in Kensington, NH. Their talk, “Low-Rise and High-Rise Multi-Family: Construction Systems, Costs, and Thoughts on the Future,” will present the compelling case for both Passive House and wood construction in multi-family, the fastest-growing segment of the construction market.
In many applications, they will explain, a combination of traditional wood structural systems and new wood-based composites can replace concrete, steel, and fossil fuel-based materials in high performance buildings with locally produced, cost-competitive, low-embodied-energy, renewable materials that sequester carbon. That makes Passive House professionals, developers, and wood products manufacturers natural allies. More wood in more Passive House buildings means lower cost, a healthier environment, and a stronger regional economy.
Conference attendees will get a direct demonstration of those principles—and of wood’s timeless aesthetic virtues—in the venue itself. The Alnoba Retreat Center, a GO Logic project, is a 13,000 square foot building that incorporates a series of barn-like timber structural frames, a light wood-framed shell, and a large quantity of wood-based cellulose insulation. Completed in 2017, the building is on track for Passive House certification.
