Join GO Logic and Midcoast Climate, Energy + Green Building Happy Hour for ScaleUp, CarbonDown: From Vision to Action — an afternoon of hands-on learning, real-world solutions and regional collaboration on scaling low-carbon housing in Maine.

This event takes place Friday, Nov. 7, from 3 - 6:30 p.m., at GO Logic Shop, in Belfast, and is part of passivhausMAINE’s Building Science Week, a statewide celebration of high-performance design and construction.

The program begins with a guided tour of GO Logic’s prefab panelization shop — the first Phius-certified industrial facility in the U.S. and recently featured in Fine Homebuilding. Attendees will have a hands-on opportunity to see how precision prefabrication, bio-based materials, and design for manufacturing (DfMA) combine to achieve home performance at scale.

Inspired by Maine’s four-year climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait, and its need for 84,000 homes by 2030 (roughly double the current construction rate), Alan Gibson (GO Logic) and Andrew Frederick (Croft) will share a roadmap for scaling low-carbon housing. They will link material choices, manufacturing methods, land use patterns, and progressive permitting to Maine’s ambitious housing goals and the need for a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. 

Fast-paced “lightning talks” from Randy Rand (r.haus design/build), Bub Fournier (City of Belfast Code & Planning), and David Pio (real estate investment and multifamily developer) will explore Passive House retrofits, codes and ordinances for denser growth, strategies for YIMBYism (yes, in my backyard), and levers for change.

Happy Hour will include a lively Q&A and “Offers & Asks” session, inviting participants to share what they’re doing—or want to do—to scale up to meet today’s challenges. Enjoy beer, wine, seltzer and light snacks and make connections across disciplines.  

This event builds on GO Logic’s June 2025 forum, ScaleUp, CarbonDown: A Regenerative Approach to the Housing and Climate Crises, which drew more than 100 attendees from across New England and Canada—builders, designers, planners, policymakers, and advocates. Planners and designers quantified the imperative of adopting codes and permitting more multifamily and village-scale housing, and practitioners showed how bio-based materials and factory-based methods are gaining traction. 

The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is encouraged at www.passivhausmaine.org/building-science-week.

About the Organizers

GO Logic is a Belfast-based design-build and panel manufacturing firm advancing high-performance, low-carbon construction across Maine and beyond.

Midcoast Climate, Energy + Green Building Happy Hour is a regional network of builders, climate and environmental advocates, policymakers, and residents working toward community resilience in Midcoast Maine.

passivhausMAINE is a member-supported nonprofit dedicated to transforming Maine’s built environment through education, advocacy, and the adoption of high-performance, low-carbon building practices.