BELFAST — Due to high demand, Belfast Senior College is hosting its third tour of the new GO Logic carpentry shop in Belfast.

Join the tour on Tuesday, Dec. 17, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at 52 Little River Drive, to learn more about this Belfast company that will build 20 homes in 2024 and 25 more in 2025. Alan Gibson, co-founder (and the “G” in GO Logic) will take the Senior College group on a tour of the carpentry facility and present a slide show to describe the process.

Based on a Swedish construction model of off-site building roof, floor and wall panels with triple-glazed windows from Germany in place, GO Logic can erect a home in less time than is typically needed, according to the Senior College, in a news release. Clients can work with GO Logic’s design team to draw plans for homes or cottages from 600 square feet to 2,300 square feet, based on the design principles of creating a super-insulated, air-sealed building shell designed to use 80 percent less energy than a conventional new house. Using state-of-the art computer programing, saws in the shop cut wood to dimensions noted on the design plans in the climate-controlled shop and then, GO Logic building crews attach the panels when they are delivered to the house site. Cranes lift and set the panels in place to assemble the super-insulated air-sealed building shell on the insulated slab.

"It was fascinating to get such a close view of their working shop and to chat with Alan Gibson, the CEO, who answered all questions in a straightforward way," said previous tour participant Doug Chamberlin. "I felt lucky to have such access to this company leading the country in new building methods."

Another participant, Phil Jacks, said, “Alan is an innovator in sustainable design. I especially enjoyed hearing his ideas about the economic viability of the passive solar home.”

Group size is limited to twenty for this event that is free and open to the public as well as to Senior College members. Register for this tour on December 1 or after at Belfast Senior College website: https://belfastseniorcollege.org/event-5912976.

For more information contact Belfast Senior College at info@belfastseniorcollege.org, 207-707- 6010.