When Science Hits Home

On Saturday, May 11 IN PERSON, join Science Saturday hosts as they welcome Architect, Samuel Gordon of Samuel Gordon Architects. Gordon will be sharing the secrets of Net Zero architectural design he has been incorporating into local homes for years. This discussion will cover a range of elements that cover local homes from the solar panels on the roof to geothermal wells reaching 300 feet into the earth below. Not only do these elements make a home more comfortable, they can bring the operating cost to zero.

Samuel Gordon has been visiting Long Beach Island since he was two years old. At the age of six he started attending summer classes in art, drama and marine biology at the Long Beach Island Foundation. In 1986, he received his professional degree in Architecture from Temple University and moved to Long Beach Island full time to complete his apprenticeship in architecture. In 1989 after taking the architectural licensing exam he departed for a one-year solo round the world tour. Upon his return he worked in Philadelphia for others until 1992, when he founded Samuel Gordon Architects. After working on various types of projects from Assisted Living to Restaurants and Interior Design, he chose to focus on his passion, private homes. These homes have been primarily on LBI. In 2008, he was invited to a conference at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, where he acquired the necessary groundwork to design energy-efficient homes. His own home in High Bar Harbor served as a personal laboratory, where he learned to incorporate several environmentally-conscious elements. Since then, the firm has continued to design and expand on creating Net Zero Homes.