CMTA Recognized for Energy Leadership
CMTA President Ken Seibert accepted the Governor’s Award for Energy Leadership at the Governor’s Conference on the Environment on September 30. In presenting the Award, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear noted, "CMTA’s President Ken Seibert made a commitment several years ago to be a leader in the area on high performance MEP engineering. Through his leadership, the firm is recognized at the state and national level as the experts in sustainable, energy efficient MEP design."
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Plano Elementary School Featured in High Performing Buildings Magazine
CMTA engineered Plano Elementary School (Warren County Schools) was featured in High Performing Buildings Magazine, an ASHRAE publication. CMTA President Ken Seibert authored the article that detailed the MEP systems responsbile for making Plano Elementary the most energy efficient school in Kentucky. Click here to read more about this high performing facility.
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RossTarrant Architects Office Receives LEED Gold
RossTarrant Architects office in Lexington received LEED Gold certification in August. CMTA engineered many of the building’s high performance features. Click here to read the August 29, Lexington Herald-Leader article about the award.
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CMTA Still a Giant!
CMTA was named to Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s Giant’s List for the fourth consecutive year. Each year the magazine ranks the 100 largest MEP firms in North America based on annual MEP revenue. CMTA moved up to 63rd on the list for 2009. Click here for the entire list.
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Environmentally Friendly School Making Progress
CMTA engineered Turkey Foot Middle School, Kenton County Schools, was featured in a story by WLWT TV in Cincinnati on Tuesday, August 18. The article featured the many energy saving and environmentally "friendly" aspects of the school. Click here to read a transcript of that story.
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CMTA Projects Dominate the Courier-Journal’s Front Page
On Thursday, August 13, two CMTA projects were featured on the front page of the Louisville Courier-Journal. Norton Brownsboro Hospital’s grand opening celebrations were highlighted in one article. Click here to access that article.
Another CMTA project, Jefferson County Public School’s Cane Run Elementary, was featured in a back to school article. Cane Run Elementary is offering an environmental studies program and CMTA engineered its geothermal HVAC system and lighting systems. Click here to access that article.
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Oldham County Library Receives Lighting Award
Pictured, left to right: Fred Tolsdorf, OCPL Board Member; Virginia H. Snell, President of the Library Board; Carol Blevins Ormay, Director of Business Development for CMTA; Sallie Haynes, Vice-President of the Library Board.
The new Oldham County Library received an Award of Merit in the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s 2009 Illumination Awards. The Library was the only project recognized in the Louisville/Cincinnati Region.
CMTA Electrical Engineer Brian Baumgartle did the lighting design. Click here to read an August 13, 2009, Courier-Journal article about the award.
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Maderia Schools’ Energy Solution
CMTA’s work at Madeira City Schools (Cincinnati, Ohio) was featured in a August 11 article on Soapb!x Cincinnati. The school district received a donation originally targeted for renewable energy. CMTA is working with the school district on an energy audit and desiging a solar power array that will be installed in the fall.
CMTA engineered Twenhofel Middle School, Caywood Elementary School and Turkey Foot Middle School were also featured in the article.
Click here for a link to the article.
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Transy Dorm Gets ENERGY STAR Rating
CMTA engineered Thomson Residence Hall on the campus of Transylvania University earned ENERGY STAR certification in August. The building was featured in a Lexington Herald Leader article on August 10. Click here for a link to the article. CMTA has engineered 25 ENERGY STAR labeled buildings in Kentucky more than any other single firm in the state.
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Frankfort Theatre Restoration Almost Complete
Frankfort’s Grand Theatre was featured in a story on Louisvile’s WFPL radio July 16. CMTA performed MEP design as part of the restoration. Click here for a link to the story.
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Shelby East Middle School Featured on WLKY-TV
CMTA renovation project, Shelby East Middle School, was featured in a story on WLKY-TV, Monday, June 8. CMTA Principal Doug Hundley was interviewed for the story. To view click on this link.
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Tony Hans Named to Consulting-Specifying Engineer 2009 40 Under 40 List
CMTA Principal Tony Hans was named to Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s 2009 40 Under 40 List. The 40 Under 40 List recognizes 40 building industry engineers under the age of 40 who stand out in their academic, professional, personal and community achievements. Click here to read a profile of each winner.
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Ballard High School (Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville), Gallatin Upper Elementary and Middle School (Gallatin County Schools, Warsaw), and Plano Elementary School (Warren County Schools, Bowling Green) are the most energy efficient high, middle and elementary schools in Kentucky calculated under the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program.
In order to achieve an ENERGY STAR, a school has to submit 12 months of utility bills to the EPA documenting the building’s energy efficiency benchmarked against other similar facilities. Ballard High School received its ENERGY STAR following an extensive renovation of the HVAC systems. Gallatin Upper Elementary and Middle School and Plano Elementary School are new buildings.
The schools were engineered by CMTA, a Louisville-based MEP consulting engineering firm. The architects were RossTarrant (Gallatin) and Sherman-Carter-Barnhart (Plano). As of March 31, 2009, CMTA has engineered 21 ENERGY STAR buildings.
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Kentucky’s Net Zero Triumph
Richardsville Elementary was featured in a, March 5, Business Lexington article. Click here to read the article.