Optima Engineering, earned LEED® Platinum certification for its 16,000 square-foot South End office at 1927 South Tryon St. in Charlotte NC. Optima Engineering is the first in the Charlotte area to have achieved this designation.
Some of the features of the office which helped it to achieve the rating include the use of rapidly bamboo flooring, reclaimed sorghum straw wood, skylights with daylighting sensors for the lighting, a highly efficient HVAC system and the dense urban location close to clients, light rail, and restaurants and retail.
Optima Engineering’s office building also features a rooftop solar photovoltaic array, producing electricity that is sold to Duke Energy, and a solar thermal system to boot.
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