Cargas Systems - Corporate Headquarters

Project Type
New Construction
Project Description

Preconstruction and construction management services for a new one-story LEED® Silver (pending) office building included:

  • Offices
  • Conference Rooms
  • Lobby

LEED® elements included:

  • Trombe Walls
  • Dual level lighting
  • Custom bike rack
  • Southern facing windows for passive solar gain
  • Solar panels
  • Solar array to produce 62,000 kilowatt hours per hour
  • Water source heat pumps
  • Low flow and waterless plumbing fixtures
  • High amount of recycled building materials
  • Low VOC finishes on walls and concrete floor
  • Brownfield site reclamation
Location
Lancaster, PA
Lancaster County
Owner
Cargas Systems
Architect
MM Architects, Inc.
Square Footage
11,513 square feet
Construction Time

6 months

Awards
GC LEED® Green Merit Award – Keystone Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors

Award of Merit – Keystone Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors

Green Excellence Award – Delaware Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors

Chip Cargas
“We were in very capable hands.”
Chip Cargas, Chief Executive Officer
Cargas Systems

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