Awards & Achievements

Crow & Bulman Engineering was the lead mechanical engineer on:

• the first LEED certified commercial office building in the state of South Carolina (QS-1, 2004, silver rating),
• the first LEED certified gold rated major building renovation in South Carolina (Mary Black Foundation, 2007)
• the first LEED certified platinum rated academic building in South Carolina (Wofford College Environmental Studies Bldg., 2010)

Crow & Bulman Engineering was the mechanical engineer on a total of 12 certified LEED buildings and 3 Green Globes certified buildings.

Crow & Bulman Engineering also has the following recognitions: 

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
1st Place Technology Award for Institutional Buildings, Southeast Region, 2001, for Anderson Mill’s geothermal HVAC system.

Spartanburg Community College Economic Visionary Award:
1st Place Award for Small Business (2018), recognizing engieering innovation and sponsoring community involvement. 

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
1st Place Technology Award for Commercial Buildings, Region Four, 2007-2008, QS-1 Corporate Headquarters Building HVAC system.

Duke Power Co. “Power Partners” Award, 1996, for Anderson Mill’s geothermal HVAC system.

Spartanburg City Planning Commission “Excellence in Design”, for Carolina Alliance Bank in the category of New Construction (2008).

Crow & Bulman Engineering was the mechanical engineer for 9 new schools in Greenville County over the last 20 years.  Crow & Bulman Engineering is the only mechanical engineering firm serving Greenville County Schools having all of their schools Energy Star rated.   

The S.C. Energy Office compiles and publishes energy operating cost statistics for public school districts throughout the state. In their Eleventh Annual Report for fiscal year 2002, they list schools in order of most cost efficient. It is noteworthy that of the top eleven school districts in the state of South Carolina, Crow & Bulman Engineering is the primary mechanical engineering design firm for four of these districts (out of 68 districts reporting).

The central energy plant renovations at Spartanburg Community College contributed to the college becoming the S.C. Energy Office’s #1 most efficient facility in the state (for utilities cost), for a non-residential campus (2009).

The only engineering firm in S.C., N.C., or GA. to have energy modeling certifications from both ASHRAE (BEMP) and Association of Energy Engineers (BESA).