Partner, Mechanical Engineer, Team Lead, CMTA Inc.; BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
Hobbs’s expertise includes designing mechanical systems for K-12, higher education and health care clients. He’s designed phased-occupied HVAC renovations and new construction, as well as zero-energy schools across the country. Hobbs advocates for sustainable design practices and is pursuing his master’s degree in biosystems and agriculture engineering at the University of Kentucky. He holds a certificate from the Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky and is the secretary of the ASHRAE Bluegrass Chapter. Among some of his recent professional projects are two identical 94,000-square-foot schools for Baltimore City Public Schools; the zero-energy John Lewis Elementary as well as Benjamin Banneker Academic High schools and Bard High School Early College in Washington, D.C.; a 312,000-square-foot addition with a zero-energy target for the Minnie Howard High School in Alexandria, Virginia; and a new 287,100-square-foot zero-energy-capable facility at Frederick Douglass High School in Lexington, Kentucky. He also helped develop an engineering mentorship program at the Rise STEM Academy for Girls in Lexington, which fosters the next generation of engineers and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion in engineering. Hobbs won the ASHRAE International Technology Award for the Chapel Hill Head Start Center in 2025 and for the D.C. Public Schools’ John Lewis Elementary School in 2024. He also won the Community Enrichment Award of Excellence for the Alexandria City High School – Minnie Howard Campus from the NAIOP Northern Virginia in 2024. When he’s not designing zero-energy buildings, Hobbs is a soccer player and coaches children’s soccer teams. An avid runner, he has completed two half marathons. Hobbs is a devotee of the University of Kentucky’s basketball and football teams.
