USMCB Pendleton

The US Marines needed places for the enlisted bachelors that are safe and green.  The DOD needed durable, long lasting, cost effective green buildings.  The prime contractor needed low cost, beautiful solar canopies to achieve LEED…

US Navy Port Hueneme

The home of the world famous Sea Bees also became home to one of the Navy's first green building training centers thanks to 3FFICIENT.  This project was completed in the 1990s well before the term "green building" was coined. Project Background: Port…

US Navy Point Mugu NAWS

The US Navy is serious about energy efficiency and wanted innovative ideas.  3FFICIENT provided a comprehensive energy audit of the entire Naval Air Weapons Station at Point Mugu which turned out to set the groundwork for many projects to follow. Project…

City of Gresham, OR

The City of Gresham had an old wastewater treatment plant that needed upgrading and a new purpose.  Working in concert with Fred Gast FAIA, 3FFICIENT designed the mechanical systems with energy efficiency upgrades to meet USGBC LEED standards. Project…

State of CA Printing Complex

The State of California was seeking ways to reduce operating and energy costs in light of astronomical energy price increases. The state's printing facility is the nation's largest government printing agency second only to Washington DC. The…

State of CA Personnel Bldg

The State of California was seeking ways to reduce operating and energy costs in light of astronomical energy price increases. 3FFICIENT's Role: 3FFICIENT staff analyzed their energy use and provided an investment grade engineering study that…

State of CA Resources Bldg

The State of California was seeking ways to reduce operating and energy costs in light of astronomical energy price increases. 3FFICIENT's Role: 3FFICIENT staff analyzed their energy use and provided an investment grade engineering study that…

Cathedral City

The city was faced with looming energy price hikes and had already been hit hard with unexpected charges from the State's cost overruns from the Gray Davis administration. They desperately needed to reduce costs and insulate themselves from…

City of Glendale

The City of Glendale had many buildings of varying age and condition. Several of which had older inefficient vintage HVAC systems past the end of their useful life. The city needed an energy services team with an unbiased vendor neutral approach. Project…

City of Pasadena

The City of Pasadena is also a municipal utility. So when the city desired to reduce energy use, they turned to the utility for assistance. The utility, Pasadena Water & Power in turn reached out to 3FFICIENT engineers for help. Project…

Oregon School Districts

3FFICIENT is one of only a handful of companies pre-qualified to provide energy audits to schools and other public buildings in the State of Oregon.  To date, our team has audited dozens of schools, at no cost to the districts, which have…

San Diego USD

San Diego USD is one of the largest school districts in the nation with well over 12 million square feet of space. With aging buildings, a huge water and energy budget, they needed to stay on top and proactively reduce utility costs. 3FFICIENT's…

New Haven USD

Like so many schools, New Haven had aging HVAC and mechanical equipment that was in need of repair, but had insufficient budget to pay for these capital expenses. In June of 1998, the school board found what looked like the financial solution…

Glendale CCD

This 25 building campus is heavily built out and limited in space. The science and lab buildings were to be joined together with the addition of a planetarium style theater. Project Background: This 25 building campus is heavily built out…