A HALF-CENTURY IN THE MAKING

Our Story

E Cube, Inc. was founded in 1975 by Dr. Jack Wolpert under the name of Nederland Refrigeration. The firm originally provided HVAC construction and service contracting to Colorado’s front-range.

In 1985, Dr. Wolpert received one of the first commissioning certifications from the University of Wisconsin and shifted the firm’s focus to specialize in energy efficiency and operational reliability. Along with this change, the firm’s work began to shift from contracting to technical consulting with an emphasis on retro-commissioning and facility optimization.

In the 1990’s, our consulting services expanded to commissioning of new buildings. The firm’s name was changed to E Cube, Inc. in 1991 to better reflect our focus on Energy, Efficiency, and the Environment. The 1990’s also saw our first geographic expansion with the opening of our Chicago office.

Over the past four decades, E Cube’s commissioning work has expanded to include a growing number of world-class facilities in healthcare, research, higher education, schools, commercial office, aviation and more. We continue to maintain our focus on complex, mission-critical facilities while applying those experiences to project success in other sectors.

Today, we serve clients through multiple offices including Denver, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Austin. Our years of dedication to the built environment have resulted in valued relationships with numerous building owners, design teams and construction teams.

FIVE DECADES OF INNOVATION

Our Approach

E Cube’s primary approach to any project is to act in the best interest of the Owner. We maintain a truly independent relationship to design and construction teams, serving as the Owner’s technical advisor. This philosophy is core to our firm.

In executing projects, we believe effective collaboration, proactive planning, and strong site presence is essential. We encourage collaboration early in any project, whether it be a new building or evaluating a problem in an existing building. Collaboration is not just working together, but clearly communicating a shared vision, path toward a common goal and defining roles and responsibilities. E Cube leads teams in this effort.

We plan early and mitigate risk as early as possible.

During the design of a facility, our team of experts helps an Owner establish sound and actionable project requirements. We then review designs with a critical eye on best practices and lessons-learned over many decades. We work with design teams to allow for cost-effective solutions in the interest of the long-term facility performance and reliability.

Our construction phase commissioning process emphasizes proactive, hands-on work with a strong on-site presence. Our work begins with detailed schedule planning with construction teams to help ensure a comprehensive schedule which accommodates essential tasks, milestones and timelines necessary to meet project delivery goals. This also includes organized document management, status tracking and issue resolution.

Our experience shows high performance buildings are only achieved if the facilities personnel are given the tools and training to successfully operate them. We are strong advocates for early submission and review of Operation and Maintenance Manuals and for joint development of training agendas with input from all parties. We also encourage the owner’s facility staff to participate in all aspects of commissioning as schedules and staffing permit.

Our projects are turned over smoothly to ensure occupant comfort and optimization of building systems.