About êffecterra
Engineering sustainability that works
We’re a focused team of experienced engineers, decarbonization specialists and policy experts. We’ve spent careers in research and development as well as field application and optimization. We’ve spent decades leading engineering, sustainability and operations leadership.
Why êffecterra exists
Sustainability initiatives shouldn’t fail at implementation. Yet over 75% do. After years of watching companies struggle to translate ambitious sustainability commitments into operational reality, we recognized a pattern: three critical gaps consistently derail progress.
Strategies fail when there is no pathway to implementation. Technical insights never reach decision-makers because engineers and executives speak different languages. And innovations remain trapped as concepts while companies implement yesterday’s solutions.
The solution we built
That’s why we created êffecterra. We’re neither traditional consultants nor an engineering firm. We’re technical experts who operate at the intersection of strategy and implementation, with the unique ability to see across all three gaps and actively bridge them.
Our engineers understand business imperatives, and our strategists understand technical constraints. We design solutions that actually work, manage their implementation, and stay engaged until the metrics prove success. While others may only produce reports, we reduce emissions.
What Drives Us
Our Purpose
Why we exist
To secure the future for all we love by taking sustainability from proof to performance, both in the field and on the balance sheet.
Every day, the gap between climate commitments and actual emissions grows wider. We exist to close that gap. Not with more reports or strategies, but with actual, measured, verified reductions. Because our children deserve a planet where sustainability drives success, not sacrifice.
Our Mission
How we do it
Through deep technical expertise and collective action, we close the critical gaps between strategy and execution, knowledge and decision-making, innovation and application.
This isn’t about incremental improvement. It’s about fundamental transformation of how organizations approach sustainability, from aspirational targets to operational reality.
We design the plan, coach the team, and stay until the results prove it.
Our Vision
Where we’re going
A thriving planet where sustainability drives success, not sacrifice, powered by technical solutions in balance with the natural environment.
We see a world where mechanical rooms operate at physics-limited efficiency, ultra-low GWP systems are the default, and sustainability investments deliver returns, not just reports.
Our Leadership Team
Engineers, strategists, and operators who bridge gaps
Sarah Caryl
Executive Business & Talent Leader
Passion: Mission-aligned and efficient People, Systems & Processes
Rick Clemons
Commercial Strategy & Client Operations Leader
Passion: Strategic market-aligned services that deliver client impact
Tristam Coffin
Sustainability & Policy Leader – Former Owner/Operator
Passion: Integrative carbon mitigation solutions for the built and business environment
Michael May
Technology Development and R&D Leader
Passion: Climate solutions technology development and commercialization
Our Program Leaders
Program leaders who connect vision to execution
Mark Atherton
Applied Engineering & Technology Leader
Manny Garcia
Technical Sustainability & Environmental Compliance Leader
Zoe Dawson
Climate Technology Program & Policy Leader
Our Experts
Our experts who align strategy, delivery, and outcomes
Evan Aschow
Will Casey
Project Leader – Data & Technical Service
Jared Jansen
Ryan Greenough
Delia Aspeitia
John Sengia
Shane Dowodzenka
Our Key Partners
Partners who help us deliver
Jonnie Hart
Jonathan Kaplan
Sustainability Program Partner
Jamie Ellwood
Purpose Before Profit
We’re Legally Committed to Impact
As a Public Benefit Corporation, êffecterra has enshrined our commitment to environmental and social impact into our legal charter.
This isn’t marketing. It’s legally binding.
For our clients and partners
We can make long-term decisions that prioritize lasting impact over quarterly earnings. We’ll recommend the right solution, not the easiest one.
For our team
We attract people who want their work to matter. Every team member knows they’re building a better future.
For our planet
Our success is measured not just in revenue, but in megatons of CO₂e reduced, resources saved, and ecosystems protected.
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