Connecticut Green Bank Closes 200th C-PACE Project
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (PRWEB) February 01, 2018 -- The Connecticut Green Bank announces that the state’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program has surpassed 200 closed projects totaling more than $114 million in clean energy investment in businesses. C-PACE is an innovative program that is helping commercial, industrial and multi-family property owners access affordable, long-term financing to save money and make smart energy upgrades to their buildings.
According to PACENation, an industry group promoting Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, Connecticut is second only to California in total dollars financed through C-PACE.
"Again, Connecticut leads the C-PACE market it helped pioneer, topping 200 projects," said David Gabrielson, PACENation's Executive Director. "The Green Bank team has built a very effective program centered on high standards, great marketing, and an open market approach that encourages private sector engagement and investment in improving buildings throughout the state.”
The Connecticut Green Bank, the nation’s first full-scale green bank, leverages limited public dollars to attract private investments that scale-up renewable energy deployment and energy efficiency projects across the state. Of the capital deployed through the Green Bank’s C-PACE program 70 percent comes from private investors, including from a $100 million facility established with a private sector investor, and C-PACE projects originated and financed through other capital providers. The Green Bank has also securitized and sold C-PACE transactions in the past. The Green Bank’s administration of the program ensures that investors are confident using their capital to finance C-PACE projects.
In 2017, 50 projects closed on financing through the Green Bank’s C-PACE program - these projects will provide an estimated cost savings of $8.6 million, create 119 job years and will result in 6,653 kW of installed solar PV capacity. Cumulative program total for installed capacity is now nearly 25,000 kW and total job years now exceeds 1,300. In total, Connecticut’s C-PACE projects will produce an estimated $204.5 million in energy cost savings reducing the burden of energy costs on businesses and non-profit organizations across the state.
“While the majority of C-PACE projects are in industrial, retail or office buildings, we are seeing building owners and tenants in other sectors, such as houses of worship, non-profits, and educational facilities, taking advantage of C-PACE financing,” said Mackey Dykes, Vice President of Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Programs at the Green Bank. “C-PACE can help modernize and improve the efficiency of almost any type of commercial building, while lowering energy costs and increasing the value of the property, making it easy to understand why C-PACE has been so successful. Connecticut’s C-PACE program has a strong growth trajectory thanks to an engaged community of contractors, municipal officials, capital providers, building owners and other stakeholders that support C-PACE.”
“By attracting private investment into Connecticut to finance the deployment of clean energy in our communities, together we are reducing the burden of energy costs on our businesses and non-profit organizations,” stated Bryan Garcia, President and CEO of the Connecticut Green Bank. “We are enabling businesses to be more competitive and helping our non-profit organizations better serve their missions by reducing energy costs.”
The Green Bank also reports that Q3 and Q4 of calendar year 2017 were the best back-to-back quarters in number of closed projects (36) since the C-PACE program’s inception in 2013.
For more information on C-PACE, please visit http://www.cpace.com.
About the Connecticut Green Bank
The Connecticut Green Bank was established by the Connecticut General Assembly on July 1, 2011 as a part of Public Act 11-80. As the nation’s first full-scale green bank, it is leading the clean energy finance movement by leveraging public and private funds to scale-up renewable energy deployment and energy efficiency projects across Connecticut. The Green Bank’s success in accelerating private investment in clean energy is helping Connecticut create jobs, increase economic prosperity, promote energy security and address climate change. In 2017, the Connecticut Green Bank received the Innovations in American Government Award from the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and innovation for their “Sparking the Green Bank Movement” entry. For more information about the Connecticut Green Bank, please visit http://www.ctgreenbank.com.
Rudy Sturk, Connecticut Green Bank, http://www.ctgreenbank.com, +1 8602591154, [email protected]
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