Track 10: Green Financing

Track Chair(s): Darien Crimmin, WinnDevelopment

Green Financing 101

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Wednesday, March 7, Waterfront 2
Session Chair(s): Darien Crimmin
Session Speaker(s): Dana Bourland

This is an introductory session covering the fundamentals of energy efficiency financing. The goal of this session is to help energy professionals better understand the basics of lending and underwriting required to finance efficiency projects. The session will attract a diverse group of BE12 attendees, and participants will benefit from a crash course in real estate finance. The session will also review a green loan mechanism developed by Enterprise Community Partners, a leading national nonprofit promoting sustainable, affordable housing.

Innovations in Green Financing

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Wednesday, March 7, Waterfront 2
Session Chair(s): Darien Crimmin
Session Speaker(s): Birud Jhaveri, Chrissa Pagitsas, Scott Wisdom

The ability to finance energy improvements is critical to the emerging energy-efficient economy. The past few years have witnessed unprecedented levels of “free money” becoming available from state and federal sources to support green projects. As these funds recede, private financing of energy retrofits through conventional and non-conventional lending will garner more attention. This session will demonstrate new and innovative ways that banks, utilities and government agencies are lending to finance efficiency retrofits.