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A house in Peoria, IL, behind a flag heralding its public space (photo by Patsy Wooters via Flickr Creative Commons).

Swapping this home's systems for clean electric ones is a delicate proposition. (Photo of Peoria, IL by Patsy Wooters.) 

Explainer: How Do Owners and Policymakers Electrify Buildings? (Part One)

Tyler Clevenger
March 18, 2022
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Every building in any community tells its own story. To run each story first on electricity, and later on clean electricity, requires coordinated and flexible policies - and a range of financial techniques to meet a series of cost and timing challenges.
AC Hotel by Marriott

Can Commercial PACE Lending Provide a Piece of the Post-Covid Puzzle?

Kiran Chokshi
August 04, 2020
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The severe human and economic toll of Covid-19 has injected high levels of uncertainty into the economy. Despite reduced overall levels of investment in Q1 and Q2 2020, interest in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing, or C- , has risen in some markets across the country. Commercial PACE is a...

In a Boiler, a Recipe for Energy Savings

Andy Xie
May 13, 2020
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The story of a small property owner and a repaired boiler hints at the potential multipliers in C- , a program that lets owners use energy savings to repay loans for upgrades. Keys to the program include training and coaching, which make the savings easier to achieve and quicker to see...
Cory Connolly

Cory Connolly

Policy Memo: Saving Money in Michigan With Residential PACE Financing

January 03, 2020
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Michigan can unlock energy-saving upgrades for homeowners by passing residential property assessed clean energy legislation. The legislation should guarantee energy savings and protect consumers by including a method for determining eligible energy-saving measures; restrictions to R- financing amounts and underwriting criteria; and robust consumer protection provisions.
Hubbard Glacier in Alaska

A Potential Green Bank for Alaska

Sola Zheng
January 14, 2019
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Alaska is strongly affected by climate change volatility – and extensively engaged in fossil fuel extraction. And now it’s considering becoming one of the first states in the nation to have a green bank.
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Introducing "States of Clean Energy Innovation," A News and Data Hub

Stuart DeCew
October 24, 2018
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With so much happening at a state level in solar power and energy efficiency, it is difficult to keep up with the variety of approaches and perspectives. So the Yale Center for Business and the Environment is here to help by launching “States of Clean Energy Innovation,” an online news...
Alejandro Uriarte

Puerto Rico Climbs the Rocky Road toward Resilience

Kat Friedrich
October 18, 2018
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Since Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has been a productive location for entrepreneurs who are eager to get involved in installing solar power and energy storage. One of them is Alejandro Uriarte, CEO of New Energy Consultants & Contractors. In this interview, he describes the rocky road that the island territory...
Pennsylvania Road

Pennsylvania Seeks Routes toward Clean Energy

Kat Friedrich
October 15, 2018
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Clean energy is competing with natural gas in Pennsylvania. As the state attempts to optimize its renewable energy incentives, the market is chugging forward with some difficulty, according to Rob Altenburg, director of PennFuture Energy Center. In this interview, he explains some of the roadblocks that exist.
Laura Nelson

Utah Slowly Constructs Clean Energy Markets

Kat Friedrich
October 10, 2018
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As Utah builds utility-scale solar and advances distributed generation, stakeholders are behaving collaboratively, according to Laura Nelson, executive director of Utah Energy Office. In this interview, she said that low energy prices have reduced the state’s incentive to pursue energy efficiency. The rooftop solar market has slowed this year.
Hartford CT

Connecticut Is Changing the State of Clean Energy Innovation - An Op-Ed by Stuart DeCew

Stuart DeCew
July 27, 2018
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At the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, we constantly scan the horizon for transformative solutions in clean energy markets and finance. And as far and as wide as we look, we are drawn back to study the remarkable work across our home state of Connecticut.

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