PACE
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An Innovative Financing Tool That Makes Energy Efficiency Affordable
By rolling upgrade costs into monthly bills, utilities are helping customers save energy and money at the same time
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Transforming the Real Estate Market
Scaling net-zero energy homes at no additional upfront cost
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Congress Weighs Changes to Rules on PACE Loans
The proposed legislation is aimed at ‘predatory green-energy lenders’ who victimize older borrowers
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What the Wall Street Journal Got Wrong About PACE
Worries over Property Assessed Clean Energy financing shouldn’t be compared to the subprime mortgage crisis
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Setting the PACE for Consumer Protection
Consumer protection standards for property assessed clean energy help prevent homeowners from getting in over their heads
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What I’m Hoping for in the New Year
Among my wishes: a carbon tax, increased awareness of resilience, and more of us leaving the car at home
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A PACE Approach to Commercial Retrofits
While PACE programs for residential retrofits have met resistance from Fannie and Freddie, a similar business-backed initiative for commercial properties shows promise
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Labor Day Thoughts on Unemployment and Weatherization
Let’s create jobs and reduce our dependency on foreign oil by changing the way we sell and finance energy-retrofit work
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A Bipartisan Team Pitches a PACE Revival
A new House bill would counter concerns by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the terms of energy-efficiency retrofit loans
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An Overview of Whole-Home Retrofit Incentives
The National Home Performance Council examined listings in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency, and came up with a broad picture of energy efficiency retrofit programs in the U.S.
