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ICLEI's 2009 Webinar Series on Innovative Energy Financing
If you missed ICLEI's summer series of energy financing webinars, you can view them here whenever you like.
Long Island Green Homes Initiative
Representatives from the Town of Babylon, NY, discussed their innovative Long Island Green Homes initiative that allows residents to finance energy-saving home improvements with a benefit assessment on their home. Presenters covered a range of topics and keys to success:
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How Green Homes stacks up to an equal investment in solar, offshore wind, or hybrid cars (much better)
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Major hurdles to home energy efficiency upgrades
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Why Green Homes is the right model
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How to achieve scale with the program
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Cambridge Energy Alliance
Representatives from Cambridge discussed how their innovative program aims to help the town reduce its energy usage by 50MW. The webinar includes an overview of the Cambridge Energy Alliance, lessons learned in implementing the program, and how you can replicate this model in your community.
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BerkeleyFIRST
On July 30, ICLEI hosted a webinar about BerkeleyFIRST, the clean
energy municipal financing program that started the nationwide buzz
back in 2008. Our webinar featured Cisco DeVries, the primary architect
of this innovative financing model that removes the hurdles that
homeowners face in implement energy efficiency upgrades and adding home
solar systems (hint: lose the steep up-front costs and tie financial
responsibility to the property, not the homeowner).
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Boulder County ClimateSmart Loan Program
For years, Boulder, CO, has inspired other local
governments with its deep commitments to climate protection and its
innovative programs and policies. Its ClimateSmart Loan Program is a
prime example, which is why ICLEI included it in our webinar series on
municipal energy financing models.
ClimateSmart has been an extremely effective program, providing a voluntary mechanism for commercial and residential property owners to obtain financing for renewable energy and/or energy efficiency improvements to properties in Boulder County.
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Setting Up a City-Scale Retrofit Program (COWS)
Satya Rhodes-Conway, a Senior Associate at CoWS, a think-and-do tank
based at the University of Wisconsin Madison, leads this exciting
reviewing the recent report from Green For All and CoWS entitled "A
Short Guide to Setting up A City-Scale Retrofit Program."
The
webinar recording includes a summary of possible financing strategies
for creating city-wide retrofit programs, tips on how to structure a
program and insight into national best practices.
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Sonoma County Energy Independence Program
Learn about the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program, a Commercial and Residential Energy Retrofit Financing Program. Sonoma County's John Haig discusses this innovative financing model that strives to help local residents and businesses reduce their energy consumption, conserve water, and install clean generation systems while reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. John explains how the program was designed, lessons learned, and how you can replicate a similar model in your community.
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