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September 7th, 2016– Today the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy released a paper titled “Green Bank Accounting: Examining the Current Landscape and Tallying Progress on Energy Efficiency”.  HB&C provided some context, research and comments in the formation of this paper and are excited with the result, which provides a great overview of theRead more

A client interested in forwarding clean energy legislation, including the formation of a state green bank, commissioned Harcourt Brown & Carey (HB&C) to conduct an inventory and gap analysis of financing products used for clean energy (energy efficiency and renewable energy) improvements in the state of Colorado. To download the full gap analysis report, clickRead more

Financing Products Descriptions Recently, HB&C produced a clean energy financing gap analysis for the State of Colorado, (more on that in an upcoming blog post, but it can be downloaded here: Colorado Clean Energy Finance Gap Analysis).  Part of that analysis required clearly defining the financial instruments that HB&C considers to be commonly used forRead more

Last week, in part 1/2 of this 2 part series, we explored the basic ideas regarding the development and mission of a green bank. This can be boiled down to three market conditions (capital, confidence, convenience) and the key decisions that must be made in terms of structure, goal, strategy and governance in order to form a greenRead more

HB&C recently attended the national PACENation conference in Denver, the first of its kind.  The conference was highly relevant to Harcourt Brown & Carey because have been involved in drafting legislation and designing PACE programs for some time, most notably having worked with MASS DOER to draft legislation (currently held up in political process), andRead more

Having been in this business long enough at this point, an interesting pattern emerged that just didn’t quite make sense to me: Energy Services Companies (ESCO’s) seem work almost exclusively in the Municipal, University, Schools and Hospitals (MUSH) market, and don’t really seem to touch on similar buildings in the commercial sector.  Why would this be? WhatRead more

Download Harcourt Brown & Carey’s “Multi Family Financing Recommendations for Energy Efficiency”   Executive Summary Harcourt Brown & Carey’s (HB&C) Client for this assessment was a large non-profit multi-family housing corporation (The Client) with a 30+ year history of emphasis on providing housing for people currently underserved by the marketplace. We worked closely with TheRead more