New Free Course: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Financing

PACE financing (property assessed clean energy financing) is a means of financing energy efficiency upgrades, disaster resiliency improvements, water conservation measures, or renewable energy upgrades to buildings through property taxes.

This free 12-minute lecture: “Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) Financing” is for contractors (large and small), the sustainability community, and anyone looking for a new way to finance energy projects.

C-PACE refers specifically to commercial (not residential) projects. The course is taught by one of the largest providers of C-PACE financing in the world.

Instructor Taimur Jamil is a Managing Director at Counterpointe SRE. Prior to joining the firm he was at Spruce Finance, a consumer lending platform for energy efficiency financing, where he helped develop and launch its residential PACE program, and was later appointed to manage the firm’s credit policy. Prior to Spruce, he was the head of capital markets and asset management at Sol-Wind (later SPI Energy), a renewable energy YieldCo, and before that he was a partner at CounterPointe Capital Management, a $250 million credit fund that invested in delinquent tax liens. 

Here’s what you’ll learn:
1. Legislative overview
2. National availability (map)
3. Financing highlights
4. Eligible improvements
5. New construction
6. Reducing equity
7. Replacing mezz
8. Eligible property types
9. Lender consent
10. Illustrative financing
11. Case studies