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2023 C-PACE Year in Review Released

Philadelphia C-PACE released its 4th annual C-PACE Year in Review. The program reached $200 million in closed deals at the end of 2023, doubling the total dollar volume of deals closed in just one year. Additional highlights from the report include: All six projects that closed in Philadelphia in 2023 were 100% multifamily or mixed use […]

Non-IRA incentives and sources of financing for solar

Written by Brian Lavinio, PEA intern and Williams College (2024) Solarize Philly is your one-stop shop to go solar for your property. This is the second addition in a two-part blog series focused on solar, storage, and other technologies highlighted in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Part 1 is here. The IRA is a powerful tool with […]

Very High Efficiency HVAC – Building Electrification Done Right

Editor’s Note: The following post is written by guest blogger David Cohan Senior Advisor with the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT). C-PACE is an excellent financing tool to pair with a VHE HVAC upgrade. This post reviews the problems with the standard electrification approach (swap heat pumps for gas-fired heating equipment) and a better solution […]