{"id":4312,"date":"2023-05-02T13:08:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T19:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2023-05-04T08:07:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T14:07:47","slug":"clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Energy Financing Insights &#8211; Why Green Retrofits Offer Better Bang for the Buck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is understandably challenging for cost-constrained multifamily affordable housing (MFAH) property owners and managers to spend their carefully budgeted dollars on unfamiliar green tech (e.g., heat pump-based HVAC) vs. familiar technologies with lower upfront costs. While \u201cgoing green\u201d can be expensive, traditional or \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d retrofits have limited benefits. They may solve an immediate problem (e.g., addressing\/replacing failed HVAC systems), but they provide no long-term, ongoing savings. Upgrades for mechanical systems (HVAC and hot water), lighting (electrical), appliances, shell (windows, insulation, air and duct sealing), and plumbing (low flow devices) improve the property\u2019s functioning and extend its lifetime. As reported by Abe Mamet (a writer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingonline.com\/tax-credit-advisor\/\">Tax Credit Advisor magazine<\/a>) following a conversation with ICAST\u2019s President Ravi Malhotra,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/green-retrofits-signal-the-future-in-cities-push-towards-decarbonization\/\">\u202fgreen retrofits<\/a> reduce utility bills, improve indoor air quality, and increase residents\u2019 comfort, health, and safety, and <strong>continue to do so for the lifetime of the installed equipment.<\/strong> <strong>In other words, a green retrofit may save x lbs. of carbon emissions and $y in energy costs annually, but those benefits continue over the 15-20-year life of the upgrades, resulting in $20y of savings and 20x carbon emissions reduction. <\/strong>Green retrofits improve property value and net operating income by reducing operations and maintenance costs, improving occupancy, and reducing tenant turns.&nbsp;However, the best way to realize all possible benefits is to ensure that the retrofits are designed to incorporate whatever green solutions are best for the property. Poorly designed\/installed solutions can increase utility bills, create negative experiences with the upgrades, and create problems for maintenance staff.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to note that there is a wide range of financing options available to offset upfront costs. They can come from federal, state, local, and\/or utility programs, and can come in the form of tax credits, tax deductions, depreciation, cash rebates, lower financing costs (green loans), little- to no-cost services from programs such as U.S. Dept. of Energy\u2019s Weatherization Assistance Program, etc. Some incentives are tied to the energy savings achieved, some are \u2018prescriptive,\u2019 i.e., they depend on the solutions implemented, and some are tied to the scope of work. Some incentives are available to all, e.g., utility rebates that are available to everyone as ratepayers to the utility system. Some incentives are tied to qualification based on tenants\u2019 income. Others are tied to applying for the incentive with no guarantee of receiving them. Braiding different financial resources into a capital stack can significantly reduce upfront costs for projects. Further, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/accessing-federal-and-utility-incentives-for-green-projects\/\">Bipartisan Infrastructure Law<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/icast-experts-weigh-in-available-federal-tax-credits-incentives-and-grants-for-underserved-communities\/\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> are making it more feasible than ever to pursue energy- and cost-saving green solutions. ICAST and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tblfund.org\/energy-financing-options-for-green-upgrades-in-multifamily-affordable-housing\/\">TBL Fund (its affiliated community development financial institution<\/a>) work to help property owners and managers navigate their funding options to make the best decisions for their properties. TBL Fund can also provide gap loans when incentives and rebates are not enough to cover the cost of all renovations, or to cover costs until rebate funding has been received. See ICAST and TBL Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/about\/casestudies\/\">case studies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tblfund.org\/success-stories\/\">success stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is understandably challenging for cost-constrained multifamily affordable housing (MFAH) property owners and managers to spend their carefully budgeted dollars on unfamiliar green tech (e.g., heat pump-based HVAC) vs. familiar technologies with lower upfront costs. While \u201cgoing green\u201d can be expensive, traditional or \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d retrofits have limited benefits. They may solve an immediate problem (e.g., addressing\/replacing failed HVAC &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,6,7],"tags":[123,84,114,317,83,90,158,297,176,333,355,340,89,104,231,291,356,128,357,316,18,300,358,121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Clean Energy Financing Insights - Why Green Retrofits Offer Better Bang for the Buck - ICAST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Financing Explainer: Why Green Retrofits Offer Better Bang for the Buck\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clean Energy Financing Insights - Why Green Retrofits Offer Better Bang for the Buck - ICAST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Financing Explainer: Why Green Retrofits Offer Better Bang for the Buck\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ICAST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/icastusa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-02T19:08:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-04T14:07:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Green-Financing-RED-AdobeStock_583518550-2-scaled.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1709\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ICAST Marketing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@marketing@icastusa.org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ICAST Marketing\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/clean-energy-financing-insights-why-green-retrofits-offer-better-bang-for-the-buck\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ICAST Marketing\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.icastusa.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0a5cab4e80c5a5e8a2793e1adab37867\"},\"headline\":\"Clean Energy Financing Insights &#8211; 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