Daniel Kolomeets-Darovsky is an Environmental Finance Analyst with the Environmental Finance Center. stephen schiller / Free Photos   Defining a resilient business model for water utilities is no easy task in a time of unprecedented economic conditions, scare capital, and … Read more

Christine E. Boyle, PhD is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Environmental Finance Center Signs of progress in the US public water utility sector Part II of this series describes three reasons for optimism within the US water utility sector. 1. … Read more

Christine E. Boyle, PhD is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Environmental Finance Center The large amount of capital needed to fund municipal water utilities’ aging infrastructure has risen to the forefront of local and national policy discussions over the last … Read more

Michael Chasnow is a Finance Analyst with the Environmental Finance Center. Although there are dozens of city and state-led residential energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) retrofit programs across the country, little research has focused on how individual homeowners perceive … Read more

Guest author Janelle Beverly was a graduate student intern at the Environmental Finance Center this past year. This post summarizes the capstone paper she completed in partial fulfillment of an MPA degree from the UNC School of Government. Increasingly more … Read more

Guest author Peiffer Brandt is Chief Operating Officer at Raftelis Financial Consultants. There is little doubt in the industry that per capita water consumption in the United States is declining. Many water utilities have faced financial challenges due to this … Read more

Welcome to the Environmental Finance Blog. The purpose of the blog is to support communities interested in sustainable and innovative financing mechanisms for delivering environmental services such as clean water and energy /waste management.   Bloggers include staff of the EFC, other … Read more