Jen Weiss is a Finance Analyst at the Environmental Finance Center. Quick … what do you think of when you hear the word “revolving?” A revolving door? A revolving restaurant? Perhaps a revolving credit card? In the environmental finance world, … Read more
Chris Kenrick is a Research Assistant at the Environmental Finance Center and is pursuing dual master’s degrees in information science and public administration. If any of you are like me, then you probably spent a good portion of last Monday waiting … Read more
Jen Weiss is a Finance Analyst and co-author Jeff Hughes is the Director of the Environmental Finance Center. At the time this blog post is being written, the holiday season is in full swing – cities have set up their … Read more
Dayne Batten is a Research Assistant for the EFC and second year MPA student at UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Government. Alternative energy facilities, green site design features, and green building techniques (such as those required for LEED certification) are a … Read more
Matt Harris is the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator for the Environmental Finance Center. Adam Parker and Jeff Hughes wrote the paper referenced below, which is available on the Environmental Finance Center website at: http://efc.unc.edu/publications.html#PACE While watching the presidential debate last … Read more
Christine E. Boyle, PhD is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Environmental Finance Center. Dr. Boyle investigates new models for sustainable local water and energy provision. In the world of energy efficiency programming, relatively few programs have focused on the unique challenges that … Read more
Michael Chasnow is a Finance Analyst with the Environmental Finance Center. Qualified energy conservation bonds (QECBs) are an exciting tool that states, counties and cities can use to cheaply finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects within their jurisdictions. QECBs … Read more
Casey Wichman is an Environmental Economics Analyst with the Environmental Finance Center. In case you haven’t heard, the merger between Duke and Progress energy was approved, making it the largest power utility in the United States with approximately 7 million … Read more
Michael Chasnow is a Finance Analyst with the Environmental Finance Center. At the EFC, we do a lot of work on energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE) lending programs — from designing community energy finance programs to market assessments for … 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
