A growing number of companies are providing a range of administrative and financing services to PACE programs nationwide. Links to a number of PACE service providers, ranked alphabetically, are posted below.
Clean Energy Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting clean energy technologies as a way to create healthier, energy-independent communities. Clean Energy Coalition designs and implements commercial/industrial PACE programs and offers complete program administration beginning with policy development and continuing through marketing, application technical support and review, and funds disbursement. Our niche is helping local governments leverage PACE for economic development, property improvement, and energy efficiency, while maintaining low interest rates and administrative costs.
Clean Fund provides both capital and structuring services for PACE projects on commercial and industrial properties. The firm works with energy equipment and service providers to incorporate PACE finance into their project proposals and also works directly with real estate owners to develop PACE financing structures optimized for individual projects.
EcoCity Partners is passionate about promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. ECP works with municipalities to develop sustainability programs that create jobs, benefit the environment and help consumers save money. Municipalities have the option of completely outsourcing the financing and administration of the programs to ECP or utilizing ECP’s expertise to enhance their own internal efforts. Either way, ECP will help communities achieve their goals. Organized as an innovative “L3C” – the first “low profit limited liability company” in Florida – ECP’s primary mission is to benefit the communities we serve. We have offices in St. Petersburg and West Palm Beach.
Eutectics Consulting is the leading clean energy finance and consulting firm in the Upper Midwest. We connect property owners, contractors and investors to move clean energy projects from concept to reality. Eutectics Consulting is built on enduring values of trust, honesty, and the proposition that private profits should also serve the public good.
Figtree Energy Financing provides breakthrough Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing that puts money-saving energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation upgrades within reach of virtually any property owner. Requiring no money down, the FIGTREE PACE solution takes a unique full service, free market and flexible approach to connecting property owners to low-cost project capital, conveniently repaid through property tax bills for terms up to 20 years. Figtree Energy Financing also provides no-cost program design, administration and marketing services to municipal agencies to make FIGTREE PACE financing available to local property owners using no public funds.
The centerpiece of a successful PACE finance district is the administration of the program. Genus Energy Fund administrative services offers the flexibility municipalities need to customize a PACE program designed for each community. The firm minimizes the need for municipal resources and staff while providing a program that is characterized by customer convenience, a streamlined process, and quality assurance.
Renewable Funding provides turnkey administration, financing and technology services for clean energy programs to hundreds of cities and counties across the country. We specialize in innovative financing models, like Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE), that help local governments create green jobs, dramatically reduce carbon emissions and save property owners money on their utility bills.
Renovate America partners with local governments to offer property owners low-cost HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity) financing for energy and water efficient products and renewable energy systems. We provide a no-cost turnkey solution for local governments who wish to implement a PACE Program quickly and easily, including program design, administration and marketing services, innovative HERO financing, and a secure, sophisticated online application and Program website.
Samas Capital is a program administrator and capital provider for energy improvement projects via the PACE platform. We partner with local governments to establish a streamlined and inexpensive PACE structure, which allows us to offer financing on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and water conservation improvements. Samas Capital uses the capital markets for funding, which provides the most competitive pricing mechanism for financial products.
Structured Finance Associates is focused on originating, underwriting and closing assessments on commercial and industrial properties utilizing PACE financing. Our geographic reach is from California through the Midwest and on to the Eastern United States. The firm’s real estate expertise allows it to create and implement unique financing products that facilitate owners’ abilities to acquire energy efficiency and renewable energy generation solutions for their properties.
Sustainable Real Estate Solutions (SRS) provides PACE program stakeholders with the industry’s leading data management software platform. The SRS platform facilitates a technically sound, fully-transparent underwriting process consistent with industry best practice enabling PACE program administrators to review and approve PACE projects, as well as manage the post project implementation energy savings measurement and verification process.
Ygrene Energy Fund provides efficient, no-cost implementation of PACE programs for cities and counties. Ygrene tailors program implementation to fulfill local political, financial, job creation and environmental priorities. Our innovative financing provides the capital necessary to fund all assessments and to administer the program into the future without exposure to City or County general funds or other assets.