This report provides an overview of energy efficiency financing programs nationwide—in both the single family (SF) and multifamily (MF) sectors—that are reaching LMI households.

Improving the efficiency of multifamily housing requires policymakers to understand the characteristics of the market.

The commercial real estate mortgage market is enormous, with almost half a trillion dollars in deals originated in 2015.

Homeowners who invest in energy efficiency hope to recoup at least some of the expense through savings on their utility bills and a higher home sales price when they move.

This paper analyzes Bank of America’s $55 million initiative to provide low-cost funding and grant support to advance energy efficiency investment in low- to moderate-income communities.

The benefits of energy and water conservation in the affordable multifamily industry have been documented thoroughly over the past several years.

This report examines why the market underuses performance data and recommends, based on examples that show early promise, how governments and efficiency program implementers can turn this growing wealth of information into

The evolution of community solar is a classic case of business model innovation turning a challenge into an opportunity.

Increasing the adoption of energy-efficient building practices will require the energy sector to increase its understanding of the ways that retrofits affect multifamily financial performance and how the lending and appraisal industries interpret those indicators. The U.S.