Picking up the PACE : a new tool for financing energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy

• Main Author: Dadakis, Jacquelyn (Jacquelyn MacKenzie)
• Other Authors: Karl Seidman.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
• Subjects: Urban Studies and Planning.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59719

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-118). === This thesis describes the potential of new legislation in Louisiana to provide municipal financing for energy efficient building retrofits and distributed renewable energy. First, the thesis identifies how energy efficiency loan funds should be structured so as to access public debt markets. Second, it reviews current best practices in the field of Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) bonds. Then it discusses the current energy efficiency and renewable energy market in New Orleans, LA. Finally, the thesis discusses the policy and market changes necessary to implement LA Senate Bill 224 authorizing PACE districts in Louisiana. === by Jacquelyn Dadakis. === M.C.P.