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  • Renovate America and Modernize partner to provide better access to home improvement loans

    Modernize, a home improvement lead generation services company, announced a strategic partnership with home improvement financing leader Renovate America to give homeowners ready access to simple and effective new financing options through Modernize’s network of contractors. Modernize’s mission is to facilitate the best connections between homeowners and contractors, and thisRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Study shows PACE financing’s big impact in driving solar installations

    A federally funded analysis by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) offers evidence that the home-improvement financing option known as Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) has been “uniquely successful” as a driver of residential solar-power systems in California. Essentially, many of the systems installed via this financing vehicle simply couldRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • California beefs up consumer protection for PACE financing

    California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills into into law that provide a regulatory and consumer protection framework for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. The companion pieces of legislation – AB 1284 and SB  – are the result of a year of development and negotiations among low-income consumer advocates,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • PACE financing updates: California to create uniform disclosures, Renovate America completes $320M securitization

    Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) enables local governments to give property owners, who may be unable to afford the up-front costs of energy improvements such as solar panels and rainwater catchment systems, an alternative to short-term, high interest rate loans. More and more states are adopting this program as aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Vivint Solar to start offering Renovate America’s PACE financing option

    Vivint Solar, Inc. a leading national provider of residential solar energy systems, and Renovate America, the leading provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, are collaborating to expand access to rooftop solar for homeowners. By offering Renovate America’s HERO program as its PACE financing option, Vivint Solar isRead More — Solar Builder magazine