Capacity, Cognizance, Confidence, and Capital: How Green Banks are Driving Energy Efficiency Improvements in Affordable Housing

This issue brief provides an overview of how green banks are promoting energy efficiency in the multifamily affordable housing sector. The purpose of this brief is to describe those approaches and highlight lessons learned that can inform efforts by other financiers, including but not limited to green banks, with an interest in contributing to improved physical and financial health of properties in this important sector. While utilities include both energy and water, this brief focuses on the energy portion of utility expenditures because it has been the focus of green banks’ efforts to date in this market segment.