Clean PACE, created to independently review and assess Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) providers for consumer protections and process controls, announced that it has awarded the organization’s first Clean PACE Certified Partner designation to Ygrene Energy Fund, the leading provider of PACE financing in Florida.

PACE financing empowers homeowners to make solar energy and energy efficiency upgrades to their homes, with no upfront cost.

To date, Sonoma County’s PACE programs, including our company, Ygrene — founded here in Santa Rosa — have collectively funded more than $60 million in energy efficiency, water conservation and solar upgrades. 

California should be doubling down on programs like PACE which are demonstrating that good environmental policy can be effective economic policies, too.

On Tuesday, May 22, the Sacramento City Council recognized the fifth anniversary of the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program, an innovative policy that provides 100-percent private funding for energy retrofits to local home and business owners – with no public dollars.

When you own a home, you know that the expenses don’t end after the deal closes. In fact, that’s when they seem to start.

Value-added commercial real estate investments have the promise of significant upside with the right amount of TLC and market repositioning.