DC Green Bank CEO Eli Hopson and Chief Investment Officer Jay Lurie joined the Currents Podcast team to give an overview of the bank, why we were established, and the goals we have set for ourselves. We discuss DCGB’s available capital, priority sectors, how our financing is structured, the near-term opportunities and obstacles, and how private capital and service providers can start a discussion with the bank about working together and more.
Author: Daniel Lebiednik
Board Meetings
March 3, 2021 – Special Meeting of the DC Green Bank Board
If you are interested in joining the special meeting of the DC Green Bank Board, please email us at info@dcgreenbank.com
DC Green Bank Board of Directors will hold a special meeting, to deliberate regarding a temporary delegation of investment authority in light of a recusal for conflicts of interest. At the special meeting, the Board also intends to convene in a closed executive session to discuss confidential business information and consult with counsel in relation to particular investments.
DC Green Bank welcomes you to join us for a conversation on our new products, initiatives, and website! This session is primarily targeted for contractors and commercial and multi-family residential property owners, but all are welcome. We are working hard to deliver innovative financing options to meet rising demand in the District to install clean energy capacity and make energy efficiency upgrades – join us to learn how we can work together.
DC Green Bank is Ready for Business!
DC Green Bank staff talk about our brand new pre-development loan, our new website, and our entire suite of affordable financing options for clean energy, energy efficiency, resilient design, and transportation electrification.
To help make President Biden’s climate goals a reality, some clean energy advocates have called for the creation of a green bank to support and accelerate clean energy investments.
While the concept hasn’t taken center stage in the Biden administration so far, one new member of the Biden administration’s climate team helped develop the blueprint for what such an institution could look like.
Last month, Biden tapped Jahi Wise as a senior adviser for climate policy and finance on the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, which is led by former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. Wise was previously policy director at the Coalition for Green Capital (GCC), a U.S.-based nonprofit that works with cities, states and international governments to set up green banks.
At the White House, Wise’s background and expertise could help ensure that federal dollars under Biden are leveraged effectively and in a way that benefits all communities, said Eli Hopson, CEO of DC Green Bank in Washington, which works closely with the CGC.
“Jahi has an ideal range of professional experiences — from complex legal transactions and green finance to supporting small clean energy projects at Black churches here in DC — to understand first-hand how to accelerate the country’s transition to a clean economy,” Hopson said in an email.
DC Green Bank and Montgomery County Green Bank joined together for an event to focus on the Commercial Loan for Energy Efficiency and Renewables (CLEER) product offered by both banks.
Joint DCGB and MCGB CLEER Event Video
Learn more about our Commercial Loan for Energy Efficiency and Renewables (CLEER)