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Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator 101

December 16, 2021

The DC Sustainable Energy Utility (DCSEU), in partnership with the District Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) and the DC Green Bank, is offering enhanced technical and financial assistance to owners and managers of qualifying affordable multifamily buildings that do not meet the District’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS). The District’s Affordable…

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Focus & Feedback Series

December 10, 2021

A series of stakeholder engagement sessions designed to solicit feedback, ideas, and insights from the larger community on selected issues that are relevant to DC Green Bank operations, bring a diverse set of voices to the table for dialogue with DCGB, and enhance the shaping of DCGB’s mission and objectives…

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Bowser Administration Launches Program to Help Multi-Family Affordable Housing Meet New Energy Performance Standards

December 9, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – December 8, 2021 – Today, the Bowser Administration, through the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), announced the launch of a new initiative, the Affordable Housing Retrofit Accelerator, that will provide direct technical and financial assistance to multifamily affordable housing buildings so they can meet the compliance…

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Developers Plot Green Affordable Housing Redevelopment in Columbia Heights

December 8, 2021

By Tristan Navera, Washington Business Journal New York developer Jonathan Rose Cos. and D.C.’s Somerset Development Co. are planning a full redevelopment of Faircliff Plaza East that would replace the existing 80-unit building at 14th and Fairmont streets NW with a 125-unit building with more modern amenities and a sustainable…

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DC Affordability, Sustainability Project Secures $2M Pre-Development Loan

December 2, 2021

By Lisa McDuffie, Washington DC CRE News DC Green Bank, Jonathan Rose Companies and Somerset Development Company have closed a $1.85 million pre-development loan to finance the design and planning of Faircliff Plaza East, an affordable housing redevelopment in Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. The project is expected to increase…

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Solar for All Ribbon Cutting at Fairfax Villages

December 1, 2021

Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) and partners at DC Sustainability Energy Utility (DCSEU), DC Green Bank, and Flywheel Development invites you to join us to celebrating the installation of solar panels in the Fairfax Village Community in Ward 7! A project of Solar for All,…

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DC Green Bank and Partners Announce $1.85 Million Pre-Development Loan for Groundbreaking Affordable Housing and Sustainability Project

November 30, 2021

DC Green Bank, Jonathan Rose Companies, and Somerset Development Company today announced the closing of a $1.85 million pre-development loan to finance the design and planning of Faircliff Plaza East, an affordable housing redevelopment in Ward 1 of Washington, D.C. The loan will support engineering, architecture, planning, design, and sustainability…

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DC Green Bank is the Newest Member of the Green Bank Network

November 3, 2021

Two new financial institutions from Brazil and Washington, D.C., today joined a growing green financing movement that uses relatively small pools of public funds to attract substantially larger private funds to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other low-carbon technologies and projects aiding the shift from fossil fuels to a climate-friendly future. The two new members—Minas…

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