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Host a Sustainable Home Financing Workshop for Homeowners!

Apply to Receive No-Cost Assistance

Connecticut Green Bank Smart-E Loans Workshops available to Sustainable CT communities.


Sustainable CT has partnered with the Connecticut Green Bank to offer support in planning and conducting sustainable home financing workshops for homeowners across the state. With Green Bank products such as the Smart-E Loan Program, homeowners can easily access low-interest, no-money-down capital to upgrade or repair dozens of measures within their home, ranging from the installation of solar panels to updating one’s septic system. By hosting a Sustainable Financing Workshop, your municipality will satisfy some or all requirements for Sustainable CT Actions Hold a Sustainability Event (5 points under action 8.1.1) or Implement a Community Energy Campaign (this may count as one of your three workshops if energy related; holding three workshops in 12-months earns 10 points under action 7.7.1), all while providing your residents with an opportunity to learn more about products and services available to them.

The Connecticut Green Bank team, in partnership with Sustainable CT staff, will facilitate a workshop and provide your community with all of the submission requirements needed to satisfy either action 8.1.1 (5 points) or a portion of 7.7.1 (10 points). Workshops will be offered as an in-person or virtual event and will take place on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Sustainable Home Financing Workshop Process

The Sustainable Home Financing Workshop process is designed to allow municipalities to choose which programs, products, or themes they would like to highlight during the proposed events. Whether your town or city would like to highlight the Smart-E Loan Program, which connects homeowners to Connecticut Green Bank’s trusted network of contractors and lenders to finance over 90 home improvements, or another more fitting product, the Sustainable CT and Green Bank teams are ready to accommodate and tailor the event toward your audience.

Participation

In order to participate in this free Sustainable Home Financing Workshop, your municipality must:

  • Be a registered Sustainable CT community

  • Submit a letter of interest to participate in this Sustainable CT technical assistance opportunity (template provided). Your letter should include:

    • Identification of a core team to participate in the Sustainable Home Financing Workshop (might include representatives from the Economic Development Department, members of the Economic Development Commission, Town Assessor, Town Manager, Planner, etc.).


    • A commitment to conduct outreach to identified property owners for Workshop participation.


    • A commitment to complete the Sustainable Home Financing Workshop.

Once selected, Sustainable CT staff and the Connecticut Green Bank will work with your municipality’s Sustainable Home Financing workshop team to work through the process above, including developing a list of identified residential property owners who might be interested or in need of financing. Sustainable CT and Connecticut Green Bank staff will provide all programming information to your municipality and the identified residential property owners. They will also support the development of messaging and materials to support the outreach to homeowners, and support in event logistics and execution.

Letter of Interest

If your community is interested in being considered for this opportunity, please send a letter of interest (template provided) to Katie Meder at [email protected]. Letters will be accepted on a rolling basis and considered first-come, first serve.