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… NY Green Bank (NYGB), New York State’s $1-billion clean-energy fund, and a young new efficiency company named Sealed signed a $5-million loan-financing agreement as a way to broaden the market for home energy-efficiency upgrades. In New York State, those upgrades face two key barriers … shows how a similar structure can be used for residential energy efficiency. Source The Yale Center for Business and the Environment Areas of Focus Sustainable Finance and ESG …
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