Project Spotlights
CCEF is proud to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency projects for homes and businesses. Check out our Project Spotlights below to learn more!
Rifle Apartments Development Project
CCEF identified this project as an excellent opportunity to deploy DOH AHIF funds, making it a priority in their portfolio due to its potential for transformational affordable housing. By providing critical gap financing, CCEF is helping to ensure the project’s success.
RENU Project Spotlight: Heat Pump Water Heater for Ann Marie with My Electric Home
When Ann Marie’s old water heater broke unexpectedly, she needed a replacement as soon as possible. Luckily, she was able to get a new heat pump water heater with My Electric Home in a timely manner while also taking advantage of rebates and financing through the Residential Energy Upgrade (RENU) program.
RENU: Air Source Heat Pump for Emily and Bryan
Emily and Bryan wanted a more comfortable home with stable temperatures year-round. They knew their aging HVAC system wasn’t cutting it anymore. That’s when they decided to explore their options for upgrading their home’s energy efficiency and improving indoor comfort.
Silo Adventure Center
After connecting with a few solar companies, Joe was recommended to consider CCEF for financing support. He was approved for CCEF’s Energy Project Accelerator Loan, which helped him bridge the financing gap to implement the renewable energy project while also avoiding financing the entire project with the loan.
All Inn Hotel
The building owner recognized that the All Inn’s mission aligned perfectly with CCEF’s by filling a financial gap for a clean energy project. The 15-year Clean Conversion Loan, with its fixed, below-market interest rate and payments amortized over the loan term, provided the financial flexibility needed to move forward with the project.
Swyft Fleet Management
Swyft Fleet Management worked with CCEF to secure an Energy Project Accelerator Loan (Energy PAL) to install rooftop solar panels, LED lighting, and more efficient garage doors. These energy upgrades are projected to save an impressive 43,166 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity and 164 therms of natural gas per year, valued at $24,251.
Fitch Ranch Artisan Meat Co
Fitch Ranch Artisan Meat Co. is implementing a new 151.2 kWp roof-mounted solar array system to its meat processing plant facility. The business received an Energy PAL loan from CCEF for the entire project cost and they were awarded a USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant for 40% of the project cost.
Globeville Project Spotlight Update
This spotlight provides an update on the transformative Globeville Redevelopment Project, a city-sponsored initiative on the north side of Denver that is set to bring much needed affordable housing to a community in Colorado.
Foothills Art Center
This project includes major renovations to two inefficient historic buildings with multiple clean energy measures, including clean energy generation through solar, insulation, new windows, LED lighting, and heat pump HVAC units.
RENU: Cold Climate Heat Pump for Diwakar Ramanathan
While reading up about his utility company’s latest programs, Diwakar “Walker” Ramanathan came across the Residential Energy Upgrade Loan Program (RENU) program. He saw this as an opportunity to improve his home’s energy efficiency and comfort levels, especially in rooms with high traffic.
RENU: Solar for James Ladtkow’s Home Away from Home
James Ladtkow hadn’t paid for electricity on his primary home in three years. In time, he realized he was getting a lot of solar radiation on his family’s winter vacation home, too. “I thought, ‘Why not generate [electricity] in the summer and use that credit in the winter?’”
Cañon City Lanes
The owners of Cañon City Lanes secured a Clean Conversion Loan through CCEF for a 140-panel rooftop solar array system, which will produce 110% of current electricity usage and has projected bill savings of $18,703 in the first year of operation.
RENU: Solar System for Vincent Varughese
Vincent Varughese financed with CCEF’s Residential Energy Upgrade loan program (RENU) to install a massive 18.3 kW Tesla solar system, with a large Tesla Powerwall 2 battery system at his home in Thornton, Colorado.
RENU: Geothermal Heat Pump for Elisabeth Evans
The furnace in Elisabeth “Liz” Evans’ home was over 20 years old; she had no air conditioning unit installed and summers were becoming increasingly hot. After many consultations with contractors and extensive research, Liz decided to have a ground source heat pump installed in her Denver, CO home
Ancient Echoes
CCEF helped finance a 28 kW solar PV system for Ancient Echoes at Kelly Place, a southwestern sanctuary in the McElmo canyon of Colorado.
Carbonate Street Apartments
The Carbonate Street Apartments is a 60-unit all-electric affordable housing development in Buena Vista, CO. CCEF provided $1.7 million in bridge financing to make these all-electric apartment units possible.
Studio Arts Boulder
With financing from CCEF, Studio Arts Boulder was able to implement clean energy measures including solar PV; EV charging; geothermal piping and drilling; ground source heat pumps; and energy recovery ventilation on a new 12,000 square foot community art education center.
The Loveland Housing Authority Project
Loveland Housing Authority saved approximately $300,000 upfront by financing their all-electric units with help from CCEF. By playing to LHA’s tradition of efficiency and environmental protection, going all-electric means creating units that are more efficient and economically friendly than the current market rate.
The Rocky Mountain Cabins of Buena Vista
After consulting with Colorado Solar Energy, the owners of the Rocky Mountain Cabins of Buena Vista moved forward with an Energy PAL loan from CCEF to install a solar array and remove their diesel generator.
Price Farms Solar Array
With the mission to become more energy efficient, Price Farms is producing quality crops with the use of solar arrays to run the farm’s systems and lower the cost of electricity.
C-PACE: Highlands Place II
Highlands Place II is a three-story, mixed-use office building built in 1984, consisting of almost 150,000 square feet. The project was a great candidate for C-PACE and consisted of LED lighting upgrades and HVAC system controls.
Fuel & Iron Food Hall
CCEF funded the development of Fuel Kitchens, an incubator commissary kitchen in Pueblo, CO that includes a mass release cold/dry storage warehouse members can rent out. The project includes solar energy and electric kitchen equipment.
Norwood Ace Hardware
Small business loans are not always easy to secure. For Tom Mortell, owner of Ace Hardware in Norwood, Colorado, this rang true when it came to financing a solar array for the hardware store’s new location on Grand Avenue.
HION Electric Vehicle Charging
The HiON EV project is comprised of twelve Level 3 dual-port electric vehicle charging stations. Each station will provide public and universal access for EV drivers throughout three high-traffic areas in Colorado.
Ute Mountain Micro-Hydro Power Plant
CCEF funded an agricultural irrigation project for the Ute Mountain Ute Farm & Ranch Enterprise, utilizing renewable energy-producing, micro-hydro technology that will offset a material amount of operating costs for the tribe.
Globeville Project Spotlight
CCEF is providing $1 million in predevelopment funds for a proposed redevelopment site at 4995 Washington, creating energy efficiency for a 200-unit Affordable Housing building and two inward-focused oases from the area’s legacy of environmental burdens.
