Financial Studies, Reports and Guides

The Paid-from-Savings Guide to Green Existing Buildings

External URL: 
http://centerforgreenschools.org/paidfromsavings

This guide provides detailed information on how to leverage utility cost savings to fund comprehensive green building retrofits.  Developed by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council and its founding sponsor United Technologies Corporation, this resource is available free to all educational institutions.

A Performance and Economic Analysis of Distributed Power Electronics in Photovoltaic Systems

External URL: 
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/50003.pdf

A report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

NREL's Renewable Energy Project Finance Website

External URL: 
http://financere.nrel.gov/finance/

This website's comprehensive resource database uses reports, presentations and tools to describe various types of financing structures and policies. It also features case studies and analyses, a weekly blog discussing current NREL analysis and a detailed calendar of renewable energy events and webinars.

A Guide to Community Solar: Utility, Private and Nonprofit Development

External URL: 
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/50919.pdf

The Department of Energy releases this resource guide to present detailed information and resources for three solar sponsorship models: utility-sponsored projects, special purpose projects and nonprofit sponsored projects.

State-by-State Report on Renewable Energy 2011

External URL: 
http://www.acore.org/publications/50states?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuK%2FIZKXonjHpfsX66u0rW6ag38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YIBSsN0dvycMRAVFZl5nQ1bFfKQ

The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) released this 2011 report to provide an executive summary on the status of renewable energy implementation at the state-level.

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