Rocky Hill, CT (March 26, 2019) – The Connecticut Green Bank has announced the winners of the 2018 PACEsetter Awards. The Connecticut Green Bank created the PACEsetter Awards to acknowledge contractors, building owners and other stakeholders who are advancing the green energy movement through C-PACE, and whose leadership establishes a “pace” for others in their field to follow. The award ­­­winners are a driving force behind the success of the Green Bank’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program. These are the fourth annual PACEsetter Awards.

C-PACE is an innovative program, administered by the Green Bank, which helps commercial, industrial, and non-profit property owners access affordable, long-term financing for meaningful energy upgrades to their buildings. C-PACE enables building owners to finance qualifying energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements through a voluntary assessment on their property tax bill. As the program grows, more Connecticut businesses achieve lower energy costs and increase their bottom-line.

The Green Bank acknowledged contractors, building owners and other stakeholders across multiple categories: 

Top Performer, 2018

Smart Roofs Solar, a commercial solar developer and C-PACE contractor based in Newtown who closed seven C-PACE projects in 2018.

Outstanding Project, 2018

CTEC Solar of Bloomfield & Hebrew High School of New England in West Hartford for their solar PV project, a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) secured by C-PACE; and

64 Solar of Port Chester, NY & Spinnaker Real Estate Partners of South Norwalk for their solar project financed through C-PACE at 345 Ely Avenue in Norwalk, CT, a 122,000-square-foot warehouse building serving as a digital production facility for a global media company. This project included a solar PV system.

Accelerating PACE, 2018

Roberta Sinatra, Tax Collector for the Town of Brookfield, CT, who has been a leader in her municipality’s participation in C-PACE.