smart-e loans

help your customers do more & save more

A Smart-E Loan makes it easy for your customers to achieve a healthy, comfortable, and energy efficient home.


Offer financing with no money down	Design projects that help homeowners improve their homes	Gain access to more potential customers

smart-e loans

help your customers do more & save more

A Smart-E Loan makes for your customers to achieve a healthy, comfortable, and energy efficient home. They’ll realize even more savings when bundling multiple home energy improvements—the more they do, the more they save!


Offer financing with no money down	Design projects that help homeowners improve their homes	Gain access to more potential customers

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Upgrades eligible for a Smart-E Loan

A Smart-E Loan can be used for over 40 home energy improvements, from insulation and energy efficient windows to heat pumps and solar panels. Homeowners can also use up to 25% of the loan for non-energy related measures and healthy home improvements, such as new ENERGY STAR® appliances, lead removal, or roof repairs in advance of going solar. Upgrades include:

Heat pumps
High-efficiency heating and cooling
Solar
Battery storage
Insulation
Windows
EV charging stations
And more!

How to get started

Step One: Check our events calendar for a Smart-E Loan info session hosted by the Green Bank.
Step Two: Take a look at our resources for contractors, such as instruction guides, product guides, and marketing materials for your customers.
Step Three: Fill out the contractor application in the NGEN Smart-E portal.
Step Four: Start selling more green energy jobs!
Step Five: Continue to use the NGEN portal to manage your Smart-E jobs.