Financing for Businesses
Find the right financing to help you make cost-effective energy improvements to your business, nonprofit, or institution.
Many business owners want to make energy improvements, but lack the necessary up-front capital. We can guide you to an affordable, flexible financing solution with as little as $0 down. It can often be structured so that loan payments are covered by your monthly energy savings. That means your net costs go down, and you and your customers get to enjoy a more comfortable space.
Highlights
- Cash-flow analysis helps structure financing to meet your business goals
- Options to work with your existing lender or a third-party lender
- Available to businesses, nonprofits, municipalities, and institutions
How to Get Started
Give us a call to talk about your energy efficiency project—whether it’s upgrading your lighting, switching to an efficient heating or cooling system, or adding air sealing and insulation to your building. We’ll run a cost-savings analysis to ensure that the proposed improvements reduce your operating costs. Then we’ll verify available incentives and couple those with the right financing solution to meet your goals and cash-flow needs.
- Experienced, unbiased advice on cost-effective improvements
- Financing solutions to meet your goals and cash-flow needs
- Rebates available for qualifying products and improvements
Business Energy Loan
The Business Energy Loan (BEL) offers an easy, turnkey solution for financing improvements with no closing costs and $0 down. You work with us to qualify your project, and apply for the loan through EastRise Credit Union, formerly known as VSECU. As is the case with all of our financing options, we perform a cost-savings analysis to ensure that the project will save money by reducing your energy costs. And with the BEL, the lender can often structure the terms so that your monthly net costs stay the same or even go down.
- Low interest rate (5.5% - 7.5% as of August 1, 2024), no closing costs, $50,000 loan cap
- Flexible terms of up to ten years, 100% financing available
- Streamlined application process, no business financials required
- Nonprofits and other institutions encouraged to apply
- Also available to owners of multifamily rental housing
Eligibility Requirements for BEL
- Financing must be for energy efficiency improvements
- Business or institution must be physically located in Vermont
- Credit score of applicant must be 660 or higher
- Must be registered and in good standing ($25 fee) with the Vermont Office of the Secretary of State
- Participation requires EastRise Credit Union, membership, available to any Vermont-based organization or individual who lives or works in Vermont
Institutional Financing Options
