CIF-Inclusiv Green and Solar Lending

• Participants should be able to dedicate 6-10 hours per week for the duration of the course to develop a new loan product and prepare for a successful deployment.
• Participants should be current employees at community lenders and looking to build a loan product for that institution. These courses should not be taken as general professional development.
• Participants should have at least 1 year of lending experience (1 year of commercial lending or commercial real estate for the Commercial Solar Lending courses).
• Participants should have basic proficiency in Excel or equivalent spreadsheet software.
• For Commercial Solar Lending, participants' institutions must have an existing commercial/business loan program.
• For Green Home Consumer Lending, participants' institutions must have an existing consumer loan or residential mortgage program.
• For Multifamily Clean Energy Lending, participants' institutions must have prior experience in multifamily lending. Institutions should plan to bring a 2-person team.
• Participants should be based in/work for a U.S. organization (including U.S. territories).
• For grant reporting purposes, participants will be asked to share new loan and product information with UNH and Inclusiv on a quarterly basis for 2 years after course completion.

Our instructor-led training courses are offered to small cohorts of community-based lenders with high potential to develop new solar and green lending products, collaborate with partners to provide solar and green financing, and/or deploy new loans or investments. Participants will:

• Access engaging videos, reference materials, facilitated online discussion, and expert webinars focused on practitioner needs.
• Earn a Solar or Green Lending Professional Certificate issued through UNH and Inclusiv upon successful course completion.
• Continue with technical assistance after course completion in the form of in-depth alumni workshops, customized resources, and an online learning community.

Registration for instructor-led courses is $3,900 for the first participant, and $3,500 for the second participant from the same organization. Financial aid may be available.

We are also working with select Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awardees to design training programs for the community lenders that they select to receive financial and technical assistance.