John Kinney, CleanFund
Podcast |
My Climate Journey
Publisher |
Jason Jacobs, Cody Simms, Yin Lu
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Climate Change, 
Interview, 
Science & Medicine
Categories Via RSS |
Business, 
Science, 
Technology
Publication Date |
Apr 03, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:42:03

Today's guest is John Kinney, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner at CleanFund. 

CleanFund specializes in PACE financing, an innovative way for property owners to finance public good improvements to their buildings, including clean energy, efficiency, and resiliency through their property taxes. CleanFund got its start in Berkeley, California in 2009 and initiated the first privately funded PACE transaction focused on solar power. Since then, PACE financing options have taken hold in dozens of states across the USA, and CleanFund serves as an enabling mechanism in all of them. CleanFund specifically focuses on C-PACE or Commercial PACE, which means that it's wholly focused on commercial buildings. C-PACE can be applied to new construction or building retrofit projects, and the types of projects that qualify for C-PACE vary by state or locality. 

It's going to take new ways of thinking about things for us to drive the decarbonization of our economy as fast as possible. With CleanFund, John is focusing on the huge emissions footprint of the built environment and is helping property managers and lenders unlock new tools to finance needed clean energy upgrades. 

In this episode, we cover: 

  • John's transition from fitness into climate
  • An overview of PACE or “Property Assessed Clean Energy”
  • Difference between residential and commercial PACE
  • Impacts of building regulations and penalties
  • New Hyatt construction example in Salt Lake City
  • An overview of CleanFund and its role in PACE
  • Who's on the capital side of PACE products
  • How CleanFund interacts with green banks at the state level
  • Forecasting the future of energy efficiency in the built environment
  • Innovative approaches to addressing emissions in the space
  • The challenges of working in commercial real estate
  • How to engage with CleanFund and learn more about PACE at CleanFun.com
  • CleanFund's plans for expanding

Get connected: Cody Simms Twitter / LinkedInCleanFundMCJ Podcast / Collective

*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.

Episode recorded on February 24, 2023. 

Get connected with MCJ: 

*If you liked this episode, please consider giving us a review! You can also reach us via email at info@mcj.vc, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.

Today's guest is John Kinney, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner at CleanFund. CleanFund specializes in PACE financing, an innovative way for property owners to finance public good improvements to their buildings, including clean energy, efficiency, and resiliency through their property taxes. CleanFund got its start in Berkeley, California in 2009 and initiated the first privately funded PACE transaction focused on solar power. Since then, PACE financing options have taken hold in dozens of states across the USA, and CleanFund serves as an enabling mechanism in all of them. CleanFund specifically focuses on C-PACE or Commercial PACE, which means that it's wholly focused on commercial buildings. C-PACE can be applied to new construction or building retrofit projects, and the types of projects that qualify for C-PACE vary by state or locality. It's going to take new ways of thinking about things for us to drive the decarbonization of our economy as fast as possible. With CleanFund, John is focusing on the huge emissions footprint of the built environment and is helping property managers and lenders unlock new tools to finance needed clean energy upgrades.

Today's guest is John Kinney, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner at CleanFund. 

CleanFund specializes in PACE financing, an innovative way for property owners to finance public good improvements to their buildings, including clean energy, efficiency, and resiliency through their property taxes. CleanFund got its start in Berkeley, California in 2009 and initiated the first privately funded PACE transaction focused on solar power. Since then, PACE financing options have taken hold in dozens of states across the USA, and CleanFund serves as an enabling mechanism in all of them. CleanFund specifically focuses on C-PACE or Commercial PACE, which means that it's wholly focused on commercial buildings. C-PACE can be applied to new construction or building retrofit projects, and the types of projects that qualify for C-PACE vary by state or locality. 

It's going to take new ways of thinking about things for us to drive the decarbonization of our economy as fast as possible. With CleanFund, John is focusing on the huge emissions footprint of the built environment and is helping property managers and lenders unlock new tools to finance needed clean energy upgrades. 

In this episode, we cover: 

  • John's transition from fitness into climate
  • An overview of PACE or “Property Assessed Clean Energy”
  • Difference between residential and commercial PACE
  • Impacts of building regulations and penalties
  • New Hyatt construction example in Salt Lake City
  • An overview of CleanFund and its role in PACE
  • Who's on the capital side of PACE products
  • How CleanFund interacts with green banks at the state level
  • Forecasting the future of energy efficiency in the built environment
  • Innovative approaches to addressing emissions in the space
  • The challenges of working in commercial real estate
  • How to engage with CleanFund and learn more about PACE at CleanFun.com
  • CleanFund's plans for expanding

Get connected: Cody Simms Twitter / LinkedInCleanFundMCJ Podcast / Collective

*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.

Episode recorded on February 24, 2023. 

Get connected with MCJ: 

*If you liked this episode, please consider giving us a review! You can also reach us via email at info@mcj.vc, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.

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