Multi-family building owners and managers
Don’t know how to start reducing your emissions, or are you looking to learn more? There are resources available to help you along the way.
Multi-family buildings have unique characteristics to consider. These include:
- the needs of low-income tenants
- the potential for occupied retrofits, and
- restrictive financing cycles.
The materials below have been collected with large multi-family buildings in mind.
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Contact information
The Retrofit Resource Hub is managed by Boston's Environment Department.
Want to learn more about how to reduce buildings' greenhouse gas emissions, make them more resilient, and save money? Contact us:
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Are we missing something? Please email us any resources you'd like to share.
MA Gap Energy Grant
A $7.5 million grant program offering up to $200,000 for eligible nonprofits to implement energy-saving upgrades. Apply by July 29, 2022.
Affordable housing
Affordable housing
Green and Healthy Property Management Guide
LISC Boston’s guide helps affordable housing owners identify and implement measures to reduce energy, water, chemical usage, and waste.
Roadmap for LEAN Multifamily at Refinance
Read a step-by-step process to incorporate the LEAN program into the refinance process.
Multi-family retrofit toolkit
Learn about options for affordable multi-family housing for a single project or a portfolio. These are outlined by Enterprise Community Partners.
Key resources
Connect with energy efficiency services and technical support
A high-level overview of options to decarbonize buildings
Aligning larger energy efficiency projects with building life-cycle events
Case studies from the Building Electrification Institute
A Better City’s deep dive into electric heating technologies
Building Energy Exchange profiles technologies to upgrade building systems.
Funding for the creation and preservation of affordable housing
Resiliency resources
Learn about flood insurance and how to protect your building
Evaluate flood barriers for the protection of your building
Boston Planning & Development Agency best practices and requirements
Financial resources
Financial resourcesA collection of resources from the U.S. Department of Energy. This includes:
- sector energy financing primers
- financing option fact sheets
- high-level market overviews and guides, and
- information on financing policies and programs.
Get rebates, custom incentives, and loans for a variety of energy efficiency measures. For a dedicated Eversource Energy Efficiency consultant team for large buildings, contact:
Fannie MaeGet reduced interest rate loans and discounted audits for multi-family housing retrofits that reduce energy use.
Freddie MacGet reduced interest rate loans and discounted audits for multi-family housing retrofits that reduce energy use.
LISCGet reduced interest rate loans and discounted audits for multi-family housing retrofits that reduce energy use.
Mass Housing PartnershipGet reduced interest rate loans and discounted audits for multi-family housing retrofits that reduce energy use.
DHCDOffers low- or no-interest loans for affordable multi-family buildings.
BIDFA Tax-Exempt LeaseOffers low-interest financing for nonprofits using performance contracts to reduce their energy use.
Commercial PACEGet financing for energy improvements for:
- commercial
- industrial, and
- large multi-family properties
City of Boston income-eligible loans and grants for home repair and heating system replacement.
Get incentives for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, with adders for:
- energy storage
- community solar, and
- projects that benefit low-income households.
This federal tax credit is for renewable projects, including solar and geothermal.
Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery SystemThis federal depreciation deduction for businesses recovers investments in solar PV, solar thermal, and geothermal.
Solar and Wind Power DeductionLearn about the Massachusetts excise tax deduction for solar and wind systems.
Renewable Energy Property Tax ExemptionLearn about the Massachusetts property tax exemption for solar and wind systems.
Community Choice ElectricityThe City of Boston program buys affordable and renewable electricity on behalf of its residents and businesses.
Get incentives for switching from oil, propane, or electric resistance heating and hot water systems to heat pumps. For a dedicated Eversource Energy Efficiency consultant team for large buildings, contact:
Department of Energy ResourcesGet Alternative Energy Credits for:
- solar hot water
- air-source heat pumps, and
- ground source heat pumps.
You can receive incentives for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations.
Massachusetts Electric Vehicle Incentive ProgramThe program offers rebates for the hardware and installation costs of electric vehicle charging stations.
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Contact information
The Retrofit Resource Hub is managed by Boston's Environment Department.
Want to learn more about how to reduce buildings' greenhouse gas emissions, make them more resilient, and save money? Contact us:
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Are we missing something? Please email us any resources you'd like to share.
