John Costlow, Director of Technical Services, Sustainable Energy Fund, announced Friday at the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Energy & Environment Conference, the introduction of SEF's new Sustainable Energy Finance Program.

The new Sustainable Energy Finance Program is available to not-for-profit and governmental entities to complete energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. These are projects that reduce energy consumption from non-sustainable resources or generate energy from sustainable resources.

Sustainable Energy Fund will issue a Request for Applications for the new program on October 15. Loans or leases will be made for projects between $5,000 and $90,000 on a first-come, first-serve basis until program funds are exhausted.

The deadline for Sustainable Energy Finance application submissions is 4:00 p.m. (EST) on January 15.

"Every dollar a not-for-profit spends on energy, is one less dollar they have to deliver on their mission," states Costlow. "The Sustainable Energy Finance program creates a low-cost opportunity for not-for-profits to reduce their energy consumption and return those dollars to their mission," he adds.

A sampling of project types that will be considered are: Solar Photovoltaic; Anaerobic Digesters; Wind; Micro-Hydro; and Energy modeling for new construction.

Call the Sustainable Energy Fund at 610-264-4440 for more information after October 15.

10/14/2013