smart-e loans

help your customers do more & save more

A Smart-E Loan makes it easy for your customers to achieve a healthy, comfortable, energy efficient, resilient home.


Offer financing with no money down	Design projects that help homeowners improve their homes	Gain access to more potential customers

smart-e loans

help your customers do more & save more

A Smart-E Loan makes for your customers to achieve a healthy, comfortable, energy efficient, and resilient home. They’ll realize even more savings when bundling multiple home energy improvements—the more they do, the more they save!


Offer financing with no money down	Design projects that help homeowners improve their homes	Gain access to more potential customers

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Upgrades eligible for a Smart-E Loan

A Smart-E Loan can be used for over 90 home energy improvements, including insulation, windows, heat pumps and HVAC, solar and energy storage, floodproofing, and plumbing. Homeowners can also use up to 25% of the loan for non-energy related measures and healthy home improvements, such as new ENERGY STAR® appliances, lead removal, or roof repairs in advance of going solar. Upgrades include:

Heat pumps
High-efficiency heating and cooling
Solar
Battery storage
Insulation
Windows
EV charging stations
Floodproofing
Removal of dead trees (and planting new ones)
And more!

How to get started

Step One: Fill out the contractor application in the NGEN Smart-E portal.
Step Two: Check our events calendar for a Smart-E Loan info session hosted by the Green Bank.
Step Three: Take a look at our resources for contractors, such as instruction guides, product guides, and marketing materials for your customers.
Step Four: Start selling more green energy jobs!
Step Five: Continue to use the NGEN portal to manage your Smart-E jobs.