Green Capital Needs Assessments

Finally, a reliable way to underwrite Green Retrofits in the context of a financing.

In 2009, On-Site Insight collaborated with Enterprise Community Partners to develop a protocol for a Green Capital Needs Assessment (GCNA). The GCNA fuses a conventional 20-year Capital Needs Assessment with a comprehensive energy audit and detailed financial analysis of retrofit options.

Lenders use the GCNA because it provides them with a reliable way to underwrite the costs and benefits of Green retrofits. Owners use it because it enables them to improve energy and water efficiency while reducing operating costs. In addition, regulators and allocators use it because it gives them a tool to assess and fund Green measures in the context of overall asset health.

All of our associates are certified by the Building Performance Institute (BPI) as Building Analysts and Multifamily Analysts, and average ten years of multifamily capital planning experience.

The GCNA includes:

  • Standard CNA that exceeds ASTM 2018 standards, with 20-year capital needs projections and replacement reserve analyses
  • Energy analysis, including utility bill analysis, disaggregated end uses, and carbon footprint
  • TREAT energy modeling
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis for each retrofit
  • Clear retrofit recommendations with recognized financial metrics: net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), and savings to investment ratio (SIR)
  • Indoor air quality analysis with diagnostic testing results (optional)
  • Standard and infrared photos
  • Side-by-side comparisons of Conventional and Green capital needs
  • Separate reserve estimates for Green capital needs

Please click here to download an 8-page overview of the GCNA.

Please click here to download a Green Capital Needs Assessment brochure.