Technical assistance
Technical assistance is our consulting service. We help universities, governments and other institutions design, launch and manage green revolving funds. We have helped dozens of institutions so far. Our latest is the City of Providence, Rhode Island, which has launched a multi-million-dollar revolving fund with our support.
How we can help
Fund design and launch
Work through capitalization, repayment, governance and the accounting questions that stall new funds.
Making the case
Presentations, strategy sessions with committees, and hands-on help with the proposals and documents decision-makers need.
Measuring results
Set up the tracking, measurement and verification that show what a program has actually saved.
Peer networks
Convene and facilitate working groups, roundtables and events for practitioners across institutions.
Research and guides
Surveys, implementation guides and case studies, written for the people who will use them.
Training
Webinars and sessions for staff, tailored to your sector and your stage.
Who we work with
Higher education
Governments
K-12 schools
Healthcare
Airports
Businesses
Now in development
We are lead authors of a revolving fund implementation guide written specifically for local and county governments, commissioned by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.
It builds on the comprehensive revolving fund guide for airports that we co-authored with Cadmus Group and RMI. Funded by the Federal Aviation Administration, it was published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2019.
Partnerships
Much of our best work has been done with others. The partners below span our two decades of work: some collaborations continue today, while others came together around a particular report, program or event. Together, they have put free tools in members' hands, produced new research and brought sectors together.
AASHE
Co-publisher of our implementation guide. AASHE members now receive free access to a basic version of GRITS.
APPA
Since 2015, APPA members have had free basic access to GRITS and a discount on the Unlimited version.
ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager users can get a free basic GRITS account and import their facilities.
Practice Greenhealth
The membership organization for sustainable health care. Since 2026, its member hospitals and healthcare institutions have had free basic access to GRITS, and we have taught its members how to set up green revolving funds.
RMI, Cadmus Group and Frasca & Associates
Co-authors of our federally funded guide to revolving funds at airports, published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Second Nature
Since 2018, signatories to Second Nature's Climate Leadership Commitments and members of the University Climate Change Coalition have had free access to GRITS. Second Nature also helped lead the Billion Dollar Green Challenge that year.
SIMAP
The University of New Hampshire's carbon and nitrogen accounting platform. Since 2021, SIMAP users can bring their carbon inventory and energy use into GRITS, where it becomes the starting point for planning in GRITS Goals.
UNCF Building Green Initiative
Partner on the Minority-Serving Institutions Green Report, covering more than 50 tribal colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and HBCUs.
USDN
The Urban Sustainability Directors Network. Since 2020, USDN members have had free basic access to GRITS. Together, we are also running a cohort for cities developing revolving funds and providing them with technical assistance, through a grant from the Sustainable Cities Fund.
USGBC Center for Green Schools
Host of a webinar on green revolving funds for K-12 schools, where we presented alongside school district and independent school leaders.