EFC Network

Environmental Finance: Environmental goals can not be met without financing. Having the the right tools, access and knowledge, about how to fund programs to meet these goals are often limited, especially at the local level. We work to provide these tools to local officials and other community members on projects and programs geared toward sustaining local communities.

Environmental Finance Center:

Founded in 1992, the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) is a university-based organization dedicated to creating innovative solutions to manage the cost of environmental protection. The Network is comprised of nine Environmental Finance Centers (EFC), each affiliated with an EPA region. The EFCs have developed individual expertise in a number of areas, but they share many characteristics, including:

Neutrality: The Centers are not aligned with or governed by any public or private agency and adopt a neutral position in their work.

Multi-Disciplinary Approach: Centers employ full and part time staff with experience in many disciplines. They are also able to draw on the expertise within their university community.

Financial Expertise: The EFCs have developed and use several financial tools, including an environmental finance curriculum, grant and loan databases, and water system rate analysis.

The EFCN has worked on a number of projects across the country since 1992, including:

Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment
Unified Source Water Protection
Green Business Program Facilitation
Green Building
Public Management and Finance Program

For more information on the Environmental Finance Center Network, follow these links to the other 8 EFCenters:

Region 1
http://efc.muskie.usm.maine.edu/

Region 2 - Syracuse University

Region 3 - University of Maryland
http://www.efc.umd.edu/

Region 4 - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.efc.unc.edu/index.html

Region 4 - University of Louisville
http://cepm.louisville.edu/org/SEEFC/seefc.htm

Region 5 - Cleveland State University
http://cepm.louisville.edu/org/SEEFC/seefc.htm

Region 6 - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
http://nmefc.nmt.edu/home.php

Region 7 Satellite Environmental Finance Center managed by Region 10
http://efc.boisestate.edu/efc/

Region 9 - Dominican University of California
http://www.efc9.org/

Region 10 - Boise State University
http://efc.boisestate.edu/efc/

EPA HQ Lead:
Vera Hannigan (hannigan.vera@epa.gov)
tel: (202) 564-5001

*To receive a copy of an EFC Network Annual Report prior to 2000, please contact the EFIN Internet Librarian at efin@epa.gov or call (202) 564-4994.