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Coil Steel Processing – Toledo, Ohio

Dividend provided (Property Assessed Clean Energy) financing to Coil Steel Processing as part of a major building overhaul prior to Coil installing a new processing line. The project was initially a plant lighting retrofit, but the scope was expanded when the general contractor identified HVAC, roofing, and insulation measures that would upgrade the building’s resistance to temperature and moisture and that would improve the comfort of occupants

. Dividend’s financing closed during the initial COVID-related economic downturn.

Company: Coil Steel Processing

Deep Retrofit

Financing Closed: June 29, 2020

Project Overview

Project Scope:

  • Interior & Exterior LED Lighting
  • Roof Replacement & Insulation
  • Mechanical Air Rotation Unit
  • Door Heaters
  • Wall & Foundation Insulation

Financing: $1,092,147 (25 years, 5.75%)

Project Completion: December 2020

Further investment unlocked with : did not impact the debt load on Coil Steel, enabling it to leverage $5,500,000 in SBA financing for its new processing line

$8,100,000 in total new Coil Steel

Project Impact

Combined C02 Saved Per Year:

  • 172 Metric Tons of CO2 annually is equal to:
    – 37 cars per year off the road
    – 99 tons of coal not burned
    – 20 homes’ energy use
    – 224 acres of forest capturing CO2

Jobs Created by : 16

-eligible improvements include: (1) roof replacement; (2) the addition of R13 insulation to the roof, walls, and foundation of the building; (3) upgrading interior and exterior lighting fixtures to LED fixtures; and (4) a new mechanical air rotation unit.

Because is non-recourse to the property owner or its tenants, it did not impede Coil Steel’s ability to secure additional financing. As a result, Coil Steel was able to leverage $5,500,000 in SBA financing to install a stretcher-leveler line. This line will increase Coil’s processing capacity by an estimated 73,000 tons per year and further cement its place in the Midwest steel market.

Coil Steel is a local family-owned and operated steel toll processor. Annually, it processes about 60,000 tons of raw steel coil and further processes each coil into uniform sheets and coils on its two existing lines. End market applications for its products include shipping containers, liquid & gas storage tanks, laser tables, and truck/trailer beds.

Dividend offers residential clean energy financing and commercial , which is a public-private financing mechanism for energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, and resiliency upgrades on privately-owned property. The company has financed over $1.2 billion in clean energy and energy efficiency projects. Dividend’s commercial program launched in 2010 as one of the first programs in the country. It is a Program Administrator in California and a Qualified Capital Provider in 24 states.