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Move your energy project from stalled to installed.

Because we speak kW as well as £.


Many energy-saving projects make sense technically but never get approved internally. Locataire helps structure funding around the expected savings so viable projects have a better chance of moving forward.


Is This Right For You?How It Works

Why Energy Projects Stall


Many energy efficiency and retrofit projects are technically sound but struggle to secure internal approval or suitable finance structures. Traditional lending approaches often fail to account for operational savings, blended technologies, or the wider commercial impact of the project.

Capex committees say no to technically viable projects

Projects compete against other capital priorities. Even when an energy project delivers operational savings, internal approval may stall because it competes with other capital expenditure requests.

Finance brokers don't understand the project

Many finance providers do not understand energy projects. Traditional finance structures often focus only on the asset being funded rather than the operational savings and commercial outcomes of the wider project.

Multi-technology projects fall through the gaps

Multi-technology projects are difficult to structure. Projects combining technologies such as solar, LED upgrades and power factor correction may not fit standard lending categories.

Savings aren't part of the conversation

Operational savings are often ignored. Traditional lending discussions focus on repayment affordability rather than the projected operational savings generated by the upgrade itself.

The Project Approval Model ™

A different approach to energy project finance.


“The Project Approval Model™ is our way of helping businesses structure energy-saving projects so they are easier to approve internally. Instead of just financing a single asset, we look at how the wider project works commercially, including how different upgrades and savings profiles may work together over time.”

Project-first thinking

We understand how energy efficiency projects are specified, costed and commercially evaluated. Finance should support the project strategy,  not dictate it.

Savings-aligned structuring

Repayment structures are modelled against projected operational savings with the aim of supporting commercially sustainable project delivery.

Multi-technology in one facility

Solar, LED upgrades, power factor correction and voltage optimisation projects may be structured within a single facility rather than fragmented across separate finance products.

One approval. One repayment structure. One combined operational savings profile.


See How It Works

How combined projects behave commercially.


Different technologies generate operational savings at different stages. By structuring projects together, businesses may create a blended savings profile across the wider upgrade strategy - making the combined project commercially stronger than any single technology alone.

Commercial Return Across Multiple Energy Technologies

WHY LOCATAIRE?

Finance should support the project strategy,  not dictate it.


We support funding discussions for a range of commercial energy efficiency and transition projects including:

  • Commercial solar installations
  • LED lighting upgrades
  • Power factor correction
  • Voltage optimisation
  • HVAC upgrades
  • Heat pump projects
  • Commercial retrofit works
  • Building energy improvement programmes
  • Multi-technology energy upgrade projects

Not sure if we're the right fit?


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