Charlie Lord is a Principal of Renew Energy Partners, LLC (“RENEW”), an energy efficiency/clean on-site energy generation finance and development firm serving the retrofit market for commercial and industrial (“C&I”) buildings. RENEW finances and develops the renovation of existing C&I buildings to improve their energy performance, provide a market-rate return to investors, reduce climate emissions from the building sector and create jobs in cities. Prior to RENEW, Charlie was at C-Quest Capital, LLC (CQC) and at SCRC, an investment manager focusing on sustainable infrastructure (energy, waste and water), with an emphasis on emerging markets. Charlie also founded and scaled two social ventures, including Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE), the largest environmental justice center in the Northeast, based in Roxbury, MA where he served as Co-Director until 1998 and on the Board until 2004. In 1998, Charlie founded the Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College, and he served as UEI’s Executive Director until 2008.
Charlie taught in the Environmental Studies Program at Boston College until 2010. He has published numerous articles on environmental law, environmental justice and environmental policy. Charlie has a BA from Yale University and a JD from the University of Virginia. After law school Charlie clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Charlie is a recipient of the Echoing Green Fellowship and of the Barr Foundation Fellowship and was Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review.
Charlie taught in the Environmental Studies Program at Boston College until 2010. He has published numerous articles on environmental law, environmental justice and environmental policy. Charlie has a BA from Yale University and a JD from the University of Virginia. After law school Charlie clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Charlie is a recipient of the Echoing Green Fellowship and of the Barr Foundation Fellowship and was Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Law Review.