POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5 AND 144
                          IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES OF
           HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven Chuslo, Katherine
Dent, Jay Bernstein, Andrew Epstein, Michael Kessler, Matthew Worden and Amy
Chen or any one of them acting alone, as her true and lawful attorney- in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for her in her
name and stead in any and all capacities, to sign and file for and on her
behalf, in respect of any acquisition, disposition or other change in beneficial
ownership of any shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Hannon
Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (the "Company"), the
following:

    (i)   any Form ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC");

    (ii)  any Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3
to be filed with the SEC;

    (iii) any Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form
4 to be filed with the SEC;

    (iv)  any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 5
to be filed with the SEC;

    (v)   any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed with
the SEC; and

    (vi)  any and all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other documents in
connection therewith.

The undersigned hereby gives full power and authority to the attorney-in-fact to
seek and obtain as the undersigned's representative and on the  undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release such information to
the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information.

The undersigned hereby grants unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifies and confirms all
that any such attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(i) neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements or
(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(i) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney.


Date: April 8, 2016
                                /s/ Teresa Brenner
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                                     Teresa Brenner