Bio
Mass Energy
The State of Michigan BioMass Energy
http://www.michiganbioenergy.org/
American Bioenergy
Association
http://www.biomass.org/
Building
Science
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technology
Division: excellent section on the science of building and improving
our structures.
http://eetd.lbl.gov/
Affordable Comfort
is a non-profit dedicated to improving the durability, air quality, and
energy performance of new and existing homes.
http://www.affordablecomfort.org/home1.html
Home Energy Magazine
is a publication on improving the energy and durability of homes. A great
searchable database of back issue articles. An excellent resource.
http://homeenergy.org/hewebsite/
Building Science:
one of the leaders in the science of home performance. Some excellent
articles included on this site.
http://www.buildingscience.com/
Energy,
General
Energy Information Administration: this is THE place to start for
statistics on energy usage in the U.S.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
The Michigan Energy
Office
http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10573_17393---,00.html
The Department
of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www.eren.doe.gov/
The U.S. Department
of Energy
http://www.energy.gov/
Rocky Mountain
Institute Energy Initiatives: The RMI researches and publishes reports
on energy policy and technologies, consults for companies, utilities,
and government agencies, and provides information to the public and professionals.
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid17.php
Energy Federation
Incorporated: good information on saving energy, water, etc.
http://www.efi.org/
The Energy Star
program: contains products available with Energy Star designations,
kids educational programs, and home and building tools to manage energy
usage.
http://www.energystar.gov
The Energy Star
Homes program http://yosemite1.epa.gov/estar/homebuye
rs.nsf/HomePage?OpenForm
The Residential
Energy Services Network
http://www.natresnet.org/
The Alliance to
Save Energy
http://www.ase.org/
Energy Hawk:
a good site for tips on saving energy in homes or businesses.
http://www.energyhawk.com/
Energy
Centers
Urban Options is an energy center in Lansing, MI.
http://www.urbanoptions.org
The Upland Hills
Ecological Center is a Demonstration Center in Oxford MI
http://www.uheac.org/contact.html#map
The Southface
Institute is a large energy resource center in Atlanta.
http://www.southface.org/
Climate Solutions
is a non-profit in Olympia, WA, with an energy resource center. Energy
Education.
http://www.climatesolutions.org/
Tennessee Energy
Education Network: a Tennessee website with energy education suggestions,
facts and materials.
http://www.tnenergy.com/
Energy,
Home Energy Calculators
The ENERGY STAR Home Improvement Toolbox contains a suite of assessment
tools including the Home Benchmark that allows homeowners to compare their
homes' energy performances to other homes across the country, as well
as a tool that can identify the top five cost-effective improvements that
can be made to the home. The Toolbox also contains information from ENERGY
STAR on heating and cooling systems as well as air-sealed and insulated
home envelopes to help simplify the home improvement process. http://www.energystar.gov/homebenchmark/
Environmental
Advocacy
The Ecology Center is a Michigan environmental advocacy group based
in Ann Arbor, MI, and is the parent organization of Recycle Ann Arbor.
http://www.ecocenter.org/
The Sierra Club,
Huron Valley Chapter
http://www.mirror.org/groups/mi-enviro/
The Mackinac Chapter
of the Sierra Club
http://michigan.sierraclub.org/
Green
Building, General
US Green Building Council: the USGBC manages several chapters nationwide
and developed the LEED rating system for commercial and multifamily residential
buildings. It also produces the Green Spec Directory product guide and
Green Building Advisor design software.
http://www.usgbc.org
Environmental
Building News: one of the premier green building publications in the
nation.
http://www.buildinggreen.com
Environmental
Design & Construction: this free publication has a searchable databases
for green building products and back issue articles.
http://www.edcmag.com
The Energy and
Environmental Building Association
http://www.eeba.org/
Oikos: offers
a searchable product database and provides a free email newsletter.
http://www.oikos.com/
Heating/Cooling
The Energy Star page for efficient heating and cooling equipment
with links to manufacturers of Energy Star equipment and sizing information.
http://yosemite1.epa.gov/estar/consumers.nsf
/content/hvac.htm
The American Society
of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
http://www.ashrae.org
Indoor
Air Quality
Healthy House Institute
http://www.hhinst.com/
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency for IAQ: provides a good overview of the major indoor
pollutants.
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
The American Lung
Association: oodles of good information on AQ.
http://www.lungusa.org/
Lighting
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: lighting research.
http://eetd.lbl.gov/btp/lsr/
Energy Star Lighting
Program: an overview of efficient lighting technology and manufacturers
that make energy efficient lighting.
http://yosemite1.epa.gov/estar/consumers.nsf/lighting.htm
The Energy Efficient
Lighting Association
http://www.eela.com
Recycling
City of Ann Arbor Dept. of Solid Waste: providing information on
recycling in Ann Arbor.
http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/framed/solwste/index.html
Michigan Recycling
Coalition with lots of information on recycling statistics in the
State of Michigan.
http://www.michiganrecycles.org
National Recycling
Coalition
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/
An EPA PDF file
on the energy savings (and pollution reduction) associated with recycling.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/mswfacts.pdf
An EPA PDF file
on the greenhouse gas emission reductions from recycling.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/reuse/rnwint02.pdf
The National Waste
Prevention Coalition
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/swd/nwpc/
Renewable
Energy
(See also Solar Energy, Wind Energy, BioMass Energy, and Geothermal)
The Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
http://www.glrea.org/
The State of Michigan
Renewable Energy Page
http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10573_17393_17475---,00.html
The Renewable
Resource Data Center
http://rredc.nrel.gov/
The Department
of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www.eren.doe.gov/
The Crest Renewable
Energy Policy Project
http://www.crest.org/
Reuse
Project Redo is a national organization promoting the effective
reuse of materials.
http://www.redo.org
Solar
Energy
The American Solar Energy Society: the leading advocacy group for
solar energy that publishes the magazine, Solar Today.
http://www.ases.org/
The U.S. Department
of Energy Office of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency page for
solar energy
http://www.eren.doe.gov/RE/solar.html
National Center
for Photovoltaics
http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv/
Solar/Passive
North Carolina Passive Solar fact sheets
http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/fact/22body.htm
California Energy
Commission: Passive Solar Design information
http://www.consumerenergycenter.com/homeandwork/
homes/construction/solardesign.html
Washington State
University: Passive Solar Design
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/
eb1859e/eb1859e.html
US Department of
Energy: Case studies
http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/case_study
/casestudy.html
Sustainability
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is a non-profit with an abundance
of programs and initiatives that promote sustainable communities.
http://www.ilsr.org/
The Sustainability
Handbook is available at the Urban Options website for lesson plans
and activities for sustainability education. A great resource for teachers.
http://www.UrbanOptions.org
Water
Conservation
Huron Valley Watershed Council: the local organization for water
conservation/management.
http://comnet.org/hrwc/
A great document
from Texas in PDF format on rain harvesting.
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/
reports/rainharv.pdf
3P Technik Filtersysteme
GmbH: a pretty cool site on some rain harvesting products and systems
available in the UK.
http://www.3ptechnik.de/english/default.html
Weatherization
Weatherization programs in Michigan
http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/weatherization
_assistance/pdfs/states/30661.pdf
U.S. Department
of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program
http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/weatherization
_assistance/
Urban Options
of Lansing Michigan's weatherization guide
http://www.urbanoptions.org/pages/weatgrph.htm
Weatherization:
a great site on weatherization tips. Helps to locate problem areas and
how to make the improvements.
http://www.weatherization.com/
Pacific Gas and
Electric Company: weatherization tips
http://www.pge.com/003_save_energy/003a_res
/weatherization/
Wind
Energy
The American Wind Energy Association is the national organization
for furthering the use of wind energy.
http://www.awea.org/
Windows
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: information on windows and
performance.
http://windows.lbl.gov/
Energy Star: Information
on energy efficient windows, the Energy Star windows program, and manufacturers
and locations that make/deal Energy Star windows.
http://www.energystar.gov/products/windows/
The National Fenestration
Rating Council is the third party certification organization that
tests windows for energy, durability performance.
http://www.nfrc.org
Dr. Pane:
A fun site on energy efficient windows and what to look for when purchasing
windows.
http://www.drpane.com/
