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Links Energy Efficiency | Lighting Technology | Market Transformation | Financing | Calculators | IFC / GEF
A coalition of prominent business, government, environmental and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and national security. Their site includes summaries of Alliance programs, links to Alliance Associates, press releases, and a publications list. American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and environmental protection. DOE's Building Energy Codes Program is developing compliance tools and training materials, providing information, and offering technical assistance on building energy codes. Their site contains model energy codes, code compliance materials, training information, news and contacts. Business for Social Responsibility The BSR is a comprehensive worldwide information resource on corporate social resonsibility. Consortium for Energy Efficiency Founded in 1991, The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) is a non-profit, public benefit corporation that uses the power of mass markets to advance super energy-efficient technologies that benefit consumers and the environment. They do this by encouraging utilities and other partners across the country to pool their market influence by voluntarily adopting common programs and efficiency specifications. Energy-Efficient Procurement Collaborative, Inc. Member based organization of state and local purchasing officials whose mission is to provide information about energy-efficient and environmentally preferred equipment and products. Energy Information Administration The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is an independent statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. The EIA site includes downloadable reports on energy consumption in households, commercial buildings, and manufacturing facilities. Green Lights Program of the US EPA The U.S. EPA Green Lights Program encourages the widespread use of energy-efficient lighting. Their site includes a list of Green Lights participants, support services, and on-line manuals and publications. This site is based on the book The Heat Is On, by Ross Gelbspan. The main feature of the site is a 6,000 word text overview on the ability of the planet to sustain civilization vs. the survival of the fossil fuel industry. This site also features a 10-minute multi-media presentation on climate change, a chronicle of the last four years of the increasingly frequent and severe weather events all over the world and a digest of the major scientific findings on global warming. International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives ICLEI is building and supporting a worldwide movement of local governments to improve global environmental conditions through local actions. More than 240 cities, towns, and counties as members. Their site includes project descriptions, newsletters, and a "tools guide" for local governments. International Energy Agency Demand-Side Management Programme IEA's focus is on a compilation and analysis of the impacts of energy-efficiency programs, based on measured data (rather than estimated savings, costs, etc.). International Network for Sustainable Energy With a network of 170 organizations in more than 60 countries, INFORSE fosters information exchange and coordinated campaigns. Their site includes newsletters, project summaries, and a list of members. Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the world's natural resources and ensuring a safe and healthy environment for all. Their site includes many documents on energy efficiency under the air/energy program. UCS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing responsible public policies in areas where science and technology play a critical role. The UCS web site includes an in-depth examination of global warming as well as energy efficiency, renewable energy, and transportation issues. (Germany) Nordlicht (northern lights) is a public campaign for climate protection through energy saving and traffic reduction. With a strategy of Participative Social Marketing the Program seeks to stimulate citizen activity concerning global warming. (Netherlands) Novem, the Netherlands Agency for Energy and the Environment, manages a large number of national and international programmes financed by the Dutch government and the European Union. The main objective of these programmes is to save energy and improve the environment. Novem operates essentially as an intermediary between the Dutch and European activities and the Dutch business community. (Sweden) Since 1990, the Department of Energy Efficiency at the Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK) has been operating an innovative technology procurement program in accordance with Swedish Government policy on the restructuring of Sweden's energy system. The program is focused on innovative technology procurement, demonstration activities, and market introduction strategies to increase the market shares of new, improved energy-efficient technologies. In the area of lighting, these include lighting technologies and applications for homes, offices, schools, industry, hospitals and outdoor installations. By encouraging the widespread use of energy-efficient lighting, Green Lights is proving that profitability and environmental protection can go hand in hand. (Europe) The prime objective of the European Commission's JOULE-THERMIE Programme is to improve energy security in the broadest sense - i.e. ensuring durable and reliable energy services at affordable costs and conditions - and, recognising that a major concern today is the protection of the environment, to reduce the impact of the production and use of energy, in particular CO2 emissions. JOULE-THERMIE merges both R&D and Demonstration actions within one programme - which had previously been carried out separately within the JOULE and THERMIE Programmes - and introduces a new activity in support of an overall energy strategy in the inter-disciplinary area of energy-environment-economy.
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