Energy: Working Towards a Sustainable Future
Websites- 1/23/03
This is the web site of the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EREN).
This site gives information about EREN and its programs and technologies plus a
portal to information about renewable energy (bioenergy, geothermal, hydrogen,
hydropower, ocean, solar, and wind) and energy efficiency (transportation,
buildings, industry, and power). The
portal can access you to over 600 energy related web sites. The site has recent news articles on
renewable energy posted. The EREN’s
website is comprehensive and easy to maneuver through. It was last updated 10/25/2002.
2. www.ewea.org
This is the
website of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). EWEA is a non-governmental, non-profit
association. The EWEA website has up to date information on wind energy. It provides access to publications, press
releases, links and information on wind energy in Europe. A list of upcoming conferences is
included. Contact information is given.
I highly
recommend this site, which is easy to navigate through and has up-to-date
information on wind energy in Europe and around the world.
3. http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/units/solarch/sustaininfo.htm
The National
Solar Architecture Research Unit of The University of New South Wales in
Sydney, Australia created this site.
The links and references have been collected as a resource for people
looking for information on sustainability, architecture, and environmental
design. This website’s downfall is its
relatively small size. It provides no
documents, only links to recommended websites.
The website was created by the Media and Marketing staff of UNSW. There is contact information available. The site was last updated January 19,
2001.
4. http://eco-web.com/index.html
This is the
website of the Global Directory for Environmental Technology. Categories covered by this website include
power generation, energy efficiency, new and renewable energy, waste water
treatment, wasted management and recycling, cleanup and soil rehabilitation,
and air and noise pollution control. It
serves as a guide to environmental products and services, from suppliers in 139
countries. There is information about organizations, conferences and
publications related to environmental activities. This visually appealing site is recommended for persons building
a new home. Students interested in what
is available on the market will find this site useful.
5. http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/index_en.html
This is the
European Commission’s “Energy” website.
The site is part of a portal created by the European Union (Europa). The
website has information on both conventional energy sources and new and
renewable energy sources. Europa gives
good descriptions and visuals on various types of equipment. There are links to other energy-related
websites as well. This website is
linked to the “Managenergy” website (http://www.managenergy.net/), also created
by Europa. This very nice site educates
its visitors about energy consumption and promotes ‘good practice’ by giving
ways for consumers to cut back their energy consumption. Contact information is available for both
sites. Europa’s energy website was last
updated December 16, 2002.
www.nrel.gov This website by the US Department of Energy’s Premier Laboratory for Renewable Energy Research and Development and Lead Lab for Energy Efficiency is to educate others about the various options available on alternative energy. This site explains the development and continued research of many types of renewable energy including: bio-energy, solar & geothermal, hydrogen fuel cell, hydropower, photovoltaic, wind, alternative fuels and many other topics. The US Department of Energy promotes the use of these new energy technologies for the betterment of the environment and the economy by educating others about how renewable energies work and the positive and negative impacts of their uses. It also covers current news and events pertaining to energy. Overall this website is very beneficial. It is comprehensive, factual and easy to understand. Have fun exploring the portal of renewable energy!
www.eren.doe.gov This website by the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency (EERE) and Renewable Energy educates an audience of all ages about the thirteen alternative energy programs that have been developed, as well as many other topics supporting environmental health and longevity through the use of renewable energy. This site also connects to a collection of links and informs the reader of recent news and advances pertaining to renewable energy. EERE information is continually updated therefore providing current research and development of renewable technologies. Overall this website is very informative and comprehendible. Michelle Tasker
www.dsireusa.org This site is the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) It educates others about the many options available for state and federal incentives. These financial incentives include loans, tax-deductions, grants and rebates. DSIRE is promoting the use of renewable energy by making this information so easily accessible. This site links to government agencies, non-profit organizations, schools and other organizations that also supply sustainable energy information. The data this web site is comprehensive and very enlightening Michelle Tasker
www.eia.doe.gov The Energy Information Administration developed this website to provide a vast amount of information pertaining to the different fuels being used, which includes: oil, natural gas, electric, coal, nuclear, renewable energy and alternative fuels. One can learn of the current production, consumption and price of these fuels by state, region or country. This site also educates about the negative impacts to the environment caused by the extraction, manufacturing, transportation and use of these fuels. Overall this website if very informative, factual and current. One can even contact experts on this website to answer further questions. Michelle Tasker
www.cleanerandgreener.org/GEP The Leonardo Academy’s Cleaner and Greener “Green Energy Program” educates others how to decrease pollution and increase energy efficiency through the use of renewable energies. In their 95-page report available on the web, they inform the positive and negative impacts to the environment and human health created by the various energies. These energies include: coal, oil, gasification combined cycle, natural gas combined cycle, a fuel cell, wind, biomass and solar. They also discuss the consumption amounts of energy throughout the world, the costs of various green energies and how to reduce emissions through simple use of green energies. In general this report is very detailed, well research and highly educational. Michelle Tasker
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) Established in 1995, Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a project that was started by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Power Technologies and managed by the North Carolina Solar Center. Their website is a comprehensive source of information links on a state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy. Each state map lists financial incentives, outreach and voluntary programs, and rules, regulations, and policy links for the desired geographic area. Their site also provides information of state homeowner incentives for renewable energies. This website provides current and documented information. Stacey Godin www.dsireusa.org
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
This website is an attempt from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide current and accurate information on renewable energies. Their website provides information on current NREL research and applications and data and document links which includes links for the alternative fuels data center, a photo library, database of all NREL-produced publications, a database which contains information on renewable energy generation capacity connected to the utility grid, and a data center on solar, wind, and biomass resources in the United States. From their site you can also obtain weekly news releases, weekly NREL updates and conference information. They also have a page dedicated to the basic understanding of renewable energy, why it is important, and how to move towards using renewable energy sources. NREL is involved in many programs to accelerate renewable energies, which they also list on their site. Stacey Godin
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Energy Fact Sheets
This website provides 30 factual web pages on past, present, and future use of all energy sources. Major topic heading covered include Fuels of Today and Yesterday, Nuclear Energy, Energy Use/Waste of Society, Consequences, Alternative Fuels, and Renewable Energy Sources. The website articles are factual information pages and serve as an aid to understanding energy and renewables. Provides a solid introductory learning in the above-mentioned topics. Stacey Godin
www.iclei.org/efacts/content.htm
Easy Energy From the Sea This website presents possibilities, problems, achievements, geographic prospects, and answers frequently asked questions on using ocean waves as a renewable energy resource. This website also contains a links page with a full color map of the world showing ocean energy power potential for each geographic region. Stacey Godin http://easy-energy.iatp.org.ua/
Joseph Quinn
http://fuelcellpartnership.org/This
site demonstrates a unique partnership between auto manufacturers, energy
companies, fuel cell technology companies and government agencies. There
are links to up-to-date technological advances in fuel cells and a
demonstration on how the fuel cell works. Also an on-line fuel cell
dictionary.
www.georgetown.edu/facilities/fuelcellbusa
well organised site that offers an inside look into Georgetown University's
Advanced Vehicle Program. They are working to commercialise fuel cell
technology to help satisfy the nation's need for environmentaly sound transit
buses.
http://www.ballard.comBallard Power Systems
is working on all aspects of fuel cell technology and is a world leader in
manufacturing zero-emmision proton exchange membrane fuel cells. This
site is a great way to be informed about new fuel cell advances, products and
prototypes.
http://www.crest.orgAn easy to navigate site
on renewable energy and renewable energy technology. A vast resource of
over 70 other on-line organizations where you can find data, documents and
contacts on renewable energy.
http://www.altenergy.orgAn informative
site aimed at educating the public on non-renewables and their damaging
effects. While focusing on solutions through traditional renewables and new
energy technology. AEI is an institute actively working to solve the
imminent energy situation through a community network of information.
Susan M. Forsythe
http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
The Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment, located at the Universite’ Libre de Bruxelles, maintains this virtual library web site on sustainable development( http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html). Their list of hundreds of web sites includes: other virtual library, web sites, data bases, electronic journals, documents, references, news, organizations, events and other information. Many of these web sites are valuable to my research and have current information. Unfortunately, I am unable to connect to some of these web sites, I believe this is because it has been almost a year since this web site has been updated (March 24, 2002).
http://www.sustainable-cities.org.uk/home.html
The purpose of The Sustainable Cities Research Institute
at Northumbria Universities home page (http://www.sustainable-cities.org.uk/home.html)
is to promote and develop sustainable
urban living. I did not see a date when
this web site was last updated, however the calendar of events and conferences
was up to date. This web site list the
director and managers of this organization, as well as current and past projects, news and links to other
sites and organizations.
The International Centre for Sustainable Cities (ICSC) is
an organization based out of Vancouver, Canada
it is made up of over 30 cities around the world who share
information and resources to improve
their cities. Its web site (http://www.icsc.ca/) gives many examples of
sustainable city projects around the
world-many in developing nations, a current news letter and other information.
http://www.teriin.org/index.htm
The Tata Energy Research Institutes (TERI) web site
(http://www.teriin.org/index.htm) promotes the institutes’ work towards
developing sustainable and efficient use of the world’s natural resources. The TERI web site contains current news, research done by the TERI
School of Advanced Studies, information resources, publications and projects. TERI is based in India and much of this
information applies to developing
nations.
http://www.iscvt.org/ischome3.html
The Institute for Sustainable Communities home page (http://www.iscvt.org/ischome3.html)
was last up dated on January 21, 2003. I think
the most interesting part of this web site was this organizations
projects with sustainable business development
in developing countries and environmental education projects. The Institute for Sustainable
Communities also names whom they
receive their funding from.
Murphy
http://www.ucsusa.org/index.cfmThe
Union of Concerned Scientists
An alliance established in 1969 of 50,000 concerned citizens
and scientists across the country seeking to ensure that all people have access
to air, energy and transportation that’s clean and that they all have access to
food that is produced in a safe and sustainable manner. This web site features
a wide range of topics from Antibiotics to Nuclear warheads with faqs, analysis
and fact-sheets keeping the users informed. Many pages often feature possible
solutions to some of our biggest issues with articles like “7 Ways to Switch
America to Renewable Energy” and “Coal vs. Wind Power: You be the Judge”. On
top of all this, they even had the courtesy of providing me with links to web
sites based on articles that I looked up. If you get bored don’t forget to play
“The Great Green Web Game”, a trivia
game that punishes ignorance with more knowledge.
http://www.sustainableenergy.org/Default.htm
Sustainable Energy Coalition
A coalition of more than 30 national businesses,
environmental, consumer, and energy policy organizations with updated links to
news articles related to energy and sustainability. One of the best features is
the “Find An Expert” which allows the user to gain contact information on
various people with expertise in specific fields, such as wind power or
biomass.
Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated
Energy Technologies (CADDET)
Based in the Netherlands, this organization covers a wide
range of topics related to energy. In fact, its two other sister sites
www.caddet.re.org and www.greentie.org also cover similar topics as well
(oftentimes it’s all the same). There is also an area where members post
statistical and analytical information regarding certain topics (like Slashdot
for renewable energy).
http://www.energy.gov/U.S.
Department of Energy Web site
You can’t get any more official than this: The U.S.
Department of Energy’s official web site, with a resource index that can pretty
much direct you to many legitimate sites related to energy. This site is probably a good way to get a
start on things.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/Energy
Information Administration
This is the site with official energy statistics from the
U.S. Government. This just happens to be a well of information for anybody
looking to back up their ideas with official data. The “Energy A-Z” link will
give you access to all the topics you can think of with a well of data to pool
from. The “Publications” l ink will take you to the current EIA publications
regarding various sources of energy like coal, nuclear energy, and even
multifuels.
Appropriate Technology for Latin and South America
1. www.itdg.org
Intermediate Technology Development Group
This website contains a plethora
of information on bringing energy saving technology to developing countries.
ITDG’s mission statement is centered around poverty reduction, environmental
conservation and technology choice. Information is provided on food production,
energy, transport, small-scale development, and disaster mitigation, among
other topics. They have specific information on Latin America and have included
their report on projects (including financing) for their work in Latin
America. The founder of ITDG was EF
Schumacher, a quoted character from The Prize: “There is no substitute for
energy. The whole edifice of modern
life is built upon it. Although energy
can be bought or sold like any other commodity, it is not ‘just another
commodity,’ but the precondition of all other commodities, a basic factor
equally with air, water, and earth.”
ITDG is a registered charity in the United Kingdom. ITDG has no
volunteer program because they work to employ the people from the countries in
which they work, although they provide extensive information on where to
volunteer or become educated to help with poverty reduction around the world.
The
Southwest Technology Development Institute is affiliated with the New Mexico
State University. For twenty-five
years, it has conducted research on appropriate technology for Latin America. The Institute is located on the NMSU campus
and was originally funded with a grant from the Department of Energy to
research residential photovoltaic systems.
They are also sponsored by the US government through the Sandia National
Laboratories (who are in turn sponsored by Lockheed-Martin!) which is not
surprising due to the fact Sandia is a huge resource for funding, etc in New
Mexico. SWTDI offers training programs
and workshops for people of all educational levels, from basic instruction and
installation procedures, to engineering level courses. The website provides information of present
workshops available in renewable technologies, publications on these subjects,
and links to other organizations with similar directives. These include governmental departments,
non-profits, and corporations/small businesses. A bonus goes to this website because it is bilingual!
3. www.i4at.org
The
Institute for Appropriate Technology was founded through the non-profit Global Village
in 1980. It works to bring technologies
to developing nations so as to use less energy and work towards environmental
sustainability. The website includes
information on the organization’s history, including project reports and
summaries for the last four years, an annual financial report, and highlights
of current technologies for home design and home cooking. I4AT is especially concerned with
incorporating women into sustainability issues. The website has an impressive list of available technologies for
sale and great links.
4. www.efn.org/~apro/index.html
This is the
web direction for the Eugene, OR, based company Aprovecho. This company was one of the first (founded
in the 1970s) to make available appropriate technology for Latin America and
other developing regions. They offer
many products, including a home solar cooker, and do good work in outreach to
countries needing the technology. One
report on their work said they had more fame in Latin America than they did in
the USA. Although this is a great
website, I have found it down a few times, but keep trying!
The
International Network for Sustainable Energy is comprised of 150
non-governmental organizations and is based in Denmark, although it was founded
in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. All
membership requests are screened for their independence from government and
coincidence with INFORSE’s mission statement.
The website has links by region where they are doing work to other
organizations it that area. It also has
publications and activities, including downloaded versions of every newsletter
they have published.
Sustainable Development International
Copyright
Henley Publishing
Articles! There is a lot of information and it is all up to date, and it can give you insight into what is going on in the mainstream media about sustainability issues, but please, take it lightly. The articles have a lot of information that is unsupported, undated, and not factually reliable. But there are a lot of them! The authors are just random names that do not name sources. But there are a lot of them! This page covers a huge amount of topics including agriculture, energy, oceans, climate change, coastal zones, transportation, water resource management, and health and social issues. They are written on policy, issues, and debates. There are quick and easy links to the Dow Jones sustainability index! Good or bad, useful or useless…you decide.
“Charting
courses toward sustainability”
Working backwards from the site http://www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/compendia/architecture.html,
which I found as a link from I don’t know where, I found the University of
Michigan’s Center for Sustainable Systems (css.snre.umich.edu). It has connections to research publications
in the fields of Agriculture, Buildings, Transportation, Renewable Energy and
Packaging. They are jam-packed with
great information, and it tells you the author and sponsor. I am pretty sure they are all associated
with the U of M. For example: “Life
Cycle Based Indicators for Sustainable Agriculture,” sponsored by the National
Pollution Prevention Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region V,
North Central Region Sustainable Agricultre Research & Education; written
by Martin Heller and Gregory Keoleian; researched by the Heller, Aistars
research team. Nice, huh?
The more specific site is “Sustainable
Architecture.” Okay, this is a selfish
site to post, but it is fantastic. It
has free information from journal articles, bibliographies, citations,
publications, etc. It also has listings
of good book and journal references.
Comes complete with email, phone and address contact info and last
revision date.
U.S.
Department of Energy: Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Last
Updated: 10/25/2002
Me:
Pack your bags, folks! In visiting this site, you are entering “a
portal to the world of energy efficiency and renewable energy!” This site has links to Bioenergy,
Geothermal, Hydrogen, Hydropower, Ocean, Solar, and Wind sites. It is extremely useful because it links you
directly to sites from a huge variety
of sources that provide detailed information and facts about all aspects of a
given topic. It also has direct access
to DOE projects, research, and information.
For example, you can learn about “what biopower is doing for
America,” or details on “zero energy
buildings.” Visit this site’s A-Z
listing of links or view by specific subject.
Them:
“This site serves a dual purpose, directing you to
detailed information about EERE, its programs, and the technologies that it is
developing, while also providing a portal to worldwide information about energy
efficiency and renewable energy.” But
don’t forget: “Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof,
makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any
information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that its
use would not infringe privately owned rights.” (Visit the disclaimer section to find out more exciting details!)
Sustainable
Architecture, Building, and Culture (since 1996)
http://www.sustainableabc.com/
P.O.
Box 30085, Santa Barbara, CA 93130, USA
Copyright©
2003 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Me:
Yet another site dedicated to
directing our inquiring minds into the nooks and crannies of the “web” where
all of the useful information is hidden away.
You just click on “internet resources” and it leads you to a list of
topic choices. Click on a topic and it
leads you to a list of specific sites.
Click on a site of your choosing and BINGO! More likely than not you have found quality info. This site is overall extremely helpful in
filtering out the crap you get from search engines and narrowing your search
down to information. The cherry on top,
they “welcome your comments about the…web site,” and suggest that you email
them. (P.S. This site has useful
connections to transportation, air quality, permaculture, etc. Not just Architecture)
Them:
“Directory of Green Building and Environmental
Health Professionals and an Internet Resource Center for Sustainable
Development, Green Building & Environmental Health” SustainableABC.com is a web site devoted
to exploring the relationship between ecology (a branch of science
concerned with the relationships between organisms and their environment).and
sustainability (to provide with nourishment), and how we can apply these
values to our daily lives. It is our goal to nourish and strengthen
ecologically oriented design, construction and lifestyle choices. SustainableABC is devoted to developing a
community of eco-conscious citizens, building bridges between the public eco-professionals,
and developing tools for eco professionals to network with each other. Your hosts
are Roy Prince, Architect and Deb Stanton, Environmental Consultant.
World Oil Market and Oil Price Chronologies: 1970 - 2001
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/chron.html I announced this website in class, but it
did not work when I attempted to
just type in the URL. Click on it here to attempt a connection.
This chronology was orginally published by the Department of Energy's Office of
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Analysis Division. Updates for 1995-2001 are
from the Energy Information Administration. It was last updated in August
of 2002. Of course it is biased, but everything is. The accuracy is
probably very good, they just leave out the details, because they play the need
to know game. The last ten years are a beautiful following of The Prize
in content, we just don’t get to know how the oil ministers got along with
their wives or who they had love affairs with. Bummer, huh? I went
so far as to join the mailing list for updates!
Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA)
The information on this website is presented in a clear and easy-to-access format. Membership to SEPA includes over 120 electric service providers, associations, utilities, government agencies, research organizations, and educational institutes from eight countries. SEPA works directly with Department of Energy on special projects. Topics of interest at this site include, solar power solutions and basics, photovoltaic installation, interconnection information, going solar, publications, events calendar, and solar links. The information covered is more than adequate, but often gives links to more detailed explanations.
www.colorado.edu/cuenvironmentalcenter/projects/energy/index.html
University of Colorado Student Union Environmental Center
Clean Energy Now! This website is helpful because it provides a model of what students at other colleges around the country are doing to integrate alternative energy practices into their school. Their website is helpful in demonstrating how a student body can organize substantial change within there campus facilities. The website coverage includes a description of Clean Energy Now, plus their events and projects. They also include semi in-depth information on energy issues. The Clean Energy homepage has many links to renewable energy websites.
National Renewable Energy LaboratoryThis website is produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which is the Department of Energy’s state-of-the-art research and development center. The content in this website is basic but thorough. Some of the main areas covered are: what renewable energy is, why renewable energy is important, why energy efficiency is important and what clean energy has to do with you and me. Teachers, students, homeowners, ranchers, farmers, business owners, and government officials will all find useful information that applies to their corresponding needs at this site.
http://homeenergysaver.lbl.gov/
The Home Energy Saver. At this site anyone in the U.S. can test a home’s energy efficiency by just entering in a zip code. Additionally this site offers a refined search that will allow one to enter more specific information about their house (i.e. appliances, insulation, windows, etc.). Then an instantaneous graph compares your home to an energy efficient home and provides tips on improving efficiency. This an easy exercise to gauge how much energy is used and often wasted in your home.
www.howstuffworks.com/first-time.htm?referer=hydrogen-economy.htm
How the Hydrogen Economy Works This website is very informative and deals explicitly with hydrogen fuel. Almost every aspect of a hydrogen fuel economy is covered in a span of roughly ten pages. One can find an explanation about where hydrogen comes from at this site. Also, there is a page devoted to the storage and transportation of hydrogen. All the information is in-depth and easy to understand. Both the benefits and the drawbacks of hydrogen fuels are clearly represented here.
Crest : www.crest.org
Crest is a non-profit organization emerged from solstice, which was established in 1994. This website provides information on policy, energy efficiency, renewables. Key features include global energy market place, which is a data base/ search engine on global energy, and daily headlines. Updated daily.
Amber Palmeri-Miles
Montana Greenpower: www.montanagreenpower.org
Customers
of NorthWest Energy, with the logos of Million Solar Roofs and Energy Star on
the homepage, bring Montana Greenpower to you.
This website offers a guide to renewable energy in Montana specifically,
as well as general information on solar, wind and other renewable
energies. Montana Greenpower offers
publications, compiled resources, a cool photo of Earth at night. A lot of links, with description of each
website, including one specific to Native American developments of green
power. I think is updated daily with
headlines
American Green Network: www.americangreen.org
This organization is sustainable energy advocates, dedicated to provide information to keep America and their policy makers informed, and an active member of sustainable energy coalition. Over a hundred links A-Z. Only date is the web page established in 2001.
Green Power Network: www.eren.doe.gov/greenpower/home.shtml
Green Power Network is published by the US department of Energy. It offers greenpower marketing information, price alternatives to conventional non-renewable energy. State by state policy and incentives. As well as, a library on US documents and research, and lots of links. Up dated weekly.
Will Tubman
http://www.fuelcells.org/
The Online Fuel Cell Information Center is a very comprehensive website.
Running the gamut of; how the work, types, applications, benefits and charts
The Online Fuel Cell Information Center catches the laymen up to speed.
With a
FAQ that one can add questions to that are not currently listed and
"Resources for Teachers and Students" information is set in
motion. If you want to know who the Fuel Cell Developers in the world are
this site has a list and links to
their respective websites. This sit is also updated most frequently (at
least every month) with links to journal articles containing the most recent
developments in fuel cell technology.
http://www.ca.sandia.gov/casite/index.html
Sandia National Labratories is based out of Sandia, CA and specializes in;
Biotechnology, Chemical and Biological Threat Responses, Combustion and Renewable
Energy Research, Distributed Informational Systems and Information
Protection, Environment Sciences, Microsystems Technologies. Detailed
briefs and a schematic on their Hydrogen research programs can be found on this
site.
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/index.html
This website details the work by the Australian Government's work toward
cutting emission by promoting the awareness of renewable energies. The
AGO is the world's first government agency dedicated to cutting greenhouse
emissions.
This site is not just informative but, as they say, to be used as a tool for
the Commonwealth Government and Industry to build relationships with each
other. To help each other take greater strides towards counteracting the
effects of global warming by boosting Renewable Energy sources, working on
greater energy efficiency, greenhouse research and monitoring, the
encouragement of business and industry to use less greenhouse intensive
transport as well as practicing sustainable land development.
http://rredc.nrel.gov/
This site truly is a tool for the renewable energy enthusiast. Funded by
the Department of Energy it is also supported by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Electric and Hydrogen Systems Center and the National Center for
Photovoltaics. Featuring links for kids, glossary of terms, conversion
tables and a plethora of links to detailed and technical sites this site is a
great place to start research.
http://www.monito.com/index.html
Monito.com focuses on Wankel Rotary Combustion Engine hydrogen-hybrid. As
cluttered as the site is its page on hydrogen powered engines is technical and
informative while providing links to exhaustive academic FAQ pages like:
www-formal.stanford.edu/pub/jmc/progress/hydrogen.html . Most of the
information concerns the research by Mazada in the field of hydrogen power.
Ryan Shetler
http://www.solarnow.org/activ_2.htmThis is a pretty decent
site but could use some more detailed information. Solar Now Inc. offers
examples of experiments that can be done with household products to figure out
what materials absorb solar energy. There are also stories about grade school
kids designing solar powered cars.
http://www.solardesign.com/
Solar Design Associates (SDA) is North America's oldest, largest, and most respected
building design firm dedicated to theartistic integration of solar energy in
homes and buildings and it shows through their website. You can take a
tour of a solar home, find services forarchitects, and look at recent
developments in solar energy.
http://solstice.crest.org/ This
site covers a wide variety of information ranging from Bioenergy to
GreenProducts and Practices. The main classifications are renewable
energy, energy efficiency and sustainable development. The information is
detailed. http://www.crest.org/ This is the new version of the
CREST web site. It offers information about new markets and jobs in the
area of renewable technology. They also provide information about research and
development as well as progress on current projects. This is a good all around
website.
http://www.manufacturingcenter.com/dfx/archives/0701/0701fly.aspThis
site provides information about recent developments in storing solar energy for
satellites called Flywheel Energy Storage Modules. This will eventually
replace chemical batteries for energy storage. The site as a whole is
detailed and concise.
amos elias
American Wind Energy
Association
An advocacy page
emphasizing the production of electricity via wind. Many supporting links
to current projects, policy trends, general information and T- shirts available
for purchase. The information is current and up to date.
Grandfather Economic
Report Series
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/energy/table.htm
A page of oil energy
links produced by two individuals "to pass knowledge that might assist
young generations." Paints a bleak picture of oil
consumption, particularly in the US. Use's a variety of
sources, many are within the past three years.
US Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states
See this site more as a
potential. Easy to navigate and the hope is that this may be used to
extrapolate idea's. (Five million people, those working over the age
of 16 spend on average 25.5 minutes commuting to work. Average car
produces how much CO2 per minute of driving time?) Data is from 1999 and
2000.
Northwest Environment
Watch
Small website with a
homebase in Seattle. Emphasis on the local green issues. Current
imformation and easy to navigate.
University of Oregon Solar
Radiation Monitering Laboratory
http://solardat.uoregon.edu/index.html
Solar maps are
available on this website. Used in tandem with immediate meteorlogical
data they can be used to help size a solar array, design a home or give an idea
what to expect from the sun. Instruction is available to explain the use
of such a map, as well as some background information.
Watch Your Step:
Understanding the Impact of Your Personal Consumption on the Environment
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/footprint/footprint.html
I've heard about this
website for a while. It attempts to "address the sustainability of
humans on Earth." The fun part is a spread sheet to assess your
own personal consumption on Earth, is it sustainable? The questions are
more in depth then other similar websites, though computations have their
limitations.
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0300/ijge/ijge0300.htm
This page is an electronic journal of the U.S. Department of State.
It is dated March 2000 and is volume 5, number 1. Various government officials,
as well as variety of other individuals, wrote the articles included in this
issue. The information is presented in a fairly neutral manner. Although the
information may be dated, there are many links to external sources that are
kept current. This page covers many different issues including the environment
of cities, working toward sustainability, and environmental protections.
This is the web page for The Trust
for Public Land. They are a nonprofit organization whose central goal is land
conservation. They try to achieve this by many different means. TPL creates
greenways, conserves watersheds, deal with community growth, and help preserve
historic sites. The Board of Directors represents a large cross section of
society and this helps to ensure that different views are addressed. They have
many different projects and the information on these projects is up to date on
the site.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/index_en.html
This is a sub-site within the
European Commission web page. It is specific to the energy policy that the
European Commission upholds. They have information about conventional sources
of energy and information about new and renewable energy sources. With each
source to energy you can navigate deeper into them and gain more information
about the policy of the European Commission. It was last updated about a month
ago (12-16-2002).
This is the web page for
Arcosanti, a prototype city founded by Paolo Soleri. The information is mostly
based on the thoughts and of Paolo Soleri, an architect who has published
several books on his views of urban living. The objective of the page is
clearly defined: to further Soleri’s views. It is kept up to date as shown by
the many workshops available currently and in the future.
This is the web page for Green
Roofs for Healthy Cities, an organization that is promoting the use of green
roofs throughout North America. It is a network of both private and public
interests. They support green roof technologies and are actively engaged in the
spread of such technologies. It covers a variety of subjects about green roofs
including benefits, financing, resources, and installation. The information is
very up-to-date and they have a link to The First
North American Green Roof Infrastructure Conference Awards and Trade Show.