DATABASES & WEBSITES

The following Internet sites were active as of December, 2001.

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• American Solar Energy Society
• Arizona Solar Center
• California Solar Center
• Canadian Association for Renewable Energies
• Earthwatch
• Ecomall
• Energy Data and Statistics
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network
• Energy Information Administration
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Florida Solar Energy Center
• Global Environmental Technology Foundation
• Green Power
• Home Energy Saver
• Interstate Renewable Energy Council
• International Association for Solar Energy Education
• International Solar Energy Society
• Million Solar Roofs Initiative
• National Center for Photovoltaics
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• North Carolina Solar Center
• Public Citizen
• Renew America
• Renewable Energy Policy Project
• Sandia National Laboratories
• Solar Cookers International
• Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory
• Solar Energy Industries Association
• Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation (SEREF)
• Solar Environmental Benefits Calculator
• Solar Radiation Resource Maps
• Solar Rating and Certification Corporation
• Solstice
• State Energy Alternatives
• State energy-saving strategies
• State Renewable Energy News
• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
• The Stella Group Ltd.
• U.K. Solar Energy Society
• U.S. Department of Energy
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

AIR POLLUTION CALCULATION - WEB SITE TO AMERICANS: STOP BEING ENERGY 'AIRHEADS'- The Center for Neighborhood Technology is offering peoplea quick and easy way to calculate their energy use and contribution
to air pollution. Source: Environmental News Network (3/2001)
http://enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/03/03282001/airhead_42687.asp

CLIMATE - Easy access to 106 years of climate data is now available at a new website just launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html

COMMUNITY WASTE SITES - The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department has unveiled a new Web site that provides free, detailed information about waste sites,factories and other hazards for neighborhoods and communities around the nation...
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cio/emaps/index.cfm

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION - Copies of the report are available on the "Connecting to the Grid" section of the IREC website, www.irecusa.org. For more on the NEM, check out their web site at
http://www.energymarketers.com.. U.S. DOE's Distributed Power
http://www.eren.doe.gov/distributedpower

EMISSIONS (EPA) - EPA's Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database is a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics of all electric power generated in the United States. It is available for
download at http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/egrid/index.html

ELECTRICITY GENERATION (USA)

Only 11,400 megawatts (MW), or roughly 4%, of the 296,000 MW of new power generation capacity needed by 2015 will be fired by coal, according to a new study by RDI, a research unit of Platts, the energy information, research, consulting and marketing services division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP). The 296,000-MW total for all new generation is the equivalent of 592 utility-scale, 500-MW plants. Natural gas will be the fuel of choice for 279,000 MW of the new capacity and the remaining 5,600 MW will be made up by renewable energy, including hydro, solar and wind technologies, Platts said in a new report, "New Coal-Fired Generation: The Race Is On." The current installed base of power plants in the U.S. is roughly 780,000 MW, with coal units generating about 52% of current electric output. http://library.northernlight.com/FB20011126600000251.html

ENERGY STAR APPLIANCE CALCULATOR - Whirlpool has an energy savings calculator for their ENERGY STAR appliances at http://www.energy.whirlpool.com/savings_calculator_input.html