Links
Useful Links
The following links are the ones we use most often to research residential, commercial, and industrial energy efficiency.
Residential and Commercial Buildings
Home Energy Magazine
The premier current information source on residential energy.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory – Environmental Building Technologies Division
Terrific source of information on windows, daylighting, cool roofs, commercial buildings, and building energy use.
Energy Star® (EPA and DOE)
Home of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) premier program for energy efficiency. Contains all the standards for Energy Star ratings and initiatives.
Energy Ideas Clearinghouse
The most complete information source for commercial and industrial energy efficiency.
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Exemplary building research institute with reports covering a vast array of building-science topics.
Energy Commission Reports – California Energy Commission (CEC)
The CEC electronic library of building energy publications.
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
Hot-climate building research institute featuring many valuable technical reports and consumer-level information.
Building Science Corporation
Very useful and original information on building science, especially moisture and durability.
Energy Training Center – Stockton (PG&E)
Large well-equipped training center for residential and commercial energy-efficiency offered to California customers free of charge.
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
Europe’s leading Eco-centre offers courses on alternative energy, sanitation, and living.
Public Interest Energy Research (PIER), now under Energy Related Environmental Research
Web site contains abundant information on energy research in California.
International Centre for the Indoor Environment and Energy (ICIEE)
This centre at the Technical University of Denmark is noted for innovative research on human comfort, health, productivity, and energy efficiency.
Commercial and Industrial
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Most respected source of technical information on energy and buildings in U.S.
Building Technology Center (BTC), now under (BTRIC)
Many valuable technical reports available from Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s research facility devoted to technologies that improve the energy efficiency of residential and commercial buildings.
Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE)
A prolific utility consortium which publishes a variety of energy-efficiency standards.
Centre for Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET)
A huge repository of case histories covering 16 years of international experience on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Home of the U.S. Green Building Council’s revolutionary building certification program.
Building Research Establishment (BRE)
The United Kingdom’s leading research lab on building topics offers a host of reports and standards publications about a wide variety of building topics.
Pacific Energy Center – Energy Efficiency Classes
The PEC offers a large variety of free commercial energy-efficiency classes for California customers.
Energy Design Resources
Excellent site operated by the California utilities offering a host of information on commercial building design.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Provides reports about the whole spectrum of topics concerning the electric power industry. The sole source of information for certain topics.
End-Use Studies, Benchmarking, Commissioning
Energy Information Administration (USDOE)
Excellent source of statistics on energy use in the U.S.
Energy End-Use Forecasting (LBL)
A good source of benchmarking and end-use forecasting reports, operated by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Energy Efficiency Indicators in Europe (ODYSSEE)
A project of the European Commission that presents energy profiles of EU countries and economic sectors.
MURE II Database
Provides information on energy conservation measures, carried out by the member States of the European Union.
Best Practices Benchmarking
A data base of benchmarking information about utility conservation programs provided by the California PUC, the California Energy Commission to spread best practices throughout the U.S.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Weatherization and SEP Support)
Collection of evaluations of weatherization and state energy programs (SEP) and other energy conservation programs and initiatives.
Portland Energy Conservation Inc. – Resource Library
A treasure of information and references on commissioning and energy best practices.
Building Commissioning Association (BCA)