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/

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