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Energy consumption

1. Advanced Building Technologies
2. Building Technology Newsletters
3. Centre for Alternative Technology
4. CREATE: Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy
5. Energy Information Administration
6. International Energy Outlook 2000
7. SOLSTICE: Sustainable Energy and Development Online
8. Union of Concerned Scientists
9. United Nations Earth Summit +5

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Advanced Building Technologies

Searchable collection of information on technologies and practices designed to improve the energy efficiency of commercial and residential buildings. Methods relate to building structure, finishes and furnishings, heating and cooling, plumbing and waterheating, lighting, load management, electricity production, ventilation and air quality, site services, and motors and equipment. Discusses the benefits, limitations, application, experience, and cost for each technology.
     Author: Enermodal Engineering
     Subjects: architecture education, construction, energy consumption, urban design
     DeweyClass: 690
     Resource type: documents, productinfo

Building Technology Newsletters

Newsletters from 1993 onwards concerned with the rational use of energy in building technology. Articles have covered retrofitting in high-density low-cost residential projects and a bioclimatic treatment centre in Zaragoza.
     Author: European Commission
     Subjects: construction, energy consumption
     DeweyClass: 690
     Resource type: news

Centre for Alternative Technology

An educational charity which aims to achieve the best cooperation between the natural, technological and human worlds, by testing, living with and displaying strategies and tools for doing this. There is an online tour of the Centre's 40 acre site near Machynlleth in mid-Wales, which has working examples of wind, water and solar power, energy conservation, environmentally sound buildings, organic growing and alternative sewage systems.
     Author: Centre for Alternative Technology
     Subjects: energy consumption, environmental technology, organic farming, renewable energy
     DeweyClass: 338.927
     Resource type: documents, institution

CREATE: Centre for Research, Education and Training in Energy

Organisation for coordinating and promoting energy education at all levels in the UK.
     Author: CREATE
     Subjects: energy consumption, energy research, environmental education
     DeweyClass: 333.79
     Resource type: index

Energy Information Administration

A statistical agency within the US Department of Energy which provides a comprehensive range of energy information. Includes information on petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear power, electricity, renewable and alternative fuels, prices, finance, consumption and international trade.
     Author: US Department of Energy
     Subjects: energy consumption, energy research, oil and gas, renewable energy
     DeweyClass: 354.4
     Resource type: documents

International Energy Outlook 2000

Offers an outlook for energy markets in various countries through 2020. Reviews global trends in energy demand from 1970 to 1996, projects energy consumption by source and region, and includes a review of the status of the five major fuels (oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear power, and renewable energy) on a worldwide basis.
     Author: Energy Information Administration
     Subjects: energy consumption, energy research, renewable energy
     DeweyClass: 333.79
     Resource type: document

SOLSTICE: Sustainable Energy and Development Online

Documents, case studies and reports of innovations in renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living.
     Author: Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
     Subjects: energy consumption, renewable energy
     DeweyClass: 338.9
     Resource type: index

Union of Concerned Scientists

Promotes solutions on agriculture and biotechnology, arms control, biodiversity, climate change, energy, ozone depletion, transportation.
     Author: Union of Concerned Scientists
     Subjects: agricultural policy, biodiversity, biotechnology, energy consumption, global change, interdisciplinary studies, ozone, research ethics, scientists, transportation
     DeweyClass: 506
     Resource type: documents

United Nations Earth Summit +5

Details from United Nations Earth Summit conference held in New York 23-27 June 1997. Documents include Agenda 21 success stories and country profiles.
     Author: United Nations
     Subjects: development studies, energy consumption, environmental research, global change
     DeweyClass: 333.7
     Resource type: documents