Energy consumption and E Guide - Resources and Review

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Organisation for coordinating and promoting energy education at all levels in the UK.
 
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.
 
Documents, case studies and reports of innovations in renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living.
 
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.
 
Details from United Nations Earth Summit conference held in New York 23
27 June 1997. Documents include Agenda 21 success stories and country profiles.
 
Promotes solutions on agriculture and biotechnology, arms control, biodiversity, climate change, energy, ozone depletion, transportation.
 
Links to research sites and publications from the UK, Europe and around the world. Topics include ecology, energy, environmental change and sustainable development.
 
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