Energy Efficiency Links : Building Science Energy Services

Industry Links To Home Performance Resources

Energy Federation Inc. (EFI) - EFI is proud to offer our customers products that have earned the government's ENERGY STAR® label. ENERGY STAR is the government-backed program that helps us all save money and protect our environment with energy-efficient products and practices. Whether you are looking to replace old appliances, remodel your home, or buy a new house, ENERGY STAR can help. More than 60 types of products, including appliances, televisions, computers, heating and cooling equipment, and even new homes can earn the government's ENERGY STAR label. ENERGY STAR also offers best-practice solutions to make your home more comfortable and reduce your energy costs.

ENERGY STAR appliances - ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lighting Research Center - The Lighting Research Center is the world's leading university-based research and education organization devoted to lighting - from technologies to applications and energy use, from design to health and visiohting

American Lung Association Health House - The Consumer portion of the Health House program is designed to educate homeowners on the steps that can be taken to reduce impacts of exposure to poor indoor air quality (IAQ).

Energy & Environmental Building Alliance - The Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) provides an invaluable platform for insight, collaboration and education. EEBA delivers unique and relevant, multi-platform educational resources with the intention to manifest sustainable and responsible building principles in the design, marketing and execution of the building process.

Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance - Empowered to Be the Source on Energy Efficiency - With MEEA, you're no longer alone in your passion for energy efficiency. We're here for the region as a channel for positive change. MEEA balances the diverse interests of its members and network across the public and private sectors, to create a common ground on the single most important issue of our time - energy efficiency. It's the first step in addressing every environmental and energy challenge facing us. Efficiency is about getting more energy out of every dollar, and maximizing energy savings, making us more economically competitive.

Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance - The Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance promotes energy efficiency for a cleaner environment, a more prosperous economy, and a higher quality of life in the Southeastern region of the United States.

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance - The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is a non-profit organization funded by Northwest utilities, the Bonneville Power Administration and the Energy Trust of Oregon. We work in collaboration with our stakeholders and strategic market partners to accelerate the market adoption of energy-efficient products, technologies and practices within homes, business and industry.

Alliance to Save Energy - Founded in 1977, the Alliance to Save Energy is a non-profit coalition of business, government, environmental and consumer leaders. The Alliance to Save Energy supports energy efficiency as a cost-effective energy resource under existing market conditions and advocates energy-efficiency policies that minimize costs to society and individual consumers, and that lessen greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the global climate. To carry out its mission, the Alliance to Save Energy undertakes research, educational programs, and policy advocacy, designs and implements energy-efficiency projects, promotes technology development and deployment, and builds public-private partnerships, in the U.S. and other countries.

Sierra Club's Cool Cities Program - Sierra Club's Cool Cities Program, led by volunteers around the country, is a collaboration between community members, organizations, businesses, and local leaders to implement clean energy solutions that save money, create jobs, and help curb global warming. Since 2005, over 1000 city and county leaders have made a commitment to cut their community's carbon footprint. With these commitments comes a challenge and opportunity — and we can help you turn your community into a "cool" community

Home Energy magazine - Home Energy magazine’s mission is to disseminate objective and practical information on residential energy efficiency, performance, comfort, and affordability. It is the only magazine that thoroughly covers residential comfort issues from the only approach that really works, systems engineering. Most of Home Energy’s editorial content comes directly from the people researching and employing innovative design, building, and remodeling practices and products. They are the experts using the latest and best building techniques, with an emphasis on implementing sound building fundamentals and curing sick buildings. The organization remains a nonprofit company devoted to getting information out to the public. Advertising costs are kept to the bare minimum to help defray operating expenses.

Affordable Comfort, Inc. - To advance the performance of residential buildings through unbiased education

Efficiency First - America's Home Performance Workforce

DTE Energy Efficiency Directory - All of DTE's vendors to perform energy audits, contract work, supply equipment for energy efficiencies and renewal energy programs

FHA - Energy Efficient Mortgage Program - FHA's Energy Efficient Mortgage program (EEM) helps homebuyers or homeowners save money on utility bills by enabling them to finance the cost of adding energy efficiency features to new or existing housing as part of their FHA insured home purchase or refinancing mortgage

Building Performance Institute - We are a leading developer of technical standards for home performance and weatherization retrofit work that are recognized across North America. From these standards, we’ve developed training programs, professional credentialing for individuals and company accreditations – including quality assurance programs – that help raise the bar in home performance contracting.

National Save Energy Coalition - We are a diverse group of organizations committed to federal public policy that promotes clean, sustainable, efficient energy. Strong public policy will help lower consumers’ energy costs and create new, varied green jobs in every county in the U.S. We know the potential of the clean energy economy – we work in it every day!

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers advances technology to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. Membership is open to any person associated with the field.

Eco Broker - EcoBroker.com is your resource for real estate opportunities and energy and environmental information. Professionals and consumers use EcoBroker.com to conveniently find expert information, property listings, real estate agents, and other proven product and service providers.

Residential Energy Services Network - In April 1995, the National Association of State Energy Officials and Energy Rated Homes of America founded the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) to develop a national market for home energy rating systems and energy efficient mortgages.

US Green Building Council - The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.

Finance and Incentives Recommendations - How programs should structure audit incentives; how retrofit incentives can best increase consumer demand; the most effective kinds of financing structures; considerations for programs in small vs. large areas

Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Legislation - Current status of PACE financing authority, by state [June 2010]

Best Practices White Paper - Summary of the best practices recommendations developed from the nine case studies

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy : 2010 Sate Energy Efficiency Scorecards by State - State Rankings on Energy Efficiency Revealed