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California Energy Commission
The Commission has five major areas of responsibility carried out by
five divisions. The divisions are: Administrative Services;
Energy Efficiency; Energy Forecasting and Resource Assessment;
Energy Development; and Energy Facilities Siting and
Environmental Protection.
The Energy Efficiency Division conducts programs to cover
residential and nonresidential building efficiency, appliance
efficiency, commercial and residential load management, energy
audits, tax credit information and grants and loans for energy
efficiency improvements for schools, hospitals, local
governments, and farms.
The divisions are responsible for five basic areas: 1)
forecasting future statewide electricity needs; 2) licensing
power plants to meet those needs; 3) promoting energy
conservation; 4) developing renewable energy resources and
alternative energy technologies; and 5) planning for and
directing state response to energy emergencies.
Energy Efficiency &
Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
The EREN is a joint project between the
Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
at
DOE headquarters, the Argonne
National Laboratory, the
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, and the
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory.
Access to EREN allows one access to a large depository of
energy efficiency information, data, and resources. Information
can be searched and retrieved by subject or organization. EREN
can be used as an entry to the national laboratories at
Argonne,
Brookhaven,
Lawrence Berkeley,
Los Alamos,
NREL,
Oak Ridge,
Pacific Northwest, and
Sandia. EREN also provides links to other
federal and private resources on the Internet.
The Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Database
is a subset of the
Energy Science and Technology Database (EDB) created and
maintained by the Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and
Technical Information (OSTI). The database contains all
unlimited, unclassified scientific and technical information
relating to energy efficiency and renewable energy topics
processed at OSTI that is DOE sponsored or published in the
United States.
EREN also provides access to
Home Energy Magazine, published by Energy Auditor
and Retrofitter, Inc., a non profit corporation based in
Berkeley, CA, as well as
other
newsletters and magazines.
The
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse
offers information and assistance to a broad audience
(consumers, educators and students, builders, businesses,
government agencies, entrepreneurs) on a wide range of topics by
providing publications, customized responses, and referrals to
energy organizations.
Energy Ideas
Clearinghouse BBS
The Energy Ideas Clearinghouse provides technical support for
increasing energy efficiency in the commercial and industrial
sectors. Clients include utility staff, engineers, facility
owners and operators, consultants and other energy
professionals. Clearinghouse resources support all technologies
that affect energy use in commercial buildings and industrial
processes. Up-to-date information on products, practices, and
technologies; national, state, and local programs; and the
environmental aspects of energy use is available at the
Clearinghouse.
Energy Information
Administration
EIA is the U.S. government's statistical agency with
responsibility for the collection and dissemination of energy
data and analysis. New offerings in July 1997 include the
OPEC Fact
Sheet with estimates of March 1997 and annual 1996 crude oil
production from the 11 OPEC countries. Information and reports
on oil, gas, coal, nuclear and alternative/renewables are
available, as well as international and sector overviews on
energy supply and demand. Also new for July is an updated
Country
Analysis Brief on Iraq, including a detailed table showing
current and future oil projects that Iraq is trying to develop.
In addition to energy data, analysis, and forecasts, EIA also
maintains links to other sources of information available on the
Internet.
Enviro$en$e
Enviro$en$e, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency
and the Strategic Environmental Research and Development
Program, allows those implementing pollution prevention programs
or developing research and development projects to benefit from
the experience, progress, and knowledge of their peers.
Enviro$en$e includes a pollution prevention forum for all
levels of government, researchers, industry, and public interest
groups. Enviro$en$e has been developed to host an expert
architecture known as the Solvent Umbrella. The Solvent Umbrella
will allow users to access solvent alternative information
through a single, easy-to-use command structure.
ESnet
ESnet is a nationwide computer data communications network
managed and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of
Energy Research (DOE/OER). ESnet interconnects the diverse and
widely dispersed energy research community which consists of the
Department of Energy national laboratories and U.S. universities
funded by the DOE to conduct energy research. ESnet facilitates
remote access to major ER scientific facilities, provides needed
information dissemination among scientific collaborators
throughout all ER programs, and provides widespread access to
existing ER supercomputer facilities.
ESnet is engineered, installed and operated by the networking
staff of the National Energy
Research Supercomputer Center,
located at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in Livermore,
California.
The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (Ex-Im)
Ex-Im is an independent U.S. Government agency that helps
finance the overseas sales of U.S. goods and services in order
to create jobs through exports. The link to
Ex-Im Bank and
the Environment provides information about the Bank's
programs, policies, requirements and pending transaction list.
FedWorld
FedWorld is a collection of US government information servers
sorted into main subject categories. Most of the information available through FedWorld will be
detailed elsewhere in this publication. The FedWorld ftp site is
ftp://fedworld.gov/pub.
There is a search engine on the
ftp information
page on the web (http://www.fedworld.gov/ftp.htm).
FinanceNet
FinanceNet links public and private sector financial
management professionals in government, Federal, State and Local
government, academia and industry on issues of fiscal finance.
Government
Information Locator Service (GILS)
As part of the Federal role in the National Information
Infrastructure, GILS will identify and describe information
resources throughout the Federal government, and provide
assistance in obtaining the information. GILS supplements other
government and commercial information dissemination mechanisms,
and uses international standards for information search and
retrieval so that information can be retrieved in a variety of
ways. This system is not yet implemented. This site details
issues involved in creating such system.
National Association of
State Energy Officials (NASEO)
NASEO is a non-profit corporation composed of energy
officials from the state energy offices and affiliates from
private and public sectors. NASEO informs the administration,
Congress and national organizations about state energy
priorities and concerns. The Association provides forums and
meetings for energy officials, policy makers and others.
National Energy Research
Supercomputing Center
The National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (NERSC) is
the principal supplier of production high-performance computing
and networking services to the nationwide energy research
community. The programs directly supported by NERSC in the
Department of Energy's Office of Energy Research include the
mathematical, information, and computational sciences division;
fusion energy; basic energy sciences; high energy and nuclear
physics; and health and environmental research.
National Technical Information Service
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) is an
agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that gathers and
markets scientific, technical and business-related information.
The NTIS collection covers current technologies, business and
management studies, and international market research reports.
Additional research results are available in the environment,
energy, health, and social sciences.
Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC)
OPIC, an independent U.S. Government agency, assists U.S.
companies investing in about 140 emerging economies worldwide by
financing businesses through loans and loan guaranties;
supporting private investment funds that provide equity for U.S.
companies investing in projects overseas; insuring investments
against a range of political risks; and informing the American
business community of investment opportunities overseas. In
addition to detailing how OPIC provides assistance, this site
lists projects in which OPIC played a role in
1995
and 1996,
with the companies involved, assistance amounts and project
type.
STAT-USA
STAT-USA is leading the way in becoming the U.S. Government's
premier Internet publisher of business, trade and economic
information. STAT-USA gathers business and economic information
from over 50 Federal Agencies and distributes them from a
central source. STAT-USA/Internet data bases include: the
National Trade Data Bank; the
National Economic, Social, and Environmental Data Bank; the
Economic Bulletin Board; the
Global Business Opportunities Service; and the
Bureau of Economic Analysis.
STAT-USA is a subscription-based service, though guest users
are allowed to access a small sample of the data available. For
additional information about STAT-USA/Internet send e-mail to:
stat-usa@doc.gov.
US Agency for
International Development
USAID is an independent federal
government agency that conducts foreign assistance and
humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests
of the United States.
US Department of Energy
The Department of Energy provides technical information and
scientific and educational foundation for technology, policy,
and institutional leadership necessary to achieve efficiency in
energy use, diversity in energy sources, a more productive and
competitive economy, improved environmental quality, and a
secure national defense.
Albany Research Center
The Albany Research Center is a U.S. Department of Energy
materials research laboratory located in Albany, Oregon which
offers a broad suite of capabilities and expertise in Materials
research. The mission of the Albany Research Center is to
provide stewardship for the Nation's mineral resources by
conserving materials produced from minerals.
Ames Laboratory
Ames Laboratory is a government-owned, contractor-operated U.
S. Department of Energy laboratory seeking solutions to
energy-related problems through the exploration of chemical,
engineering, materials, mathematical and physical sciences.
Fossil Energy
is one of the twelve broad
areas of program research at Ames.
Argonne National Laboratory
(ANL)
Argonne National Laboratory is one of DOE's largest energy
research centers, with an annual operating budget of about $500
million supporting more than 200 research projects. Energy
efficiency information available on this server in found in the
Energy and Environmental Science and Technology Department.
Here are some of the selections listed under Information
Resources at ANL:
Brookhaven
National Laboratory (BNL)
Brookhaven National Laboratory is located on Long Island, New
York. As a non-defense research institution, BNL is dedicated to
basic and applied investigation in a multitude of scientific
disciplines.
A search of the INFORM Database (telnet://brookhaven@inform.bnl.gov
login as brookhaven) on energy efficiency produced twelve
returns, mostly dealing with clean fossil fuel technologies.
Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
LBNL is a multiprogram lab where research in advanced
materials, biosciences, energy efficiency, detectors and
accelerators focuses on the national needs in technology and the
environment.
The Energy &
Environment Division conducts
research through the following activities:
- The Building
Technologies Program develops window, lighting and
glazing technologies that save energy and maximize visual
and thermal comfort of building occupants.
- The Energy
Analysis Program studies energy use in the United States
and abroad. The Program also develops software that allows
architects and building engineers to design or retrofit
buildings for maximum energy efficiency and occupant
comfort.
- The Energy
Conversion and Storage Program develops
energy-efficient, environmentally safe processes and
materials for energy conversion and storage
- Scientists in the
Environmental
Research Program investigate the character and effects
of environmental pollution as well as its prevention and
remediation. The Program's combustion research is relevant
for increasing the energy efficiency and environmental
acceptability of combustion technologies.
- The Indoor
Environment Program characterizes and measures indoor
pollutants and their sources; evaluates the energy
performance of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
(HVAC) systems in buildings; develops techniques and devices
for detecting, characterizing, and measuring indoor air
pollutants; and works with academia and governmental health
agencies to assess the risks to human health from various
indoor air pollutants.
- The
Microstructured Materials Group has created the Web's
definitive site on the subject of aerogels. Subjects covered
include how they are made, surface chemistry, physical,
thermal, and optical properties, and commercial
possibilities.
The Center for
Building Science has an
interdisciplinary staff of 225 and studies a wide spectrum of
environmental, economic, and technical aspects of
energy-efficiency. The Center is a leader in developing and
commercializing energy efficient technologies and analytical
techniques and in documenting ways of improving energy
efficiency. A wide variety of resources is available at this
website and gopher server. The Center also runs
Energy Crossroads to organize a wide array of pointers to
energy-efficiency resources on the World Wide Web.
Idaho National Engineering
Laboratory (INEL)
Operated by Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company, INEL
conducts research related to the environment, energy production
and use, U.S. economic competitiveness, and national security.
INEL also conducts research in alternate energy supply and
energy efficiency. The section on
Transportation Research and Development Activities
includes information on electric and natural gas vehicles and
alternative fuels.
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
LLNL is operated by the University of California under a
contract with the US Department of Energy. The Energy Research
division is not yet available online.
LLNL's Web
publications. The Energy and Technology
Review, now called the
Science and
Technology Review, is available in Adobe Acrobat portable
document format (*.pdf) at http://www.llnl.gov/etr/etr.html.
Los Alamos National
Laboratory
See above USDOE, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Network.
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
NREL is the nation's leading laboratory for renewable energy
and energy efficiency research. NREL develops renewable energy
technologies to heat and cool buildings; increase efficiency in
industry; light homes and offices; power cars and trucks;
produce plastics, clothing, and chemicals; clean our water; and
destroy toxic wastes.
NREL also operates the
Alternative Fuels Data Center.
The AFDC collects operating information from vehicles (in
programs sponsored by the AMFA) running on alternative fuels,
analyzes those data, and makes them available to the public. The
AFDC also maintains information on research reports conducted
for both the Biofuels Systems Division and the Fuel Utilization
Data and Analysis Division of the DOE Office of Alternative
Fuels.
NREL maintains the
New
Energy Information Locator (NEIL), a database of
electronic sources of information on renewable energy and energy
efficiency. It identifies databases, bulletin boards, and
information on diskette such as directories, mailing lists,
product lists, and service lists. The database provides the
following information: product name, producer and contact,
format, type of information, subjects, dates of coverage,
geographic coverage, number of entries, updates, language,
content/description, general notes, and availability.
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL)
ORNL is a Department of Energy multiprogram laboratory
managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. Scientists at
ORNL conduct a wide range of basic and applied research and
development to advance the nation's energy resources,
environmental quality, scientific knowledge, educational
foundations, and economic competitiveness. ORNL collaborates in
these activities with other federal agencies, industry, and
universities. The following are some of the ORNL information
servers:
The
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program
offers
access to a variety of information as well as three searchable
databases:
- Building
Energy Research Bibliography
a full-text and field
(title, author, abstract, reference, date) searchable
database of more than 2,000 abstracts.
-
International Energy Agency's CADDET Register
Information on real-world demonstrations of energy
technologies from the International Energy Agency's Center
for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy
Technologies. See listing under International Organizations.
-
Southeastern Building Community Directory
people and
organizations with interest or expertise in buildings energy
efficiency. The directory includes consultants, researchers,
manufacturers, sellers, and educators.
Pacific
Northwest Laboratory (PNL)
PNL, located at Richland and Sequim, Washington employs about
4,500 staff members with an annual budget of more than $500
million. PNL conducts research in nearly every field of basic
science to solve problems in the areas of the environment,
energy, health and national security.
A number of PNL
newsletters, including ER News -- Energy Research News and
ESP News -- Environmental Sustainability Program Newsletter, are
available online (http://www.pnl.gov:2080/news.html).
Pacific Northwest
Laboratory, Advanced International Studies Unit (AISU)
The Advanced International Studies Unit (AISU) is an
international energy and environmental problem solver with close
ties with an international network of energy analysts and
project managers. AISU is part of the Emerging Technologies
Division of the Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, operated by
Battelle Memorial Institute
for the U.S. Department of Energy.
AISU is best known for establishing
six
independent energy efficiency centers in countries with
economies in transition.
Pittsburgh
Energy Technology Center (PETC)
The Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC) is the
nation's largest government laboratory devoted to the
development of new, environmentally clean fossil energy
technologies. PETC is a field office of the U.S. Department of
Energy's Office of Fossil
Energy. Information is available on
the Clean Coal
Technology Program
including
project details.
Sandia National
Laboratory
Sandia National laboratory is managed by Sandia Corporation,
a Lockheed Martin company. The
Energy and
Environment Sector conducts programs in energy research, fossil energy, renewable
energy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management and
environment. They include:
Sandia's
Renewable Energy Program strives to develop commercially viable energy technologies based
on solar, wind, and geothermal resources that become significant
domestic and international energy supplies, with a primary focus
on the utility sector.
The
Biofuels Information Network is provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Biofuels System
Division with technical support provided by ORNL and NREL and
maintains links to topics of interest in the biofuels sector, a
bibliography of over 1000 references,
and an online publications request service.
The Office of Energy
Research publishes ER News
bimonthly to provide researchers, engineers, and managers across
a broad range of disciplines information about progress in DOE
programs.
The Office of
Fossil Energy manages a
national technology development program to increase natural gas
and petroleum supplies and provide cleaner, more efficient ways
to use coal and natural gas to generate electricity.
The
Energy Laboratory is a recent addition within the Office
of Fossil Energy.
The Pollution
Prevention Information Clearinghouse
facilitates the exchange of U.S.
DOE Pollution Prevention Information between DOE sites, state
and local governments, and private industries.
Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Division of Energy and Mineral Resources, US
Department of the Interior
The goal of the Division is to provide professional
geotechnical, engineering and economic advice to the Indian
landowners seeking to manage and develop their mineral
resources. The Division of Energy and Mineral Resources is
developing an automated oil and gas information management
system entitled NIOGEMS. This software application assists
tribes to monitor, verify, and report on the status of natural
resource production, revenue, realty and resource management
data.
United States Environmental
Protection Agency
This EPA World Wide Web Server is
being run as a prototype system to provide public access to EPA
information. The Web site has a set of
Information
Locators.
Energy
Star Buildings is a voluntary energy-efficiency program for U.S. commercial
buildings. The program focuses on profitable investment
opportunities available in most buildings, using proven
technologies. EPA also runs the Energy Star Office Products
program and the Energy Star Residential Program.
The
Green Lights Program works with participants to encourage the installation of
energy-efficient lighting, only where profitable and where
lighting quality is maintained or enhanced. EPA provides
technical support to participants, as well as employee education
and opportunities for public recognition for their environmental
leadership.
The United States Trade and
Development Agency
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency assists in the creation
of jobs for Americans by helping U.S. companies pursue overseas
business opportunities. By funding feasibility studies,
orientation visits, specialized training grants, business
workshops, and various forms of technical assistance, TDA helps
American businesses to compete for infrastructure and industrial
projects in middle-income and developing countries.
TDA primarily is involved in these sectors: agriculture,
energy, environment, health care, manufacturing, mining and
minerals development, telecommunications, transportation, and
water resources.
This site provides recent
TDA News,
through Briefs,
Press Releases,
Conference
Announcements,
the TDA Update, and
Congressional Testimony. It also provides information on
TDA Projects
through the TDA
Pipeline,
Library,
Regional Summaries, and
TDA Procurement
announcements.
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