Council of Energy Resource Tribes

Provides links to websites for additional information on energy efficiency.

Energy Star rated appliance help at Consumer Federation of America – Help choosing the right Energy Efficient/Energy Star-rated appliances.
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) website – collaborative network for midwest region.
Illuminating Engineering society of America – "focuses on illumination and energy efficiency. Is mostly a paid site. Must be member or pay money to read most documents."
Natural Lighting systems on sunflowercorp.biz – Headed by Larry Kinney, this company used to be called Cynertech.

Calculators and energy solutions on Energy Services Tools Site – Heating and Cooling calculators, energy solutions, and tools.
Request Technical assistance from Western Area Power Association (WAPA) – Submit a technical question using link or calling 800 Powerln.
Free small business and industry energy audits – Program funds 26 universities to offer energy audits to companies and industry to give experience to new generation of energy auditors.
Online home analysis on energyguide.com – Analysis is run by Nexus software, and is an affiliate of energy star. Online home analysis is not as accurate as in-home energy audit. Gives an idea of what to look at and price range of products.

SunPower, Inc – A nonprofit organization in Denver whose focus is residential energy conservation.
What is Due Diligence on Wikipedia – Brief explanation about Due Diligence.

RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis Software – Includes software, usermanuals, textbook, case studies, and distance training course. See calendar for schedule of training classes. link goes to overview, click on "click here to download free" for software, etc.
Community Readiness Model from CSU's Tri-Ethnic Studies – Community Readiness Model studies a community and helps determine how ready a neighborhood is to change and what may be necessary for it to become ready to make changes.

Disaster Recovery and Building Reconstruction on DOE EERE – Information for and from hurricane (Katrina) recovery. May provide insight on recovery for other conditions.
SUSCON – Partners with businesses, agriculture, and gov't leaders for conservation which is sustainable. West Coast primarily.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility, GBIF – International computational tools for sustainable ecology in development.
Library of scientific sources on Global Biodiversity, GLOBIO – Environmental model publications from this process linked here also.
Conservation Services Group – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources and information.

U of O American Indian Legal Resources Website – Joint project by University of Oklahoma Law Center and the National Indian Law Library of th eNative American Rights Fund. Provides information on and access to constitutions, Tribal codes, and other legal documents.
Tribal Law Collection on Native American Rights Fund.org – Native American Rights Fund is a nonprofit organization that works to help Tribes with many issues. They also have an extensive Native American Law Library available to the public weekdays.

Pathnet for Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing – PATH looks at the issues and barriers related to technology development in the housing industry, and strives for viable cost-effective solutions.
Efficient Windows Collaborative – A great resource providing information about energy efficiency and windows including which windows meeting state building codes, and window technology.
Technical Assistance on National American Indian Housing Council – National American Indian Housing Council works to help improve housing in American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian Communities. This page is for technical assistance. There is also information including articles, ideas for energy efficiency, and funding references. See links on CERT site or use tabs on NAIHC site.
SunGuard Roofing Tiles funded by SBIR – "PowerLight has created a roofing tile system which can significantly reduce roof deck temperatures through passive means. This technology can also be integrated with electricity producing photovoltaic cells. Our product invention offers building owners two ways to lower energy utility costs: photovoltaic clean energy generation and air conditioning load reduction."