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RESEARCH RESOURCES

Alternative Energy Press
www.alternative-energy-news.info
This website provides a clearinghouse of news and information about renewable energy technologies from the alternative energy industry. On this site, you will find articles, press releases, discussion forums, and links to other media from sources like Flickr, StumbleUpon, and YouTube.

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Building for Sustainability (Chicago Community Loan Fund)
www.greenaffordable.org
The Chicago Community Loan Fund (CCLF) works with community development corporations to provide flexible financing and free or low-cost technical assistance. At the core of CCLF is green design to guide and facilitate affordable housing, economic development, and social services in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Since 1991, CCLF has provided more than $36 million in financing that has enabled the creation of more than 5,200 homes, 1,000 jobs, and over 1.7 million square feet of commercial and nonprofit utility space.

Center for Sustainability at Penn State
www.cfs.psu.edu
The Center, housed in the School of Engineering, aims to integrate innovative Green Design Architecture and Engineering technologies and practices into the Center's sustainability education programming. Research focus areas include food security, green design architecture and engineering, hybrid energy systems, natural wastewater treatment and engineering education.

Climate and Energy Project, The Land Institute
www.climateandenergy.org
The Climate and Energy Project (CEP), a project of the Kansas-based Land Institute, seeks through its programs and its website materials to support lively, informed conversations about the Midwest's energy future. The group aims to help halt the Midwest's contributions to global warming and climate change, and supports the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by increasing energy efficiency and developing renewable energies in a sustainable manner.

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
www.dsireusa.org
Established in 1995, the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency is an ongoing project of the North Carolina Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The database provides a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Erb Institute, University of Michigan
www.erb.umich.edu
Created in 1996, the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise is a 50-50 partnership between the School of Natural Resources and Environment and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Its main areas of research are: alternative energy and clean technology, climate strategy and carbon policy, mega-city mobility and accessibility, social enterprise, and green building/development.

GreenBiz
www.greenbiz.com
GreenBiz publishes daily on topics regarding how to align environmental responsibility with business success. In addition to daily news feeds, Green Biz's website also has electronic newsletters, briefing papers, and other reports regarding the United States' growing green economy.

Green Power Network, US Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency
& Recyclable Energy
www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/about/index.shtml
The Green Power Network provides information on green power markets and related activities. The site provides up-to-date news on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets. It also includes a reference library of relevant papers, articles and reports. The Green Power Network is operated and maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
www.uvm.edu/giee
The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont is a research center focused on shifting economic goals away from infinite growth to environmental sustainability. Dedicated to integrating community participation in the design and development of economic-decision making, the Gund Institute holds problem-solving workshops in local communities, or ateliers. The ateliers are flexible workshops that bring students directly into communities to tackle socio-environmental issues.

Interstate Renewable Energy Council
www.irecusa.org
Formed in 1982 as a non-profit organization, the mission of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council is to accelerate the sustainable utilization of renewable energy sources and technologies in and through state and local government and community activities. The group's members include state energy offices, city energy offices, other municipal and state agencies, national laboratories, solar and renewable organizations and companies, and individuals.

Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
www.kerrcenter.com
Established in Oklahoma in 1965, the Kerr Center (then the “Agricultural Division” of the Kerr Foundation) was established to provide farmers and ranchers in the area with free technical assistance and information on how to improve their operations, with an emphasis on wise stewardship. In the 1980s, the Center acquired its current name and added a specific focus on sustainable agriculture that preserves natural resources, protects the natural environment, and improves the quality of life for farmers and ranchers. The website contains a considerable numbers of articles on farmers markets and other forms of community-based food production.

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
www.attra.ncat.org
This site provides information on sustainable agriculture, organic farming, and funding opportunities. It also contains in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, US Department of Agriculture, and other federal sustainable agriculture activities.

North Carolina Solar Center
www.ncsc.ncsu.edu
Created in 1988 and housed at the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, the North Carolina Solar Center serves as a clearinghouse for solar and other renewable energy programs, information, research, technical assistance, and training for the citizens of North Carolina and beyond.

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
www.pewclimate.org
Since 2001, the Pew Center has issued over 100 reports from top-tier researchers on key climate topics such as economic and environmental impacts and practical domestic and international policy solutions. The Pew Center distributes its reports to more than 4,000 opinion leaders throughout the world with thousands more downloaded monthly from the Center's website. In addition, the Pew Center has played an active role in bringing business leaders and policymakers together to discuss policy frameworks and workable solutions to climate change.

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
(University of California, Berkeley)
www.rael.berkeley.edu
The Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) is a research, development, project implementation, and community outreach facility based at the University of California, Berkeley in the Energy and Resources Group and the Department of Nuclear Engineering. RAEL focuses on designing, testing, and disseminating renewable and appropriate energy systems. The Laboratory's mission is to help these technologies realize their full potential to contribute to environmentally sustainable development in both industrialized and developing nations while also addressing the cultural context and range of potential social impacts of any new technology or resource management system.

Solar Energy International
www.solarenergy.org
Solar Energy International is a U.S.-based, non-profit organization offering online courses and hands-on workshops in solar, wind and water power and environmental building technologies in 22 locations worldwide. The website also contains a number of articles on renewable energy written by staff, alumni and guest instructors.

Sustainability Institute
www.sustainer.org
The Sustainability Institute, based in Hartland, Vermont, was founded in 1996 to apply systems thinking and organizational learning to economic, environmental and social challenges. The Sustainability Institute works for change in three ways: through workshops, leadership development, and consulting; by targeting specific systems and issues, including natural resource economies, climate change, energy, and regional development; and by applying the consulting, workshops, and research work to develop conceptual frameworks for large-scale change. The site includes many papers based on the Institute's research work.

UCSC (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Green Enterprise Initiative
www2.ucsc.edu/gei/gei_home.html
The UCSC Green Enterprise Initiative seeks to harness the research and energies of the university community to the planning and administrative capacities of the city in order to promote a range of green enterprises. With its existing advantages – people, environment, research capacity—Santa Cruz could build on these strengths to promote green enterprise. These enterprises could include industry, commerce, services, agriculture, and knowledge production. This site includes links to a wide range of other sites, including local green businesses, eco-industrial parks throughout the United States, green city programs, green university partnership programs, and many other information resources.

University of Kansas, Center for Sustainability
www2.ku.edu/~sustain
The Center for Sustainability promotes a culture of sustainability on the University of Kansas campus. The Center facilitates research, learning opportunities, policies, and practices that address environmental, economic, and social responsibility, including developing an outline in the summer of 2007 of what is anticipated to be an upcoming comprehensive campus-based sustainability report.