Resources for Sustainable Energy and Technology

The Alliance to Save Energy gathers advanced thinkers in the business world to ensure that energy efficiency is fully utilized as a policy tool in national and international forums and to strengthen the growing global consensus on energy, the environment and the world economy. It also provides links to many energy-related companies..

The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is a national organization dedicated to advancing the use of solar energy for the benefit of U.S. citizens and the global environment.

E Source is a membership-based information service company providing timely, practical, and unbiased information on energy end-use technologies and related application issues.

The Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDE) provides a comprehensive bibliographic database that announces energy-related research and development information.

The Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas (EVAA) is an international non-profit organization working to advance the commercialization of electric vehicles. The site provides news releases, publications, market data and upcoming events.

The Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by funding more than 250 partnerships and projects throughout the United States to promote improved public health and environmental protection by advancing the development and use of innovative environmental technologies.

The Global Environment and Technology Foundation has experience in developing and executing programs affecting environmental and technology policy at all levels of government in the United States and internationally. GETF works with world leaders and other policy makers to promote the best sustainable policy and environmental technology solutions to minimize or avoid environmental problems while enhancing industrial competitiveness. The TechKnow Database lists U.S. Department of Energy information on contaminated site cleanup and remediation.

Global Network of Environment and Technology (GNET) is an information archive that was created to assist government scientists and researchers in commercializing innovative environmental technologies. Here you’ll find a wealth of information related to technology, the environment, and research that the U.S. federal government sponsors in this area. The GNET News Center offers a searchable database of worldwide environmental news and a calendar of upcoming events. The TechKnow Database lists U.S. Department of Energy information on contaminated site cleanup and remediation.

Gridwise Power Guide provides a list of thousands of energy sources and related technologies.

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) works to find solutions that use local resources to address problems that face all Americans, especially society’s most disadvantaged citizens, and includes a wide array of sustainable technologies and technology transfer including resource-efficient housing and sustainable agriculture.

The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) is the hub of a national network linking U.S. companies with federal laboratories to turn government research into practical, commercially-relevant technology. Specialists in biology, physics, chemistry, computer sciences, and various branches of engineering, provide private sector callers with person-to-person contacts in the federal laboratory system. The NTTC Environmental Links provides a large list of government, corporate, military university and nonprofit sites concerned with sustainable technology.

Public Technology, Inc. (PTI) is the non-profit technology organization of the most progressive and entrepreneurial local governments in the USA, working to advance communications capabilities, support local government leaders in their decision-making, and maintain sustainability — the critical balance between urban development and a healthy environment.

Solstice, an internet information service of the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies, is the site for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable technology information and connections.

The Rocky Mountain Institute fosters the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global security. The Institute helps to harness the problem-solving power of market economics and of advanced techniques for resource efficiency.

The Sustainable Development Resources Database contains information on local, national and international organizations and government agencies currently active in the development of sustainable technologies and methods.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has responsibility for a wide range of programs from radioactive waste clean up to fusion research. Many of its programs most relevant to sustainability are accessible through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and its Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Network (EREN) which provides links to many important sites including: