Energy Efficiency Subgroup Websites

Laboratories for the 21st Century (Labs21) is designed to meet your needs as laboratory and high performance facility designers, engineers, owners, and facility managers. Co-sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),.. Labs21 offers professionals worldwide an extraordinary opportunity for information exchange and education through three interactive components:

FEMP Focus is FEMP's quarterly newsletter that promotes energy awareness, recognizes successes, and communicates information about saving energy and dollars to the Federal community. FEMP Focus keeps you informed about successful Federal energy-saving projects and partnerships, conferences and workshops, innovative financing strategies, technical analysis tools and updates, and developments in energy management.

Resources for Sustainable Buildings - Many helpful resources about sustainable design and operations are available to Federal facility managers and other personnel. These resources are listed below. FEMP also offers training opportunities about sustainable design and practices.

Operations and Maintenance Best Practices Guide - The Operations and Maintenance Best Practices Guide provides federal facility personnel with information on effective O&M practices for systems and equipment typically found at federal facilities. The recommendations in this guide supplement those of the manufacturer.

Index of Watershed Indicators : http://www.epa.gov/surf2/iwi/

The Index is a compilation of information on the "health" of aquatic resources in the United States. The Index looks at a variety of indicators that point to whether rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands and coastal areas are "well" or "ailing" and whether activities on the surrounding lands that affect our waters are placing them at risk.

Environmental Accounting :http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/acctg/

AIRSWeb: http://www.epa.gov/

AIRSWeb, sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards, provides access to air pollution data for the entire United States. The site includes such information as the highest ozone level measured by state, where air pollution monitoring sites are located, and what the sources of air pollution are. The site also creates custom reports using criteria that are specified, and displays standard maps of the United States.

Center for Environmental Statistics: http://www.clark.net/pub/johnpaul/CEIS2/about.html

The Center for Environmental Information and Statistics (CEIS) is a central source for environmental information and statistics. It produces integrated, multimedia information on environmental quality, status and trends, and provides individuals, communities, businesses and other organizations with improved access to the information that they need to protect public health and safeguard the natural environment.

Sustainable Development ToolKit: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov:80/reflib.html

The United States Department of Energy, through their Smart Communities Network, is offering this toolkit about sustainable development and the resources available in the field. The site includes a collection of indicators of sustainability, news articles, publications, manuals, and software that is available to understand the issues involved in sustainable development.

National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT): http://222.ncat.org

With programs in energy, agriculture and communities, NCAT provides information on sustainable technologies and community-based approaches that can help improve the lives of economically disadvantaged people.

Indicators of Sustainable Development: http://www.un.org/dpcsd/dsd/isd.htm

The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) has developed this site to explore the indicators of sustainable development. As part of the implementation of the Work Program on Indicators of Sustainable Development (ISDs) adopted by the Commission, a working list of 134 indicators and related methodology sheets has been developed and is now available for voluntary testing at the national level, by countries from all regions of the world. The aim of the CSD with respect to ISDs is to have an agreed set of indicators available for all countries to use by the year 2000.