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•  Energy Engineering Tools (3)
  • Retail Price of Electricity
  • ToolBase Services - The Home Building Industry's Technical Resource
    Provides details about building products, processes, and systems to improve building performance.
  • RETScreen International
    This software provides tools to evaluate energy projets. It also has downloadable databases of climate data, products, and costs. An energy textbook is also available. All resources are free of charge.
•  Green Buildings (18)
  • Buyer Beware of flood of new Green experts and products
    Whenever a new market emerges, a flood of new "experts" jump into the "space". With the economy down and "green" being all the rage, be careful of new companies and old ones touting themselves as being green or "eco-experts". You can't become an ex
  • Why using DC power inside commercial interiors is better
    Watch this video and you'll see why we are proponents of integrating safe low voltage DC power in commercial interiors is so much more flexible, cost-effective and sustainable.
  • CO2 emisions: wood vs. steel
    Which building material causes more CO2 emissions. wood or steel. Read the article and you may be shocked.
  • Tax Incentives
    Latest info on tax incentives for energy efficiency. Be aware that many tax incentives require a professional engineer to verify energy savings or production. PE Consulting is highly qualified to provide this service (usually with our audits or des
  • CA Flex Your Power
  • Building Green
  • Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
  • LBL, Efficient Technologies
  • Association of Energy Engineers
    PE Consulting engineers are experts in energy management and energy efficiency with the certifications to prove it (such as CEM, CLEP, ADSMP, etc).
  • US EPA
    PE Consulting helps clients become energy stars! For those that are serious about their organization's image and bottom line, the Energy Star program has many benefits and freebies to offer.
  • Passive and Low Energy Architecture
  • World Green Building Council
  • Canada Green Building Council
  • Energy Efficient Design Resources
  • USGBC
    United States Green Building Council. PE Consulting engineers are accredited professionals in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
  • Better Bricks, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
  • NREL, Center for Buildings and Thermal Analysis
  • US DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
•  Clean Water (2)
  • Bottled Water
    Is bottled water really better?
  • Water Architecture
    Excellent video on the impact of our population, megacities and getting clean water where it is needed.
•  Online Utility Meter Data (15)
  • City of Los Angeles
  • City of Sacramento
  • City of Riverside
  • City of Pasadena
  • Imperial Irrigation District
  • City of Glendale
  • City of Colton
  • City of Burbank
  • City of Banning
  • City of Azusa
  • City of Anaheim
  • Pacific Gas & Electric
  • So Cal Gas
  • San Diego Gas & Electric
  • So Cal Edison
•  Federal (8)
  • GSA Building Maintenance Energy Services
  • GSA Building Design Services Matrix
  • GSA Federal Acquisition Services (FAS)
  • General Services Administration Western Region
    CA, AZ, NV, HI
  • Federal Acquisition Register
  • NAICS codes
  • Dun and Bradstreet
  • Central Contractor Registration
•  Global Climate Change (10)
  • A new administration - finally!
    Climate Change progress in the White House - finally.
  • Business Roundtable, Global Climate Change Committee
    PE Consulting participates on the Business Roundtable's Climate Resolve committee. The BRT is an association of global CEOs and executives working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond regulatory requirements.
  • Carbon Calculator
    Quickly calculate your personal "carbon footprint" its impact on the planet.
  • Lakes Mead and Powell may dry up in 13 years
    Scripps scientists predict potentially dire consequences for Southwest US.
  • Staying on course in a tougher climate.
    Leading companies say sustainability is just as important in a financial crisis.
  • Endangered Natural Wonders Worth Seeing
    Travel beyond iconic destinations to spots on the brink of vanishing. See these destinations before climate change takes its toll.
  • Financial Times Reports that Global Climate Change is Man Made
    Financial Times Reports that it is clear that Global Climate Change we are seeing now is not a natural phenomenon and is in fact, man made.
  • Oil Spill threatens Kansas drinking water
  • NOVA Channel on Global Climate Change
    Take a look at the effects of global climate change on the worlds largest glaciers. Caution: you may become VERY, VERY concerned.
  • Arctic Change Indicators, Near Real Time
•  Energy Efficiency (4)
  • Tax Breaks for Businesses, Utilities and Governments
    DOE list of energy tax breaks.
  • IRS Allowable Energy Modeling Software
    DOE qualified software for calculating commercial building tax deductions.
  • Investment Grade Audits - are they needed?
    If you are contemplating an energy savings performance contract, you'd better read this first.
  • Energy Star calculator for the office
    Open the energy star calculator to see what you can do to reduce your carbon footprint at work.
•  Clean Energy (12)
  • Energy Architecture
    Excellent video discussing the human population, the strain on our outdated energy architecture and some solutions.
  • CSI Rebate status
    This tracks solar PV rebate levels and status for the 3 IOU's in California
  • California Solar Initiative
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Spray on solar power?
    Research in nanotechnology
  • Solar concentrators may triple efficiencies
    These may double or triple current efficiencies.
  • Solar Thin Film Installation
    This is a nice overview of installing solar PV on a slanted metal roof.
  • Deactivating nuclear waste in hundreds not millions of years.
    Scientists may have solved the waste storage issue for nuclear power. Deactivating nuclear waste in hundreds not millions of years.
  • New Discovery for Solar Power Storage at Night
    Bio-mimicry once again proves the best way to unleash new breakthroughs in energy.
  • Solar by day, hydrogen by night - no wires
    Scientists use biomimicry of photosynthesis to develop simple, low cost fuel cell energy storage. A home could use solar or wind power, for example, by day and store excess energy in a fuel cell that would use new catalysts to split water molecules
  • Breakthrough in energy storage for renewables
    Scientists make breakthrough in energy storage may enable wide adoption of distributed wind and solar energy on the grid.
  • Solar trackers may become obsolete with new breakthrough
    New anti-reflective coating will boost light absorption to nearly 100% from all angles.
•  Distributed Energy (3)
  • Distributed Energy Forum
    The distributed energy forum is an online location to seek out answers and discuss distributed energy issues with industry experts.
  • Los Angeles Power Association
    PE Consulting principals serve on the board of directors of this non-profit organization that provides an open forum for issues related to power supplies in the Los Angeles area. Obviously, the leadership that Southern California provides impacts Cal
  • Distributed Energy
    Excellent feature articles about distributed energy projects.