WEBSITES, WEBSITES & MORE WEBSITES

Variety of lighting, education, energy and sustainability websites

Please let us know if any become defunct

If you have other good ones, please send them to stan@lightingwizards.com

 

ENERGY CENTERS

In California

AgTAC (Agricultural Technology Application Center)

www.sce.com

CLTC (California Lighting Technology Center)

www.cltc.ucdavis.edu

CTAC (Customer Technology Application Center)

www.sce.com

ERC (Energy Resource Center)

www.socalgas.com

ETC (Energy Technology Center)

www.smud.org

ETR (Energy Training Center)

www.pge.com/stockton

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

www.lbl.gov

PEC (Pacific Energy Center)

www.pge.com/pec

SDG&E (San Diego Gas & Electric) seminars and training

www.seminars.sdge.com

SDREO (San Diego Regional Energy Office)

www.sdenergy.org

 

Outside California

British Columbia Hydro

www.bchydro.com

Earth Advantage National Center in Oregon

www.earthadvantage.com

Efficiency Vermont

www.efficiencyvermont.com

Energy Center of Wisconsin

www.ecw.org

Florida Power & Lighting

www.fpl.com

Iowa Energy Center

www.energy.iastate.edu

Lighting Design Lab in Washington State

www.lightingdesignlab.com

Lighting Research Center in New York

www.lrc.rpi.edu

Nevada State Offices of Energy

http://energy.state.nv.us/events

NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)

www.nyserda.org

 

Lamp Manufacturers

GE Lighting Insitute

www.gelighting.com

Philips Lighting Application Center

www.nam.lighting.philips.com/us/lac

Sylvania Lightpoint

www.sylvania.com/learnlighting

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

AEE (Association of Energy Engineers)

www.aeecenter.org

AIA (American Institute of Architects)

www.aia.org

ASHREA (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

www.ashrae.org

BOMA (Building Owners & Management Association)

www.boma.org

IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers)

www.iald.org

IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America)

www.iesna.org

IFMA (International Facilities Management Association)

www.ifma.org

NAESCO (National Assoc. of Energy Service Companies)

www.nalmco.org

NEMA (National Electrical Manufacturer Association)

www.nema.org

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

AEE (Association of Energy Engineers) CLEP (Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional)

www.aeecenter.org/certification

BOC (Building Operator Certification)

www.theboc.info

NCQLP (National Council on Qualifations for the Lighting Professions) LC (Lighting Certification)

www.ncqlp.org

 

GOOD QUALITY LIGHTING

DesignLights Consortium

www.designlights.org

IESNA 9th edition Lighting Handbook & other publications

www.iesna.org

Light Right Consortium

www.lightright.org

New Buildings Insititute (Advanced Lighting Guidelines)

www.newbuildings.org

New Buildings Institute (high benefit lighting)

www.nbl.org/high-benefit-lighting.html

 

MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS & REPORTS

About Lighting Controls Newsletter

www.aboutlightingcontrols.org

Edison Report

www.edisonreport.com

Energy User News (free)

www.energyusernews.com

Energy Watch Newsletter (Bill Attardi's)

www.attardimarketing.com/newsletter.htm

E Source

www.esource.com

Facilities Net

www.facilitiesnet.com

LD+A (Lighting Design and Application)

www.iesna.org

Lighting.com

www.lighting.com

Lighting Resource

www.lightingresource.com/news

Lightsearch

www.lightsearch.com

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT

EERE (DOE) alphabetical listing of sites

www.eere.energy.gov/AB/

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (DOE)

www.eere.energy.gov

Energy Partners (DOE)

www.eenrgypartners.gov

Energy Star

www.eenrgystar.gov

FEMP (Federal Energy Management Programs) lighting

www.femplights.com

National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE)

www.netl.doe.gov

Rebuild America (DOE)

www.rebuild.org

 

GENERAL (in California)

Best Practices Benchmarking for Energy Efficiency

www.eebestpractices.com

California (state of)

www.energy.ca.gov

California Institute for Energy and Environment

http://ciee.ucop.edu/

California Public Utility Commission

www.cpuc.ca.gov

Collaborative for High Performance Schools

www.chps.net

Ecology Action

www.ecoact.org

Energy Solutions

www.energy-solution.com

Heschong Mahone Group

www.h-m-g.com

Local Government Energy Partnership

www.abag.ca.gov/lgep

Prevailing wages

www.dir.ca.gov/disr/pwd

Public Interest Energy Research

www.energy.ca.gov/pier

Right Lights (Norcal 3rd party rebates)

www.rightlights.org

Savings By Design

www.savingsbydesign.com

Smart Lights (Berkeley & Oakland 3rd party rebates)

www.smartlights.org

 

GENERAL (outside California)

Alliance to Save Energy

www.ase.org

ANSI (American National Standards Institute)

www.ansi.org

Better Bricks

www.betterbricks.com

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

www.ceres.org

Consortium for Energy Efficiency

www.cee1.org

Cool Companies

www.coolcompanies.org

Dark-Sky Association (international)

www.darksky.org

Daylighting Collaborative

www.daylighting.org

E & E Publishing

www.eenews.net

Energy Design Resources

www.energydesignresources.com

Energy Guide

www.energyguide.com

Energy On Line

www.energyonline.com

Energy Vortex

www.energyvortex.com

EPRI (Electrical Power Research Institute)

www.epri.com

E Source

www.esource.com

Facilities Net

www.facilitiesnet.com

Green Biz

www.greenbiz.com

IIDA (International Illumination Design Awards)

www.iesna.org

Lamp Recycle

www.lamprecycle.org

LED (Light Emitting Diode) Central

www.ledcentral.com

LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environment Design)

www.usgbc.org

Lightfair

www.lightfair.com

National Research Council Canada

www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

www.neep.org

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

www.nwalliance.org

Northwest Energy Efficiency Council

www.neec.net

Platts (associated with E Source)

www.platts.com

RealWinWin (Building value with energy efficiency)

www.realwinwin.com

Resource Venture

www.resourceventure.org

Rocky Mountain Institute

www.rmi.org

Ruud Lighting (You Decide, We'll Provide on home page)

www.ruudlighting.com

Sustainable Business

www.sustainablebusiness.com

Tool Kit (internal rate of return and other financials)

www.toolkit.cch.com

Transmission and Distribution World

www.tdworld.com

U.S. Green Build Council

www.usgbc.org

Whole Building Design Guide

www.wbdg.org

Zero Waste

www.zerowaste.com

 

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PURCHASING PRACTICES

EnviroSpec

www.envirospec.org

 

March 27. 2005 version

 

Revised: August 05, 2006