| Energy Conservation & Efficiency Websites |
| Green School Websites |
| http://ase.org/section/program/greenschl/ |
Alliance to Save Energy - Green Schools |
| http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/educators/lessons |
Alliance to Save Energy - Free teacher lesson plans |
| http://www.earthforce.org/ |
Earth Force Green Schools - hands on opportunities |
| http://www.ashrae.org/technology/page/938 |
ASHRAE advanced energy reduction in schools K-12 |
| http://www.greenandsave.com/files/greenguide/Family_Guide_to_Going_Green_2009.pdf |
Green & Save - Great ideas for students - all ages PDF |
| http://www.energyhog.org |
Kids interactive game to "Save Energy" |
| http://www.kidsfootprint.org/ |
Elementary & Middle School - footprint calculators - one week of free daily lesson plans |
| http://www.ase.org/uploaded_files/educatorlessonplans/audit.pdf |
Alliance to Save Energy - More teacher lesson plans |
| http://www.studysphere.com/education/Energy-Energy-General-Resources-75.html |
Study Sphere - Energy - lesson plans |
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| National Energy Conservation/Efficiency Groups & Conferences, Saving Energy |
| http://yesweconserve.com/ |
Facebook resourse - gives description for energy saving ideas, how much greenhouse gas produced & Amazon link to products |
| http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/consumers/energybilltips |
Alliance to Save Energy - Saving energy tips |
| http://www.ACEEE.org |
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy |
| http://www.affordablecomfort.org |
Affordable Comfort - Articles from presentations at premier energy/affordability conference |
| www.nwf.org/energy/energyconservation.cfm |
National Wildlife Federation - Conserving Energy at Home - Tips - National Wildlife Federation |
| http://www.homeenergy.org/archive/hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/hem_index.html |
Home Energy Magazine - Index to archived articles available on-line |
| http://www.need.org/ |
NEED - National Energy Education Development Project - good section for educators and students |
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| Products/Tools/Do-It-Yourself-er |
| http://www.google.org/powermeter/ |
Google/GE residential Power Meter - measures energy used |
| http://efi.org |
Energy Federation, Inc. - purchase high quality energy efficient products on-line, CFL's, showerheads, powerstrips, etc |
| http://www.p3international.com/products/p4460.html |
P3 - Kill-A-Watt EZ Electricity Usage Monitor |
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| How to Weatherize Your Home |
| http://www.energystar.gov |
Index of Products and DIY Guide to Residential Weatherization -Dept of Energy |
| http://www.bpa.gov/energy/n/energy_tips/weatherization/ |
DIY - Home Weatherization Guide - Bonneville Power |
| http://www.bestofbuildingscience.com/ |
"Best of Building Science" Online Training - Oklahoma Department of Commerce, State Energy Office |
| http://www.pahomeenergy.com/ |
PA Home Energy - helping Pennsylvania consumers reduce their home energy use |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/garden/12greenhome.html?_r=1&ref=garden |
Five Beginners Steps to a Greener Home |
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| Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs (CFL's) |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/business/energy-environment/28bulbside.html?em |
NYT - video on CFL's |
| http://www.ewg.org/node/27389?nbulbs=5&wattage=60&nhours=6&stab=PA |
CFL Calculator - How much can I save per year? |
| http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls |
CFL info |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/science/earth/30degrees.html |
LED Lighting - NYT and video |
| http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/61/when-to-switch-off-your-lights.html |
When to turn the lights off |
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| Home Energy Audits for Adults & Kids |
| http://www.energy.gov/forstudentsandkids.htm |
DOE's Smart Energy Kids - Home Energy Checkup pdf link |
| http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=25 |
Science NetLinks - Home Energy Conservation Tool for Students |
| http://ase.org/section/topic/assessment/ |
Alliance to Save Energy - Home Energy Assessment |
| http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_audits |
Energy Star - Home Energy Audit, DIY Guide and House Pop-Up |
| http://www.coopamerica.org/pubs/caq/articles/summer2008/LevelOne.cfm |
3 levels of Energy Efficiency |
| http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/energy_audits/index.cfm/ |
Home Energy Audit |
| http://hes.lbl.gov/ |
Home Energy Saver - Do It Yourself Energy Audit (Lawrence-Berkeley Lab) |
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| Global Footprint Calculators - Carbon, Water, Energy Use, Ecological, Food |
| http://sustainability.publicradio.org/consumerconsequences/?refid=2 |
Global Footprint Calculator - "How many planets would it take if everyone lived like me?" |
| http://zerofootprint.net/youth/neew |
Carbon Footprint Calculator - students, schools |
| http://hes.lbl.gov/hes/carbon-calculators.html |
Index of Carbon Footprint Calculators - Lawrence-Berkeley Lab |
| http://myfootprint.org/ |
Ecological Footprint - Measures Humanities Demands on Nature (good orchestra!) |
| http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html |
EPA - My home footprint - see how reducing energy & waste reduces my footprint |
| www.footprintnetwork.org |
Ecological Footprint Calculator - How much land area does it take to support your lifestyle. Click on 'Footprint for You" then, 'Personal Footprint' Take the quiz |
| http://www.eatlowcarbon.org/ |
Eat Low Carbon - the food we eat adds to the carbon load |
| http://www.greenhq.net/carbon-footprint.html |
Carbon Footprint of plastic water bottles |
| http://www.h2oconserve.org/ |
What is Your Water Footprint? |
| http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home |
Water Footprint Calculator |
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| Recycling |
| www.storyofstuff.org |
The Story of Stuff - reduce, reuse, recycle |
| http://green.yahoo.com/living-green/reusing-stuff.html |
Reusing stuff |
| http://green.yahoo.com/living-green/recycling.html |
Recycling stuff |
| http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/wm/RECYCLE/recycle.htm |
PA recycling |
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| Renewable Energy |
| http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_basics.html |
National Renewable Energy Lab - Learning About Renewable Energy, the basics |
| http://www.rmi.org/ |
Rocky Mountain Institute - "Abundance by Design" |
| http://www.nowhouseproject.com/ |
The NOW House - Deep Energy Reductions |
| http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/ |
Union of Concerned Scientists - Clean Energy |
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| Social Concerns - Environmental Crisis - Climate Change |
| http://www.communitysolution.org/ |
Community is the solution for changing, challenging times |
| http://www.nationalpriorities.org/ |
The military cost of securing energy |
| http://www.theoildrum.com/special/mission |
The Oil Drum - Energy and our furture, peak oil discussion |
| http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/black_balloons.php |
"Black balloons" video carbon load |
| www.miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm |
Inequality of Resources |
| http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/climate/ |
Co-Op American - Climate Change - Action to Stop Global Warming |
| http://www.sixdegreechallenge.org/ |
Six Degree Challenge - take the quiz |
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| Extras |
| http://www.nrdc.org/energy/consoles/contents.asp |
Game Consoles - Energy Use Study - National Resources Defense Council |
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| http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=products.pr_tax_credits |
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - Federal Tax Rebates for Energy Efficiency - Economic Stimulus Recovery Act |
| http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206875,00.html |
IRS ARRA - info on Residential Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Retrofits |
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| http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=refrig.calculator |
Refrigerator Assessment - time to get a new one? Energy Star |
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| http://www.need.org/needpdf/Learning%20Conserving%20Student%20Guide.pdf |
NEED Saving Energy: Learning & Conserving Student Guide |
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| http://drivesmarterchallenge.org |
$ave Hundreds of Dollars on Gasoline |
| http://www.nwf.org/Global-Warming/School-Solutions/Eco-Schools-USA.aspx |
National Wildlife Federation EcoSchools |
| http://cf.nwf.org/ecoschools/pdfs/ecoschoolsusaenvironmentalreview10-9-09.pdf |
National Wildlife Federation EcoSchools Audit |
| http://www.greenstar-na.com/_data/files/Recycling%20Curriculum%20-%20Greenstar%206.10.08.pdf |
greenstar recycling teacher guide |
| http://greenschools.net/ |
Green Schools Initiative |
| http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/19/e4/c7.pdf |
Green Schools Energy Project |
| http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/school-teachers/ |
How to Green Schools |
| http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/home/green-living.htm |
how stuff works: energy efficiency |
| http://www.epa.state.il.us/p2/green-schools/green-schools-checklist.pdf |
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| http://www.earthday.net/greenyourschool |
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| http://www.willstegerfoundation.org/index.php/programs/k-12-education-program |
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| heating and cooling |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkq789h292k&feature=related |
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| lighting |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEU1oAEIIE&NR=1 |
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| phantom power |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Li32BD4dII&feature=related |
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| water usage tips |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8sVG6GVWw |
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| water usage tips II |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUXYjtHX8wA&feature=related |
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| appliances |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy09DuZ9QD0&feature=related |
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| insulation |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyK5j8-_ShQ&feature=channel |
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| windows |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ4SJXajb5E&feature=channel |
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| smart meters |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjpxIIgo7-8&feature=channel |
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| http://ase.org/section/_audience/educators |
(curricula) |
| http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/KR/ed/page6.htm |
(curricula) |
| http://www.fuelcells.org/ |
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| http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html |
(curricula) |
| http://www.eere.energy.gov/ |
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| http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/resources/publications/publications.htm |
| http://www.lrce.org/ |
search the library catalog under classroom resources |
| http://www.need.org/curriculum.php |
(curricula) |
| http://www.nesea.org/education/edmaterials |
(curricula) |
| http://www.infinitepower.org/lessonplans.htm |
(curricula) |
| http://smartcommunities.ncat.org/municipal/edtoc.shtml |
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| http://www.energy.gov/foreducators.htm |
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| http://wattwatchers.org |
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| http://www.energynet.net/detectives/detectives.html |
(curricula) |
| http://sln.fi.edu/msp/index.html |
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| http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=8&DocID=23 |
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| http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GSS/ |
(curricula for high school) |
| http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml |
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| http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.html |
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| http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/energyexplained/ |
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| http://www.eere.energy.gov/kids/ |
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| http://earthforce.org/ |
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| http://www.greenflagschools.org |
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| http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses |
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| http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/eer/electricity.html |
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| http://www.repp.org/ |
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| http://www.earth.uni.edu/EECP/elem/mod3.html |
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| http://www.zilkha.com |
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| http://www.aliantenergykids.com |
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| http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/environment___ecology/7534 |
| http://www.chps.net/ |
(Collaborative for High Performance Schools) |
| http://www.pspb.org/E21/lessonplan_all.php |
(curricula) |
| http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html |
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| http://www.eeweek.org/resources/curricula_library.htm |
(curricula) |
| http://www.nrel.gov |
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| http://www.powernaturally.org/default.asp |
(New York state) |
| http://www.projectenergysavers.com/ |
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| http://www.infinitepower.org/lessonplans.htm |
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| http://www.TVAkids.com/teachers/sourcebooks.htm |
(curricula) |
| http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/ |
(curricula) |
| http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/highschool_projects.pdf |
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| http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/energy/6001 |
epa student center |
| http://www.epa.gov/students/ |
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| http://www.lessonplanet.com/ |
lesson search engine for teachers |
| http://www.eeweek.org/water_and_energy_wise/connection |
National Environmental Education Week – The Water Energy Connection |
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