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  General information
  • The Carbon Trust
    The Carbon Trust is an independent company funded by UK Government. Its role is to help the UK move to a low carbon economy by helping business and the public sector reduce carbon emissions now and capture the commercial opportunities of low carbon technologies. http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk/

  • Energy Saving Trust
    EST is a non-profit distributing company set up by the Government and major energy companies. This site provides information on domestic energy saving, Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme for organisations, manages the Energy Efficiency Advice Centre network http://www.est.org.uk/
  • National Energy Services Ltd.
    This site has information on The National Home Energy Rating (NHER) Scheme, The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA), other legislation and various on-line technical bulletins http://www.nesltd.co.uk/
  Energy efficient lighting
  • The International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (IAEEL)
    a global contact network and an information resource for high-quality, energy-efficient lighting. Here you can read all IAEEL Newsletter issues, visit the Lighting Crossroads resource index and search for background information in the IAEEL Archives http://www.iaeel.org
  Project examples technical information
  • CADDET
    offers energy efficiency information on full-scale commercial projects which are operating in the member countries, currently Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and the European Commission http://www.caddet.org/

  Tools and data
  • Degree Days Direct
    Vilnis Vesma's energy management pages with degree day tables The site includes further links to sites providing data on energy management -http://vesma.com/index.htm

  • RETScreen - The RETScreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis Software is a unique decision support tool developed with the contribution of numerous experts from government, industry, and academia. The software, provided free-of-charge, can be used world-wide to evaluate the energy production, life-cycle costs and greenhouse gas emission reductions for various types of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies (RETs). The software also includes product, cost and weather databases; and a detailed online user manual.
    Download from http://www.retscreen.net/
 
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