ReSource is the newsletter of the non-profit Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST). CREST uses advanced computer and communications tools to promote renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable development.
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Solstice, CREST's Internet information server, continues to add new pages, features, and programs. Be sure to check in often at http://solstice.crest.org/by-type/whats-new.html to see what's new.
Users can reach Solstice by gopher, anonymous ftp, World Wide Web, or e-mail:
New Software from CREST!
CREST's first Spanish/English CD-ROM now available! Plus a preview of upcoming software titles.
What's New On Solstice
New documents, files, resources, and links on our Internet site.
GEM User News
The Global Energy Marketplace is an excellent tool for quickly
searching the Internet for online RE/EE info. Check it out!
CREST is proud to announce the release of a new Spanish/English CD-ROM, "Renewable Energy in Latin America and the Caribbean." The CD presents a multimedia look at ways renewable energy plays an important role in this rapidly-growing area. RE/LAC is an excellent tool for businesses, government officials, and educators who need an engaging overview of renewable energy potential, applications and uses.
RE/LAC contains over 600 screens of information, country profiles, and complete contact information (including emails) for all case studies. Both Spanish and English versions are included on the same CD, and the disc will work with both Windows-based PC and Macs (4 MB free RAM required). RE/LAC was funded by the US Agency for International Development, and sells for $20 USD, plus shipping.
A FREE PREVIEW is available online-- see the URL, above. For more information, contact dja@crest.org. To see free previews of all CREST software and to order any CREST product, see http://solstice.crest.org/orders/index.html For orders in the US call 1-800-346-0104, outside the US call +1-541-484-9353 or fax +1-541-484-1645.
In the next few months, CREST will be releasing several new titles and upgrades for our most popular software titles. Be sure to be on the lookout for:
SolarSizer was developed in a partnership with Solar Energy International, and is expected to sell for about US $150. The software is scheduled for release in April, 1997. For more information on SolarSizer, email solarsizer@crest.org.
Solstice is CREST's popular, free Internet information service, linking thousands of sites on efficiency, renewables, sustainable development, and the environment. Solstice also hosts and designs Web pages for environmental clients such as the Alliance to Save Energy, the Rocky Mountain Institute, RealGoods, the Energy Foundation, the International Institute for Energy Conservation, inter.Light, the Solar Energy Industries Association, and more.
If you would like Solstice to host your group's web page, see http://solstice.crest.org/crestinfo/net_services.html, or contact Deb Anderson at dja@crest.org or Andrew Waegel at asw@crest.org.
Check in often to http://www.crest.org/by-type/whats-new.html to see what's new on Solstice!
The Global Energy Marketplace has a new address! See http://gem.crest.org/ for the latest in sustainable energy information and opportunities. The 'ReInState' section at http://gem.crest.org/sbs/ focuses on information and opportunities in each US state. (GEM for more information)
Power Boosters: Energy Efficiency Case Studies in Ohio
http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/pboosters/ohio/index.html
This report by the Safe Energy Communication Council profiles 19
energy efficiency case studies in Ohio, documenting $13.8 million
in annual energy savings. It also focuses on the 5,700 jobs in the
energy efficiency industry in that state, as well as technical and
financial resources that can be used by companies to initiate
similar programs.
Clean Energy Finance newsletter, Vol. 1, No.3
http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/cef/
Table of Contents: PV Financing Initiative Under Development By
World Bank; Rockefeller Templeton-Calvert Sustainable Development
Fund Closes; World Bank Round-Up; IFC to Pursue Energy Efficiency
Policy; Efficiency To Dominate World Bank Russia Loan by Peter
Adam; India Looks to Private Investors to Sustain Renewable Energy
Growth by Vir Singh; A Green Energy Pool Could Make Renewable
Energy Competitive by John Caird and Mike Davies.
Disclosure and Certification: Truth and Labeling for Electric Power
http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/repp/holt.pdf
Edward A. Holt, editor of Green Pricing Newsletter, argues that
comprehensible, accessible information is essential for a properly
functioning retail power market. He discusses how to define green,
and the institutional arrangements for certifying green power.
Wind Clusters: Expanding the Market Appeal of Wind Energy Systems
http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/repp/dunlop.pdf
In the following REPP Issue Brief, consultant John Dunlop suggests
that wind clusters should complement the large, multi-unit,
professionally developed windfarms that today produce most American
windpower.
Energy and the Environment: The Public View
http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/repp/farhar.pdf
Americans prefer renewables to conventional alternatives such as
nuclear and fossil fuels. This REPP Issue Brief by Dr. Barbara
Farhar of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), reviews
23 years of polling data justifying this widely shared belief.
Clean Energy Finance newsletter, Vol. 1, No.2
http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/cef/
Includes: IFC Clean Energy Fund On Track to Open in 1996; PRI To
Build Another Efficient Light Plant in Asia; India Biomass
Electricity to Increase 500%; Renewable Energy Project Finance:
Where's the Action? by Bill Howley & Scott Sklar.
Industrial-Scale Wind Power in China
http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/wind/index.html
by Debra J. Lew, Robert H. Williams, Xie Shaoxiong, and Zhang
Shihui, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton
University.
Foresight Energy
http://www.forenergy.com/
Foresight Energy Company plans to offer renewable energy based
electric power portfolios, initially in the state of California,
and elsewhere as electric regulatory climates permit.
Concrete Block Insulating Systems
http://www.cbisinc.com/
CBIS provides state of the art insulating products and is very
active in the growing Green Building community.
The Global Energy Efficiency Initiative
http://www.geei.org/
This site is primarily for electronic consultations between the
World Bank and stakeholders (non-governmental organizations, energy
project developers, and others) concerning the environmental
impacts of World Bank energy investments.
Sustainable National Parks
http://www.greening.org/
Developed by Global Environmental Options, this site contains
information about sustainability initiatives at several US National
Parks.
Center for the New American Dream
http://www.newdream.org/
Addressing the transition to sustainability on the level of the
American family.
GEM's New Web address: http://gem.crest.org/
The Global Energy Marketplace (GEM), operated by CREST and
sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is
an information service designed for businesses around the world
involved in sustainable energy services. GEM provides a
one-stop-shop for country and market profiles, online experts,
funding sources, contacts, and links to online resources.
GEM saves you time and money looking for sites on the Internet. Unlike other information services or search engines, GEM reviews each site it links to and provides a summary of each link, saving you time and effort. GEM focuses ONLY on renewable energy and energy efficiency, so searches on GEM quickly find the information you are looking for without wading through every site on the Internet.
Currently GEM has over 2000 links to resources in 150 different countries. Because GEM adds hundreds of new resources each month, CREST is establishing GEM User News to keep regular users up to date on new resources. To subscribe to GEM User News, send email to gemkeeper@crest.org. The next issue will be sent electronically in April 1997.
ReInState: New GEM Service for USA
A new service offered by GEM is the ReInState project. ReInState is an innovative Internet-based information tool designed to assist state and local governments, businesses, communities, educational institutions, and citizens in swiftly and powerfully searching and retrieving case studies, success stories, product and service databases, email directories, software programs, and more.
By clicking on a state, the user can access state-specific energy information without having to search hundreds of sites online. GEM links them all conveniently in one site, saving the user valuable time online.
Check out ReInState at http://gem.crest.org/sbs/
CREST Receives Awards for Internet Services and Software
The staff at CREST has been receiving a lot of attention
lately, and we are happy to announce a few honors our services
have received. :)
Internet Accolades
Six of the top Internet awards have been presented to Solstice.
Congratulations to the CREST Internet team of Andrew Waegel, Zachariah
Nobel, and Darren Korn for maintaining such a widely-respected and
highly-acclaimed site!
The following groups have given Solstice their highest marks for Web excellence:
CREST's programs were selected from close to 500 total entries. Special congratulations to the CREST software duo: Christopher Gronbeck and Eric Woods!
The awards included:
Joining the four current CRESTaceans are: graphic designer Melissa Garland (mag@crest.org); GEM project manager Jonathan Guth (jsg@crest.org); research assistant Jesse Jenkins (jj@crest.org); Internet assistant Darren Korn (dak@crest.org); Internet assistant Zachariah Nobel (zach@crest.org); research assistant Kate von Reis (kvr@crest.org); and contracts and finance manager Shirley Thomas (slt@crest.org). Melissa, Kate, and Darren are based in our San Francisco office, Zachariah works in Portland, Oregon, USA, and Shirley Jonathan, and Jesse work in our Washington, DC headquarters.
We would like to thank all our loyal users and colleagues who have provided content and feedback on CREST services and software. Your comments are always welcome! Send email to info@crest.org.
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