Energy Saving Online Websites

Here is a list of useful energy saving and carbon footprint sites from the Reference Warehouse Series.

• U.S. Department of Energy: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/calculators/ They have a whole list of calculators for homes, buildings, vehicles, and industry. Good lists.




• Home Energy Saver: http://hes.lbl.gov/ Created by Lawrence Berkeley Labs, creates a local and customized recommendations list about home energy consumption (can be used for a business too, though some questions won’t apply).




• The Building Life-Cycle Cost Program: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/download_blcc.html BLCC 5.3-08 is a program from National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide computational support for energy-usage analysis of capital investments in buildings.



• Personal Emissions Calculator: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/calculator/ind_calculator.html From the EPA, this site calculates, based on individual and local information, the environmental cost of personal, driving, household, and business electricity usage.



• General Electrical Energy Cost Calculator: http://www.csgnetwork.com/elecenergycalcs.html From a random free calculator site, this will give you the exact cost for the use of lighting, appliances, personal items, and other things based on the type and hours used. Really, really detailed.



• Carbon Footprint Calculator: http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator1.html The original calculator, with sections for home or business.



• Energy Guide’s Carbon Footprint Calculator: https://www.energyguide.com/ Detailed, easy to use, and suggests ways of reducing consumption as well.



• Nature Conservancy’s Carbon Footprint Calculator: http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/ Allows you to calculate for only yourself or your whole household. Includes cross-links to informational pages and ways to save energy.



• An Inconvenient Truth’s Carbon Footprint Calculator: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/ A simplified calculator from the popular Al Gore documentary.



• Power Score Card: http://www.powerscorecard.org/reduce_energy.cfm Twenty things to do to reduce energy consumption.



• 365 Ways to Save Energy: http://www.savewithces.com/365in2008.html A lengthy, and good, list from Carroll Energy Solutions



• EnergyQuest’s Saving Energy Page: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/saving_energy/index.html Geared toward middle and high schoolers, this page lists many ways to save energy, though some of the links are out of date (so just ignore that part).



• Alliance to Save Energy: http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/consumers This is the section for consumers – filled with info on tax credits, energy-saving tips, and more. There are also sections for educators and others.