相關資訊
Additional Resources
Books, articles, Web sites, and films on
energy efficiency.
BOOKS
Asplund, Richard W. Profiting
From Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind,
Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Power Efficiency, Carbon Credit Industries, and More.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2008.
Cicchetti, Charles J. Going
Green and Getting Regulation Right: A Primer for Energy Efficiency.
Vienna, VA: Public Utilities Reports, 2009.
Dumaine, Brian. The Plot to
Save the Planet: How Serious Money, Visionary Entrepreneurs, and Corporate
Titans Are Creating Real Solutions. New York: Crown Business, 2008.
Goldstein, David B. Saving
Energy, Growing Jobs: How Environmental Protection Promotes Economic
Growth, Profitability, Innovation, and Competition. Berkeley, CA: Bay
Tree Pub., 2007.
Herring, Horace and Steve Sorrell,
eds. Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Consumption: The Rebound
Effect. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Hordeski, Michael F. Dictionary
of Energy Efficiency Technologies. Lilburn, GA: Fairmont Press; New
York: Distributed by M. Dekker, 2004.
Humes, Edward. Eco Barons: The
Dreamers, Schemers and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet. New
York: Ecco/HarperCollins, 2009.
Kruger, Paul. Alternative
Energy Resources: The Quest for Sustainable Energy. Hoboken, NJ: John
Wiley, 2006.
Lovins, Amory B. Winning the
Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security [by] Amory B.
Lovins [et al.]. Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute, 2004.
McLean-Conner, Penni. Energy
Efficiency: Principles and Practices. Tulsa, OK: PennWell Corporation,
2009, c2008.
Nadel, Steven. Energy
Efficiency Resource Standards: Experience and Recommendations.
Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 2006.
Passero, Barbara, ed. Energy
Alternatives. Detroit: Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006.
Paul, William H. Future Energy:
How the New Oil Industry Will Change People, Politics and Portfolios.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2007.
Schipper, Lee and Stephen Meyers.
Energy Efficiency and Human Activity: Past Trends, Future Prospects.
Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press; sponsored by the
Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2005.
Sissine, Fred J., Lynn J. Cunningham,
and Mark Gurevitz. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Legislation. New York: Novinka Books, 2008.
Taylor, Robert P. Financing
Energy Efficiency: Lessons from Brazil, China, India, and Beyond.
Washington, DC: World Bank, 2008.
U.S. Department of Energy.
International Energy Outlook 2008. Washington DC: Energy Information
Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, U.S.
Department of Energy, 2008.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/index.html
U.S. Department of Energy and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. National Action Plan for Energy
Efficiency: Vision for 2025: Developing a Framework for Change: A Resource
of the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency. Washington, DC:
U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2007.
http://www.epa.gov/solar/pdf/vision.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/solar/actionplan/resources.htm
Utrick, Joseph B., ed. Energy
and Buildings: Efficiency, Air Quality, and Conservation. Hauppauge,
NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
ARTICLES
“Energy + Genius,” Forbes,
vol. 182, no. 11 (November 24, 2008): Special Issue.
Grunwald, Michael. “Wasting Our
Watts,” Time, vol. 173, no. 1 (January 12, 2009): pp. 32-36.
Laitner, John A. “The Scale and
the Investment Potential of the U.S. Energy Efficiency Resource,”
Dialogue [United States Association for Energy Economics], vol. 16,
no. 2 (August 2008): pp. 10-12, 24.
Mantel, Barbara. “Energy
Efficiency,” CQ Researcher, vol. 16, no. 19 (May 19, 2006): pp.
433-456.
Mundy, Liza. “Can One Household
Save the Planet?” Washington Post Magazine, February 15, 2008: pp.
8-13, 24-29.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Government
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.energy.gov/energyefficiency/index.htm
Idaho National Laboratory
Science-based, applied engineering
national laboratory dedicated to meeting America’s environmental, energy,
nuclear technology, and national security needs.
http://www.inl.gov
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
DOE-supported laboratory that conducts
research across many disciplines, with key efforts in fundamental studies
of the universe, quantitative biology, nanoscience, new energy systems and
environmental solutions, and integrated computing.
http://www.lbl.gov
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Another institution in the DOE national
laboratory system that implements research and development programs to
resolve environmental, supply, and reliability constraints of producing
and using fossil resources.
http://www.netl.doe.gov/about/index.html
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Also a DOE-supported laboratory that
develops renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies and
practices, and advances related science and engineering.
http://www.nrel.gov
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
DOE office that advances the
commercialization and deployment of renewable energy and energy-efficiency
technologies.
http://www.eere.energy.gov
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
Office of International Energy and
Commodity Policy
Bureau that coordinates the department’s
liaison with major energy-producing countries and organizations.
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/c9982.htm
Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs
State Department bureau that coordinates
policies related to science, the environment, and the world’s oceans.
http://www.state.gov/g/oes
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Energy Star
Interagency program that helps businesses
and individuals to protect the environment and save energy through energy
efficiency.
http://www.energystar.gov
Academic, Private, and Nonprofit
Organizations
Alliance to Save Energy
Coalition of business, government,
environmental, and consumer leaders that supports energy efficiency.
http://www.ase.org
American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
A nonprofit organization dedicated to
advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic prosperity
and environmental protection.
http://aceee.org
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
An organization of member companies and
institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the
economic mainstream, ensuring the success of the renewable energy industry
while helping to build a sustainable and independent energy future for the
nation.
http://www.acore.org
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean
Development and Climate (APP)
An international partnership that works
to accelerate the development and deployment of clean-energy technologies.
Partner countries include Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea,
and the United States.
http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/default.htm
Clean Edge
Research and publishing firm that
specializes in clean-energy markets.
http://www.cleanedge.com
Clean Energy Group (CEG)
Nonprofit group that promotes greater use
of clean-energy technologies through innovation in finance, technology,
and policy.
http://www.cleanegroup.org
Energy Voyager
A global network of leading scientists,
inventors, entrepreneurs, financiers, and senior government officials who
are committed to finding effective solutions to the world’s critical
energy challenges.
http://www.energyvoyager.com
Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP)
A United Kingdom charity working to
reduce poverty by accelerating access to affordable and sustainable energy
services.
http://www.gvepinternational.org/
Recycled Energy Development (RED)
A private venture whose mission is to
profitably reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing and recycling
waste energy.
http://recycled-energy.com/
Renewable Energy Access
An Internet source for information on
renewable energy.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home
Rice University
Baker Institute Energy Forum
Program dedicated to educating policy
makers and the public about important energy trends.
http://www.rice.edu/energy/index.html
Rocky Mountain Institute
Nongovernmental organization that
promotes market-based, integrative solutions aimed at fostering efficient
and restorative use of resources.
http://www.rmi.org
Stanford University
Global Climate and Energy Project
Long-term research effort on technologies
that will permit the development of global energy systems with
significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions.
http://gcep.stanford.edu
UN Commission on Sustainable
Development
Organization responsible for monitoring
implementation of United Nations policies on environment and sustainable
development.
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_csd17.shtml
World Alliance for Decentralized
Energy
Nongovernmental organization that
promotes worldwide deployment of on-site renewable energy, cogeneration,
and energy-recycling systems.
http://www.localpower.org
FILMOGRAPHY
Abode (2009)
Directors: James Ofsink and Justin
Fernando Valls
Running time: 103 minutes
Summary: The narrator attempts his daily
activities in a modern urban society in an energy-efficient way.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379047/
Building with Awareness: The
Construction of a Hybrid Home (2005)
Director: Ted Owens
Running time: 162 minutes
Summary: A how-to DVD on green building,
featuring house design and construction with natural materials, passive
solar design, rainwater cisterns, earth plasters, photovoltaics,
aesthetics, and more.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456115/
Fuel (2008)
Director: Joshua Tickell
Running time: 112 minutes
Summary: Record-high oil prices, global
warming, and an insatiable demand for energy are issues that define our
times. The film reveals connections between the auto industry, the oil
industry, and the government, while exploring alternative energies such as
solar, wind, and non-food-based biofuels.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294164/
Green: The New Red, White and Blue
Director: David Hickman
Running time: 90 minutes
Summary: New York Times columnist
Thomas L. Friedman looks at various green technologies being adopted by
American businesses to reduce the output of greenhouse gas emissions and
global warming.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024204/
Green Is the Color of Money
Director: Ben Shedd
Running time: 33 minutes
Summary: Widescreen documentary about
designing and building one of the world’s most energy-efficient,
high-performance buildings, the Banner Bank Building in Boise, Idaho.
Built for standard costs using standard parts put together in an
integrated way, this 11-story building demonstrates how building green can
be good for business and the environment.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054598/
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