Energy - Best Practices & Case Studies
I. Conservation and Energy Efficiency
- 15 best practices for building energy effeciency
- 2008 CA Energy Efficiency Standards
- Austin, TX “Green Choice Program”
- Australia’s Green Loans Program for residential homes
- Australia National Solar Schools Project
- France’s Incandescent Lamp Phase-Out Program
- Germany’s Special Fund for Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
- Hungary’s National Energy Conservation Program
- Ireland’s Low Carbon Homes Program-providing grants for developers that meet specific requirements for sustainable housing projects
- Milwaukee Energy Efficiency Project Me2
- The Netherlands More with Less Program
II. Building standards
- San Bernardino County – Green Building Incentive (DSIRE)
- Santa Monica – Building Permit Fee Waiver for Solar Projects (DSIRE)
- Sustainable Building Policy (DSIRE)
III. Renewables
- Designing PV incentive programs to promote performance
- Eindhove, Netherlands Solar thermal energy installations
- Mass solar to market program
- National Journal on Germany feed in tarriffs
- Optimizing coupling small desalination units to Solar Collectors
- Renewable production incentives - caPA
- Residential water heating from solar
- Solar Success at Moanalua Terrace
- Wind Power transmission case studies
- What Berkeley can teach us about taking clean energy programs to scale
IV. Transmission/Smart Grid
V. Transportation Energy
Fact Sheet for Federal Tax Incentives Encouraging Alternative Fuels (pdf available)
NREL Report on King County Metro Transit Articulated Hybrid/Electric Buses (pdf available)
NREL Case Study on Electric Buses and Trolleys (pdf available)