Links/Resources
Here are some other sources for all things green.
BEF White Papers
- Ever wonder what a BEF Carbon Offsets is, why it matters and how to explain it? Here is the first-ever substantive description of the BEF Carbon Offsets concept. Its understandable, thorough description made a huge difference to consumers and developers, opening up the whole market. (Oct, 2000, Rev. Dec, 2004)
BEF Carbon Offsets-New RE Product.pdf
- Been wondering if Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) can actually offset your carbon footprint? This document will walk you through the arguments one step at a time–including some of the more controversial perspectives on RECs. (Feb, 2008)
ABCs of RECs RE and GHG Offsets 12_08.pdf
- Could Cap and Trade legislation actually undermine renewable energy development? It could if it is done poorly. Read all about it. (Feb, 2006)
Clearing the Air.pdf
Our Environmental Partners
These organizations worked with us on the environmental criteria and were instrumental in the establishment of BEF as an institution.
NRDC
RNP
NWEC
Other Online Resources We’d Recommend
Education:
www.b-e-f.org/renewableclassroom
OIT
NEED
Energy for Keeps
NREL
Solar:
Northwest Solar Center
Seattle City Light Net Metering
Solar Washington
SRML
Solar Energy Association of Oregon
Solar Energy International
http://www.votesolar.org/
http://www.solarplan.org/
American Solar Energy Society at http://www.ases.org
Solar Energy Industries Association at http://seia.org
http://www.findsolar.com
Green issues in the news:
apolloalliance.org
grist.org
treehugger.org
ecotechdaily.com
www.maxgladwell.com/
sustainablog.org
http://news.cnet.com/greentech/
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/home
Advocacy:
http://climatesolutions.org/
http://www.wiserearth.org/
http://www.architecture2030.org/
http://greenforall.org/
Green lifestyle:
coopamerica.org
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=13638
http://energytrust.org/
Wind:
American Wind Energy Association at http://www.awea.org
General info on renewable energy projects, policy, pricing, and locations:
Northwest SEED
Green Power Network
ODOE
Oregon Global Warming Commission
DSIRE
RETScreen
IREC
Power Naturally
2.1.0 Footnotes
1 – U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005
http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/data/fra2005/kf/common/GlobalForestA4-ENsmall.pdf
2 - http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_home.html
http://www.earthday.net/~earthday/node/122
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_actionitems.asp
3 – EPA says car emissions contribute about 35%
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/420r06003.pdf
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal/driving/autosmart-maintenance.cfm?attr=8#defensive)
autosmart for jackrabbit starts
4 – The power plants in the U.S., 67.5% of which are fossil fuel burning (2,469), emit over 2.7 billion tons of CO2 a year. Currently, just under 5% of all power plants in the U.S. are non-hydro renewable energy.
(Data from www.CARMA.org)
5 – In 2006, combustion of jet fuel released 240 million tons of CO2. (Annual Energy Review 2007, from http://www.eia.doe.gov/aer/)
2.2.1
1 – http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_actionitems.asp
2 – http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls
http://sgb.berkeley.edu/pledge/pledgeinfo/25%20cfl.doc
3 – U.S. DOE says 75% of electricity used by home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off: http://www.energy.gov/applianceselectronics.htm
4 – http://globalwarming-facts.info/50-tips.html
5 – You can figure your own savings at: http://hes.lbl.gov/
6 – http://www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/english/issues/04/any_questions_e.cfm
7 – http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update51.htm
8 – www.leopold.iastate.edu/research/marketing_files/food/food.htm
9 – In the US, about 12 million barrels of oil and 14 million trees go to producing plastic and paper bags each year.
http://www.rethinkwaste.org/news.php
Learn more from
www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/paper-bags-or-plastic-bags-everything-you-need-to-know.php?page=5
or from a life cyle study by Franklin Associates, Ltd. at
http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/bin.asp?CID=1211&DID=4601&DOC=FILE.PDF
10 – In the U.S. there are 172 million main telephone lines in use, 255 million cell phones and over 301 million people according to
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
If each bill weighs an ounce, that's over 13,300 tons of mail. If each ton of paper takes 17 trees, that's over 226,000 trees.
11 – http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-Inventory/Plumbing/low-flow-plumbing-fixtures
12 – http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProductGroup&pgw_code=TV
http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com/plasmatvreviews/plasma-vs-lcd.html
2.3.1
6 – http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/driveHabits.shtml
1 – www.liveearth.org/crisis_solutions.php
2 – http://www.valuefoundation.org/Paper%202%20-%20Need%20for%20Carbon%20Research.pdf
3 – http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5375/is_200610/ai_n21399938
Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M for gridlock numbers
lifespan increase source: Archives of Internal Medicine, "Effects of Physical Activity on Life Expectancy with Cardiovascular Disease"
(http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/165/20/2355?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=oscar+franco
&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT )
4 – For every 3 lbs. below recommended pressure, fuel economy goes down about 1% (http://www.greenercars.org/drivingtips.htm)
5 – "5X emissions..." source - http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal/driving/autosmart-maintenance.cfm?attr=8#defensive
Aggressive driving can lower gas mileage by 33% at highway speeds and by 5% around town.
(http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/driveHabits.shtml)