Very helpful when trying to make workplaces more energy efficient. Extensive list of resources includes printable tip cards and posters, green team basics, fast facts about building energy use and global warming, and an EnergyIQ quiz.

This easy-to-read guide explains how appliances are rated for efficiency, what the ratings mean, and what to look for while shopping for new appliances. Useful for ready reference and for purchasing new appliances for employee break areas.

Estimating the energy impacts from clean energy policies and programs is a critical evaluation step that enables calculation of other benefits, such as reductions in greenhouse gases, air pollutants, and electricity demand. How this is done depends on whether the effort being evaluated aims to increase clean energy supply or reduce energy demand (i.e., energy efficiency).

Covers all aspects of energy efficient buildings and equipment. Focus is office buildings, but much of the information also applies to libraries.

Downloadable Excel spreadsheet that calculates energy and money saved by adjusting the power settings on your organization's computers.

Comprehensive database of state, local, utility, and federal incentives and policies that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency. Established in 1995 and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, DSIRE is an ongoing project of the N.C. Solar Center and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council. Excellent resource for locating funding for energy efficiency projects.

Energy Star, a cooperative effort of the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is the federal government's energy efficiency portal. Includes a wealth of information on all aspects of energy efficiency, including statistics.

Provides a general formula for estimating energy consumption of appliances, along with a list of typical wattages for various appliances.

This program assists federal agencies with using energy wisely. Includes information on purchasing energy efficient products, deploying renewable energy technologies, identifying funding opportunities, and inventorying and managing greenhouse gases. Although federal agencies are the target audience, these resources will also be useful to library administrators.

Building operation and maintenance programs specifically designed to enhance operating efficiency of HVAC and lighting systems can save 5 to 20 percent of the energy bills without significant capital investment.The 15 Best Practices described in this booklet are strategies that facility managers, energy managers and property managers can use to integrate energy-efficient operation into their organizations' O&M programs and to obtain support from senior management.

Granola Enterprise helps organizations identify and eliminate energy waste in their computers. With a free account, you can create an organization-wide IT energy footprint, making it easy to identify energy waste and evaluate power management options.

The EnergyGuide label gives you two important pieces of information you can use to compare different brands and models when shopping for a new appliance.

The purpose of this guide is to provide the Operations and Maintenance (O&M)/Energy manager and practitioner, with useful information about O&M management, technologies, energy and water efficiency, and cost-reduction approaches.

Introduction to how HVAC, thermostats, and ceiling fans work. Includes a checklist to ensure that all systems are properly set, which increases energy efficiency and saves money and resources.

Provides basic information about power and energy, along with examples of simple electricity and natural gas calculations, which are useful when trying to calculate baseline energy use.

Offers suggestions for transforming existing library buildings to make them more sustainable, with a focus on energy efficiency.

One goal of effective O&M is to achieve the intent of the original building design team, i.e., so that building systems deliver services (including the appropriate amount of outside air) to building occupants. O&M is also the discipline through which long-term goals of economy, energy efficiency, resource conservation, and pollution prevention can be achieved, while meeting the comfort, health, and safety requirements of the tenants.