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Organizations

American Society of Heating, Refigeration and Air -Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE) is the source for the ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 standard/code for commercial buildings.
BRE
is the UK's leading centre of expertise on building and construction, and the prevention and control of fire.
Chittenden County, Vermont
has an initiatives which focusses on outdoor lighting, discussed by the Center for Sustainable Development.
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Lighting Division
has its report of activities here.
Colorado Office of Energy Conservation
(OEC) is the source for energy information for the state of Colorado. OEC provides free materials and training workshops to support the recently developed "Energy Guidelines for Commercial and High-Rise Residential Buildings in Colorado."
Department of Energy Information Bridge
has DOE scientific and technical information publically available.
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
(IESNA) is the source for publications, recommended practices and national standards in lighting for North America.
International Dark-Sky Association
(IDA) is very active in lighting issues which effect the public.
International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
serves as a central information server for the researchers involved in various Annexes to the Implementing Agreement for the IEA Solar Programme. Participating countries carry out a variety of projects intended to advance active solar, passive solar, and solar photovoltaic technologies for building applications.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
has the Building Technologies Program which provides information on Windows and Daylighting Research, Lighting Sysytems Research, Simulations Research and Advanced Building Systems.
Lighting Research Center
(LRC) is a source of publications and information on lighting.
National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) is the source for the NFPA-101 which discusses emergency and egress lighting.
National Technical Information Service
is the official source for government-sponsored U.S. and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.
New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
is a volunteer group founded during the autumn of 1993 for the purpose of educating the public on the virtues of efficient, glare-free outdoor night lighting.
Ohio Light Pollution Advisory Committee (OLPAC)
was founded in 1997, for the purpose of promoting the efficient use of outdoor lighting in Ohio.
Pennsylvania Outdoor Lighting Council (POLC)
provides advice on solving the problems of glare, light trespass and skyglow caused by light pollution.
Renewable Resource Data Center
(RReDC) is supported by the U. S. Department of Energy's Resource Assessment Program and managed by the Photovoltaics Technology Division of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Software for Code Checking

Department of Energy
has a section on Residential Codes & Products, including the Model Energy Code support program MECheck and a Commercial Codes & Products section with COMcheck-EZ, both available for download at no cost.

Web Sites

Efficient Outdoor Lighting Strategies
from Pacific Gas & Electric provides information about savings by increasing lamp efficiency or reducing the operating time of outdoor lighting systems.
Lighting - the electronic textbook
is an online text on lighting (with some debateable content).
Internet Encyclopedia
is an encyclopedia composed of information available on the Internet.
THERMIE
is part of the European Commission's programme for the promotion of energy technologies, offering this video to introduce the subject of daylighting to an audience unfamiliar with the subject
UtilityGuide
offers evryone interested in the competitive electricity marketplace a single place where they can go to quickly find comprehensive information about electric utility deregulation on a state-by-state basis.

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