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Alternative Technology Association (ATA) Promoting sustainable technology to the community. Established in 1980, the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) is a non-profit community group that aims to use and promote environmentally friendly technology. They are interested in renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind and water; building with natural materials and conserving energy. The ATA has around one thousand members across Australia, conducts regular meetings, workshops and courses, and produces a range of educational publications.

Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment APACE promotes the use of practical renewable energy technologies while providing education, training, design and advisory services. APACE develops indigenous capacity to ensure that the technology is appropriate to, and sustainable by, the community.

Australian Sustainable Energy Links Societies, Agencies and Other Groups ; Photovoltaics (includes solar vehicle sites); Solar Thermal (high and low temperature); Wind; Biomass; Cogeneration; Geothermal; Education; Energy Storage (Fuel Cells, Redox Batteries, Super Capacitors, etc); Renewable Energy Businesses; Passive Solar Design ; and Miscellaneous.

Bibliography of Green Building Resources They have gathered over 150 of the best books and periodicals on green building and related topics. They have organized these resources into the seven topic areas listed below. Many of the books are available from Amazon.com.

Brazilian Rural Electrification Brings Photovoltaics and Wind Power to Villages In Brazil, extension of photovoltaic and wind power to rural areas can help reduce the economic burdens of population movement and is the least-cost way to provide power for basic services. A two-phase subcontracted pilot project, the U.S./Brazilian Rural Electrification Pilot Project, is demonstrating the technical, institutional, and economic benefits of setting up a variety of electrification systems for remote applications in rural Brazil. The collaborative venture between the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), funded by the US Department of Energy, and Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Eletrica (CEPEL) involves photovoltaic, wind, and hybrid installations in eight Brazilian states.

Building Materials and Wood Technology Department - University of Massachusetts at Amherst Professional management of the companies that manufacture, distribute and use building materials is perhaps the most critical requirement for developing the technologically advanced housing our society will demand in the 21st century. A dynamic network of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers coordinate the development and delivery of sophisticated materials and products to end-users in the construction industry. The Building Materials and Wood Technology program at the Universtiy of Massachusetts prepares students to be leaders in this broad professional field.

Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) The Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) is owned and governed by the New Zealand building and construction industry. They provide the industry with an independent, research, testing, consulting and information resource. Their primary sources of income are through a levy on the value of building work, contracted research from the New Zealand Government's public good research fund, consulting work for individual clients and sales of publications and services. Their mission is "To be the leading resource for the development of the building and construction industry".

Canadian Renewable Energy and Sustainable Energy Internet Site Information to help you produce and/or use energy in the most intelligent and environmentally-friendly ways possible.

Center for Design at RMIT The Centre for Design's work includes: developing and demonstrating new design methods, tools and processes aimed at improving the environmental performance of products and services; working with industry to design greener products and services, and to develop more strategic environmental directions; advising government agencies on policy and programs to reduce environmental impacts through design; exploring new design concepts and scenarios for a sustainable future; and maintaining a national and international network of research and information exchange in environmental design.

Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development The Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development helps communities design and implement innovative strategies that enhance the local economy as well as the local environment and quality of life. Created by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Centre for Alternative Technology CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. Within this search the role of CAT is to explore and demonstrate a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in their own lives.

Centre for Sustainable Design The Centre for Sustainable Design facilitates discussion and research about eco-design and environmental, economic, ethical and social (e3s) considerations in product and service development and design. This is achieved through training and education, research, seminars, workshops, conferences, consultancy, publications and Internet. The Centre also acts as an information clearing house and a focus for innovative thinking on sustainable products and services.

Committee on the Environment (COTE) The Committee on the Environment (COTE), a professional interest area (PIA) of The American Institute of Architects (AIA), is the Institute's forum for the compilation, exchange, and dissemination of environmental information integral to design and the practice of architecture.

Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF) CSF was founded on the idea that computer networking could be used to enhance communications with the objective of working through disparate views and ideologies to secure a more promising future. The contents of the archives and the quality of communications on CSF are intended to reflect this purpose.

Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM) The Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM) was formed in 1993 to encourage multidisciplinary research and education on environmental management and pollution prevention issues in critical industries.

Creating a Sustainable London London imposes a giant "footprint" of resource demands and pollution over a vast area. This may be defined as the land area required to feed the city, to produce its timber and to re-absorb its carbon dioxide output from fossil fuels through photosynthesis. London's ecological footprint extends to 50 million acres, 125 times its actual surface area of 400,000 acres or nearly equal to the entire productive land area of Great Britain. Of course, much of this land is actually located abroad.

Decentralised Energy Systems India Private Limited (DESI Power) The Society for Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA) - the commercial associate of Development Alternatives, an international sustainable development organisation working in energy and environment, with its headquarters in New Delhi and DASAG India, an NRI engineering company with its headquarters in Bangalore, have jointly launched a new initiative to provide reliable and accessible electricity to the villages of India.