Planning and Designing Self-Service Renewable Energy Systems

Learn about planning and designing small-scale renewable energy systems from the following resources:

• Center for Energy Efficiency And Renewable Technologies (CEERT).
  http://www.ceert.org

• Chelsea Green Publishing Company.
  http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore, for books about Green Building, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Living, and more.

• Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA).
  http://www.eeba.org

• Environmental Building News.
  http://www.buildinggreen.com

• Home Energy Saver, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  http://hes.lbl.gov/hes/

• Island Press.
  http://www.islandpress.com, for books about Architecture and Sustainable Design, Green Living, and more.

• Michigan Libraries. Your local library may have a wealth of resources to help you with your energy efficiency and renewable energy plans and designs. You can use the Michigan e-Library to search library card catalogs all over the state, and more. Your librarian can assist you in learning how to use the MEL system.
  http://www.mel.org

• Michigan Energy Demonstration Centers. There are already centers in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Dimondale, East Lansing, Grand Rapids, Oxford, and Traverse City.
  http://www.warmtraining.org/medc/

• Michigan Energy Office "Related Links" Web page.
  http://www.michigan.gov/mdcd/0,1607,7-122-25676_25770---,00.html

• New Society Publishers.
  http://www.newsociety.com, for books about Ecological Design, Natural and Green Building, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Living, and more.

• Pierce Cedar Creek Institute ecological education center, located south of Hastings, approximately one hour from Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Lansing.
  http://www.cedarcreekinstitute.org

• Rocky Mountain Institute.
  http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid385.php

• U.S. Department of Energy, Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network.
  http://www.eere.energy.gov

• U.S. Green Building Council.
  http://www.usgbc.org