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Program Name	Advanced Technology Vehicle Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Public Officials
Government	MD
Agency	Maryland Energy Administration
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Maryland's Advanced Technology Vehicle Program seeks to promote low-emission vehicle use that can reduce air pollution in the Washington and Baltimore regions. The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) works with fleet operators willing to help improve air quality by applying advanced low-emission vehicle technology to their high-mileage and high-fuel-use fleets. The Maryland Energy Administration and its partners identify strategic opportunities for alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. The program provides financial incentives that offset the higher initial cost of purchasing low polluting vehicles. The exact amount of the incentive is determined on a case-by-case basis, taking expected emissions benefits and other criteria into consideration. A number of other incentives are also available to help reduce the initial cost of an advanced technology vehicle. This program also helps match technology and vehicle products to exact fleet requirements, train drivers, and mechanics to work with the new technology and get access to clean-burning fuels.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Daivamani (Siva) Sivasailam, telephone 202-962-3226. Email: siva@mwcog.org
Website	http://www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/AirPrograms/Mobile_Sources/afv/ATVProgram.asp

Program Name	Agricultural and Forestal District Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Forest Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	VA
Agency	Loudin County Office of Rural Economic Development
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	The Agricultural and Forestal District Program was formed in 1979 under state enabling legislation to conserve and protect the development and improvement of agricultural and forestal lands. Loudoun County currently has over 70,000 acres enrolled in 23 Districts, and is committed to working with district landowners to preserve the rural and agricultural character of the County.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Louis S. Nichols, telephone 703-777-0426. Email: loudounag@aol.com.
Website	http://www.loudounfarms.org/Default.asp?Page=95

Program Name	AgSTAR
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Livestock
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	The AgSTAR Program encourages the use of biogas (methane) recovery technologies at concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) that manage manure as liquids or slurries. The technologies reduce methane concentrations while achieving other environmental benefits including odor control, improved water quality, and nutrient management opportunities. Partners agree to survey facilities and install methane recovery systems on animal waste impoundments where it is cost effective and/or environmentally beneficial.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Telephone 1-800-95AgSTAR Email: roos.kurt@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/agstar

Program Name	Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency Program
Sectors	Power Generation
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Power Suppliers
Government	AK
Agency	Alaska Energy Authority (AEA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Alaska Energy Authority's (AEA's) Alternative Energy and Energy Efficiency section currently manages or funds 47 projects totaling $63.9 million in the areas of hydroelectric, wind, biomass, transmission and distribution, geothermal, solar, diesel generation, and end use efficiency. The primary objective of the program is to lower the cost of power and heat to communities while maintaining system safety and reliability. Projects seek to increase efficiency of existing diesel power production and end use as well to develop alternatives to diesel-based energy technology. For example, with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), AEA has conducted energy audits in 490 schools and other facilities in 143 rural communities, identifying measures that will save an estimated $2.3 million per year at a one-time cost of $4.1 million. The program is also assisting 16 communities throughout the state in upgrading to high-efficiency diesel generators and automated switchgear and developing systems that supply recovered “waste” heat to community facilities.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Peter Crimp, Project Manager, Alaska Energy Authority/AIDEA, telephone 907-269-4631 . Email: pcrimp@aidea.org
Website	http://www.akenergyauthority.org/programsalternative(2).html

Program Name	Alternative Transportation Fuels Curriculum and Teacher Training Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Alternative Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	TX
Agency	Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	The Alternative Transportation Fuels Curriculum Supplement was developed by the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) to integrate clean transportation fuels information into science courses for middle and high school students. The program has trained 937 Texas science teachers to teach over 103,000 students about energy and alternative fuels and the potential role of electricity and alternative fuels in global climate change. The program provides videos, hands-on classroom activities, posters, and other resources. The curriculum is being updated to include the results of recent research on global climate change and the benefits alternative fuels can provide in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Dub Taylor, SECO Director, telephone toll free 800-531-5441 ext 3-1931. See also http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/seco_contacts.html. Email: dub.taylor@cpa.state.tx.us
Website	http://wattwatchers.org/pages/SECO.htm

Program Name	Best Workplace for CommutersSM Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Commuter Transport
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnerships
Description	This public-private sector voluntary program encourages employers to sign a voluntary agreement to offer their employees traffic reducing commuter benefits (tax-free transit passes, vanpool benefits, etc.). These commuter benefits help employers address limited or expensive parking, reduce traffic congestion, improve employee recruiting and retention, and minimize the environmental impacts associated with drive-alone commuting. The Best Workplace for CommutersSM Program publicly recognizes employers, business parks, downtown districts, and other entities whose commuter benefits reach a certain standard. Participating companies earn the designation "Best Workplaces for CommutersSM" - a mark of excellence for environmentally and employee-friendly organizations. On average, an employer with 1,000 employees that joins Best Workplaces for Commuters can take credit for taking 175 cars off the road, saving 44,000 gallons of gasoline per year, and cutting global warming pollution by 420 tons per year.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Toll-free hotline 888-856-3131. See also http://www.bwc.gov/contactform.htm.
Website	http://www.bwc.gov/

Program Name	BestPractices Program
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	BestPractices, a program of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT), works with industry to identify facility-wide opportunities for energy savings and process efficiency. Through the implementation of new technologies and systems improvements, companies across the United States are achieving immediate savings. DOE's BestPractices partners receive in-plant assessments, tools, training, and other resources to help them identify their best opportunities to cut energy use and save money.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Office of Industrial Technologies Clearinghouse, telephone 800-862-2086. Email: clearinghouse@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/

Program Name	Building America
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential Buildings
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	Building America is a private-public partnership designed to promote energy solutions for new and existing homes using the combined knowledge and expertise of the housing industry and the U.S. Department of Energy. The program applies systems engineering research approaches to produce more energy efficient homes on a community scale, reduce construction time and waste, improve builder productivity, provide new product opportunities to manufacturers and suppliers, and implement innovative energy-and material-saving technologies. The program unites segments of the building industry that traditionally work independently of one another, forming teams of various companies and groups. Currently, there are five teams comprised of a total of more than 150 different companies: Building Industry Research Alliance (BIRA), Building Science Consortium, Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Industrialized Housing Partnership, and Integrated Building and Construction Solutions (IBACOS). To date, the Building America program has helped build over 24,000 homes across the United States.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	George James, Project Manager, telephone 202-586-9472. Email: George.James@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/

Program Name	Building Energy Codes Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	The Building Energy Codes Program works with other government agencies, state and local jurisdictions, national code organizations, and industry to promote stronger building energy codes and help states adopt, implement, and enforce those codes. Goals of the program includes collaboratively improving the energy efficiency of commercial and residential buildings, providing financial and technical assistance, developing compliance tools and materials, and developing and promulgating energy codes. The program also supports outreach and deployment activities that seek to achieve code compliance and resulting energy savings. Outreach activities notify stakeholders about developments in energy codes, available compliance products and training, and other energy-related news. DOE projects that its $37.5 million investment in the Program has resulted in energy savings of nearly $1 billion per year.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Jean J. Boulin, telephone 202-586-9870 Email: jean.boulin@ee.doe.gov
	Teresa Caroll, telephone 202-586-6477 Email: teresa.caroll@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.energycodes.gov/

Program Name	Building Energy Efficiency Programs
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Schools
Government	NC
Agency	North Carolina State Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	Among the programs in North Carolina that address energy efficiency in building design and construction of school, state, and local government buildings are the High Performance Guidelines. These guidelines provide a model for the design and construction of energy efficient, cost-effective, durable, and environmentally sound buildings. Other programs include energy code assessment and training, energy improvement loan programs, and energy efficiency in state construction. Some specific examples are Energy Improvement Loan Program, Energy Efficiency in State Construction, High Performance Building Guidelines, Housing Energy Efficiency, and Public School Energy Improvement.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	State Energy Office, telephone 919-733-2230 or toll free 800-662-7131 (NC only) Email: energyinfo@ncmail.net.
Website	http://www.energync.net/programs/buildings.html

Program Name	Building Technologies Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information resources
Description	The Building Technologies Program conducts research and development on technologies and practices for energy efficiency, working closely with the building industry and manufacturers; promotes energy and money-saving opportunities to builders and consumers; and works extensively with state and local regulatory groups to improve building codes and appliance standards.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Ask an Energy Expert website http://www.eere.energy.gov/askanenergyexpert.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

Program Name	Buildings Cooling Heating and Power (BCHP) Initiative
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Technical support
Description	The Buildings Cooling, Heating, and Power (BCHP) Initiative is part of the broader building technology efforts of the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The initiative addresses on-site fuel technologies that make it possible to combine power generation and HVAC system optimization and integration with other innovative building technologies related to thermal utilization, cooling, and dehumidification.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Phillip Fairchild, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, telephone (865) 574-2020 Email: fairchildpd@ornl.gov
	Ronald Fiskum, Department of Energy, CHP for Buildings Program, telephone 202-586-9154 Email: Ronald.Fiskum@hq.doe.gov
	Patricia Hoffman, Office of DEER, telephone 202-586-6074 Email: patricia.hoffman@hq.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

Program Name	Built Green® Colorado
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local communities
Government	CO
Agency	Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC)
Type of Service Provided	Program support
Description	The purpose of this voluntary program is to encourage homebuilders to use technologies, products, and practices that will provide greater energy efficiency, reduce pollution, provide healthier indoor air, reduce water usage, preserve natural resources, and improve durability and reduce maintenance. The Built Green® program provides a range of technical support and training opportunities to assist builders in making choices, as well as follow-up support. As a quality control for the builders and the program, five percent of all home registered as Built Green® are inspected on a random basis by certified raters of the independent, non-profit agency, E-Star Colorado. This independent verification is an extremely important component of the program, as it brings enhanced credibility to the program, as well as meaningful educational and technical support to the builders. In January 2000 Built Green® Colorado announced its transition from being primarily funded by the Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation to becoming the first privately funded statewide green building program in the country. In a few short years, Built Green® Colorado has become the most successful program of its kind in the nation, with over 8,000 homes registered to date, more than 100 participating builders across the state, and over 45 industry sponsors.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Kim Calomino, Director, Built Green® Colorado, telephone 303-778-1400. Email: info@builtgreen.org.
Website	http://www.builtgreen.org/default.htm

Program Name	Business and Industry Energy Efficiency Programs
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NC
Agency	North Carolina State Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Technical support
Description	Projects in this subject area market and promote energy efficiency programs to corporations and businesses located in North Carolina. Topics include technical training in energy management and sustainability, including reuse and recycling. Specific programs areas, include, but are not limited to alternative cooling technologies, climate change reduction, energy management program, landfill gas use in greenhouses, and North Carolina waste exchange.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	State Energy Office, telephone 919-733-2230 or toll free (in state only) 800-662-7131. Email: energyinfo@ncmail.net.
Website	http://www.energync.net/

Program Name	California Climate Action Registry
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	CA
Agency	California Climate Action Registry; California Energy Commission (CEC)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The California Climate Action Registry was created by legislation (SB 1771 in 2000, with technical changes made in SB527), to provide a non-regulatory approach for businesses, governmental bodies, local communities, and others to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. With support from the California Energy Commission (CEC), the Registry is an independent non-profit organization and currently serves as the first and most comprehensive state-level greenhouse gas registry in the U.S. The Registry provides the means to document and report their direct and indirect emissions inventories through a greenhouse gas emission calculation and reporting tool, the Climate Action Registry Reporting Online Tool (CARROT). Registry participants are encouraged to certify their reports through third-party verification. The voluntary program provides public and regulatory recognition to participating businesses. There is an annual membership fee to participate, the amount of which is determined by entity revenue or budget.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Jill Gravender, California Climate Action Registry, telephone213-625-1645. Email: jill@climateregistry.org
Website	http://www.climateregistry.org/

Program Name	Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	International
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum is an international climate change initiative implemented jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of State that will focus on the development of carbon capture and storage technologies as a means to accomplishing long-term stabilization of greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. The initiative is designed to improve carbon capture and storage technologies through coordinated research and development with international partners and private industry. Cooperation includes data gathering, information exchange, and joint projects.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Barbara McKee, DOE Office of Fossil Energy, telephone 301-903-3820.
Website	http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/sequestration/cslf/

Program Name	Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnerships Programs
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Multiple Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	On November 21, 2002, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced plans to create a national network of public-private sector partnerships that would determine the most suitable technologies, regulations, and infrastructure needs for carbon capture, storage, and sequestration in different areas of the country. The seven partnerships that form the core of the nationwide sequestration network are in the West Coast, Southwest, Northern Rockies and Great Plains, Plains, Midwest, Southeast, and Midwest. The Department of Energy will provide approximately $11.1 million to support the partnerships over the next two years.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Robert Kane, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 202-586-4753; Robert Wright, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, telephone 301-903-5471; John Litynski, National Energy Technology Laboratory, telephone 304-285-1339.
Website	http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/sequestration/partnerships/

Program Name	Clean-Fueled Bus Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Clean-Fueled Bus Program provides funds to state and local transit agencies, municipalities, and schools for up to 100% of the incremental cost of new alternative-fuel buses, and associated infrastructure. The emissions reduction potential of alternat
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/Programs/Transportation/afv.asp#Bus

Program Name	Clean Air - Cool Planet (CA-CP)
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors	Partnerships
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	CT
Agency	The Clear Air - Cool Planet Organization
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Clean Air-Cool Planet (CA-CP) creates partnerships in the Northeast to implement solutions to climate change and build constituencies for effective climate policies and actions. CA-CP partners with campuses, communities, and companies throughout the Northeast to help reduce their carbon emissions. One of CA-CP's many partners is Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), which is comprised of air quality officials from eight Northeast states. CA-CP helps various stakeholders understand the impacts of global warming and its best available solutions, through comprehensive outreach efforts focusing on commitment, innovation and success in climate action. CA-CP showcases practical climate solutions that demonstrate the economic opportunities and environmental benefits associated with early actions on climate change. The program also advocates the implementation of effective policy solutions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the state and regional levels. Finally, it works to build support for the implementation and strengthening of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers' regional Climate Change Action Plan.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 603-422-6464.
Website	http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/

Program Name	Clean Air Minnesota
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	MN
Agency	Minnesota Environmental Initiative
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Clean Air Minnesota is a voluntary partnership of businesses, environmental groups, government agencies and citizens working together to achieve significant, measurable reduction in air pollution. The co-chairs of Clean Air Minnesota are Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy. Other partners include, but are not limited to, US EPA, Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Clean Air Minnesota's goal is to achieve significant, measurable reductions in air pollution through the voluntary actions of people and businesses throughout Minnesota. Leveraging the resources and expertise of its partners, Clean Air Minnesota works to achieve real emissions reductions. Clean Air Minnesota's action plan centers on improving air quality by reducing emissions generated by individuals and businesses. Clean Air Minnesota's efforts are focused on four primary categories: educating the public about air quality threats and how to address them; working with industries and small businesses to identify ways to reduce emissions; lowering emissions from mobile sources; and encouraging natural landscaping as an alternative to mowing.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Bill Droessler, telephone 612-334-3388 ext. 103 Email: bdroessler@mn-ei.org
	Colleen Coyne, telephone 612-334-3388 ext. 109 Email: ccoyne@mn-ei.org
Website	http://www.mn-ei.org/air/

Program Name	Clean Cities Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnerships
Description	Clean Cities supports voluntary public and private partnerships that deploy alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) and build supporting infrastructure. There are approximately 80 Clean Cities coalitions across the country with more than 4,700 stakeholders. A Clean Cities coalition can provide a forum for members to leverage their resources, develop joint projects, collaborate on public policy issues, and promote AFVs in their communities.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Clean Cities Hotline 800-224-8437. Email: email ccities@nrel.gov
Website	http://www.ccities.doe.gov

Program Name	Clean Corporate Citizen (C3)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Environmental Stewardship
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	MI
Agency	Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	This voluntary program allows eligible entities that have demonstrated environmental stewardship and a strong environmental ethic to be recognized as Clean Corporate Citizens (C3). C3 facilities enjoy greater permitting flexibility, receive public recognition, and are entitled to certain regulatory benefits, including expedited permits.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Kelie Bond, telephone 517-241-7969 Email: bondk@michigan.gov
	Valerie Haan, telephone 517-241-0231 Email: haanv@michigan.gov
Website	http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3307_3666_4134-9922--,00.html

Program Name	Clean School Bus USA
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Clean-Fueled Bus Program provides funds to state and local transit agencies, municipalities, and schools for up to 100% of the incremental cost of new alternative-fuel buses, and associated infrastructure. The emissions reduction potential of alternative-fuel buses is evaluated for project selection. Funds come from Governor Pataki's Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act. A total of $25 million has been awarded for 538 buses including compressed natural gas, battery electric, and diesel hybrid-electric technology.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Clean School Bus USA Team, telephone 734- 214-4780. Email: CleanSchoolBusUSA@epa.gov
	See also http://www.epa.gov/otaq/schoolbus/comments.htm. Email: CleanSchoolBusUSA@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus

Program Name	Climate Leaders
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Multiple Sub-sectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	This voluntary industry-government partnership encourages companies to develop long-term comprehensive climate change strategies. Partners set a corporate-wide GHG reduction goal and inventory their emissions to measure progress. By reporting inventory data to EPA, Partners create a lasting record of their accomplishments. Partners also identify themselves as corporate environmental leaders and strategically position themselves as climate change policy continues to unfold. EPA provides technical assistance to set a reduction goal and conduct a greenhouse gas inventory, as well as guidance for Partners interested in third-party verification
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Jim Sullivan, Climate Leaders Program, telephone 202-343-9241. Email: sullivan.jamest@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/climateleaders/

Program Name	Climate VISION (Voluntary Innovative Sector Initiatives: Opportunities Now)
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	Climate VISION is a Presidential Initiative that was launched by DOE in February 2003 and is intended to help achieve the President's goal of reducing America's greenhouse gas intensity by 18% during the next decade. In order to reach this goal, this public-private partnership seeks to pursue cost-effective strategies to reduce the growth of greenhouse gas emissions. The program assists industry in its efforts to accelerate the transition to practices, energy technologies, and improved processes that are cleaner, more efficient, and more capable of capturing or sequestering GHGs. Business associations representing 14 industry sectors and the Business Roundtable have become program partners with the federal government since the advent of Climate VISION.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	David Berg, Senior Policy Advisor, telephone 202-586-1117; Larisa Dobriansky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy Office, telephone 202-586-4391; Stephen Eule, Director, Office of Climate Change Policy, telephone 202-586-2731. Email: David.Berg@hq.doe.gov
Website	http://www.climatevision.gov

Program Name	Coal Combustion Products Program (C2P2)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Coal
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	This partnership is designed to help promote the beneficial use of coal combustion products (CCPs) and make known the resulting environmental, economic, and performance benefits. Through the C2P2 program, EPA and its partners work to reduce or eliminate legal, institutional, economic, market, informational, and other barriers to the beneficial use of CCPs. This is achieved primarily through workshops, targeted activities, and the C2P2 Challenge Program. Through the Challenge Program, organizations voluntarily work to increase the beneficial use of CCPs. Environmental benefits of using CCPs can include reduced greenhouse gas emissions, reduced land disposal requirements, and reduced utilization of virgin resources. Economic benefits can include reduced costs associated with coal ash and slag disposal, increased revenue from the sale of ash, and savings from using CCPs in place of other, more costly materials. Performance benefits may result from the physical and chemical characteristics of CCPs and include greater resistance to chemical attack, increased strength, and improved workability when fly ash is used to replace or supplement Portland cement in concrete. High performance concrete, which can contain fly ash and/or other recycled materials, is being used to double the life of conventional pavements and is also used in bridge applications that are being designed to last up to 100 years.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 800-EPA-WISE. See also http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/comments.htm. Email: Webmaster.OSW@epamail.epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/c2p2/index.htm

Program Name	Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP)
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Coalbed Methane
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (CMOP) is a voluntary program that seeks to reduce methane emissions, as well as profitably recover them. It works to identify and implement methods to use coal mine methane productively, which helps mitigate climate change, improve mine safety and productivity, and result in financial profits.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Clark Talkington, telephone 202-564-8969. Email: talkington.clark@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/outreach/cmop/

Program Name	Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Challenge
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Networking Support
Description	DOE Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Challenge promotes doubling U.S. CHP capacity by 2010 by fostering technology development, raising awareness of the energy, economic and environmental benefits of CHP, and highlighting barriers that limit its increased implementation. The Initiative supports a range of activities including regional, national, and international meetings, industry dialogues, and development of educational materials. DOE's CHP Challenge includes DOE's CHP Initiative, Buildings Cooling Heating and Power (BCHP) Initiative, Combustion Program, Steam Challenge, and Federal Energy Management Program. DOE's CHP Challenge program also collaborates with EPA's CHP program to identify regulatory issues associated with CHP.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/de/

Program Name	Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	EPA's Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership is a voluntary program designed to foster cost-effective CHP projects. Through the Partnership, EPA engages the CHP industry, state and local governments, and other stakeholders in cooperative relationships to expand the use of CHP. Collaborative efforts seek to develop tools and services to support the creation of new projects that promote energy, environmental, and economic benefits. EPA's tools and services fall into five categories: market development and enhancement; public recognition of Partners; outreach and educational tools and services; technical assistance to aid CHP project development; and assistance with regulatory policies and permitting.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Luis Troche, telephone 202-343-9442. See also http://www.epa.gov/chp/contact_us.htm. Email: troche.luis@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/chp

Program Name	Commercial and Industrial Performance Program
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	NYSERDA developed the Commercial and Industrial Performance Program to support the development of energy service providers and to encourage consumers to invest in the installation of energy efficiency equipment. This performance-based program offers incentive payments to energy service companies (ESCOs) that develop projects delivering verifiable annual electric energy savings. The average annual electric energy savings will be verified for up to a two-year period following project installation.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Eric Mazzone, telephone 518-862-1090 ext. 3371 Email: info@nyserda.org
	Mary Sauvie, telephone 518-862-1090 ext. 3229 Email: mks@nyserda.org
	or telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: mks@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/Programs/Commercial_Industrial/cipp.asp?i=PON%20855%27
	http://www.nyserda.org/Programs/Commercial_Industrial/default.asp

Program Name	Community Based Environmental Protection (CBEP)
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Networking Support
Description	The Community Based Environmental Protection introduces is a new approach to protecting the environment. CBEP supplements and complements traditional environmental protection approaches by focusing on the health of an ecosystem and the behavior of humans that live in the ecosystem's boundaries, instead of concentrating on individual problems. Collaboration occurs between diverse public and private stakeholders within a specific geographic area. CBEP also allows for connecting and broadening issues dealt with by environmental protection programs. One of the main principles of CBEP is to focus on a geographic area. Issues include, but are not limited to, sprawl, watersheds, and sustainable development.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	U.S. EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, telephone 202-566-2182. See also http://www.epa.gov/ecocommunity/contactus.htm. Email: smartgrowth@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/ecocommunity/

Program Name	Connecticut Clean Energy Fund
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	CT
Agency	Connecticut Clean Energy Fund
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Created by the Connecticut State Legislature, the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund seeks to benefit Connecticut ratepayers by encouraging the growth of the state's clean energy industry. The program provides funding for actions that support the research, development, manufacture, commercialization, deployment, and installation of renewable energy technologies. The program takes a multifaceted approach to fulfilling its mission of building a vibrant, growing clean-power marketplace. On one hand, the program supports equity investments in commercial enterprises whose products and services will accelerate the development of clean power technologies and make clean power more available, affordable, and practical. The Fund also supports a wide range of initiatives involving research, education, outreach and other activities that will stimulate ratepayers' desire for clean power. Through this approach, CCEF encourages the production and widespread use of energy from clean and renewable sources and helps Connecticut ratepayers-and all Americans-reap the benefits.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, telephone 860-563-0015.
Website	http://www.ctcleanenergy.com

Program Name	Conservation Security Program (CSP)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Agricultural Vehicles and Machinery
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	IL
Agency	Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Conservation Security Program (CSP), implemented by the Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), is a voluntary program that provides financial and technical assistance to promote the conservation and improvement of soil, water, air, energy, plant and animal life, and other conservation purposes on private working lands. Working lands include cropland, grassland, prairie land, improved pasture, and rangeland, as well as forested land that is an incidental part of an agriculture operation.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Website	http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp/index.html

Program Name	Cool Communities
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	UT
Agency	Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Cool Communities program works to reduce energy consumption and increase air quality in Utah by promoting "cool" strategies of appropriate placement of trees and shrubs and use of reflective roofing and pavements. Partnering with many groups, the program is involved in education and demonstration projects, and incorporating Cool Communities strategies into municipal policy and city ordinances. This program also includes a Kool Kids component that educates students about the urban heat island phenomenon and its effects. In collaboration with the Cool Communities program, the Sustainable Development program
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Gina Fleischer, telephone 801-538-4781.
Website	http://www.coolcommunities.org/

Program Name	COOLAdvantage Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	NJ
Agency	New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The objective of the COOLAdvantage Program is to improve the energy efficiency of new electric central air conditioners and heat pumps. The program promotes both the sale of qualifying energy-efficient equipment and improvements in proper system sizing and installation "best practices" that affect operating efficiency. To this end, the program provides rebates towards the purchase and installation of energy-efficient electric central air conditioners or heat pumps.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See website http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/4contact/1_general_info.html.
Website	http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/1residential/1_cool_advantage.html

Program Name	Cooperative Conservation Initiative
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	Federal
Agency	DOI
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	To advance conservation through cooperation, communication, and consultation, the U.S. Department of the Interior is expanding the conservation tools available to private landowners and federal land mangers to enhance and achieve conservation. These tools include over $500 million in conservation grants, including $113 million proposed in FY 04 for the Cooperative Conservation Initiative (CCI).
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Telephone 202-208-3100. See also http://www.doi.gov/contact.html.
Website	http://www.doi.gov/initiatives/conservation.html

Program Name	Demand Response Programs
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	CA
Agency	California Energy Commission (CEC)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	California's Demand Response Programs encourage ALL electrical consumers, including residential, commercial, industrial, and public sectors, to reduce their power usage during peak load times. The programs are administered by local utilities and the state, and use rates, incentives or other means to encourage consumers to reduce electricity use at peak.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 800-555-7794 (toll free in California). Email: peakload@energy.state.ca.us
Website	http://www.fypower.com/now/demand_resp.html

Program Name	Distributed Energy and Electric Reliability (DEER) Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Distributed Generation
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The mission of the Distributed Energy and Electric Reliability (DEER) Program is to develop advanced technologies that strengthen America's electric energy infrastructure. This Program addresses distributed generation, transmission, distribution, storage, and demand management technologies that can improve the reliability, efficiency, and performance of the power grid. DEER helps achieve its goals through research, development, demonstration, technology transfer, and education activities with its partners.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 800-DOE-3732.
Website	http://www.energy.ca.gov/deer/index.html

Program Name	Distributed Generation and Combined Heat and Power (DG-CHP) Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Distributed Generation and Combined Heat and Power (DG-CHP) Program supports the development and demonstration of distributed generation (DG) systems, components and related power systems technologies, and combined heat and power (CHP) application in industrial, municipal, commercial and residential sectors. NYSERDA provides $15 million per year under the program to support feasibility studies, product development, and demonstrations. The DG-CHP program and the projects supported will address power generation, availability, reliability, and quality needs of New York State while emphasizing energy efficiency and environmental quality. The projects are expected to result in direct energy, environmental, and economic benefits such as peak electric demand reduction, higher fuel-use efficiency, emissions reduction, lower energy costs, job creation, and product sale.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Jim Foster, telephone 518-862-1090 ext. 3376 Email: jmf@nyserda.org
	or telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/dgchp.asp

Program Name	E-Star Colorado
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	CO
Agency	Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC) first launched the E-Star program in 1995, starting the program with seed money from the Department of Energy (DOE). Today, E-Star continues to deliver energy efficiency solutions to homeowners, builders, and others interested in the cause of residential energy efficiency throughout the state of Colorado. To meet this objective, E-Star partners with, supports, and provides information to participants in the housing industry, including homeowners and homebuyers, builders, Home Energy Raters, real estate professionals, code officials, and utilities. E-Star understands the diverse concerns of each of these groups in respect to energy efficiency and its interrelation with factors such as construction schedules, comfort, home value, environmental issues, and cost concerns. E-Star offers energy ratings, educational programs, and home loans.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Megan Edmunds, E-Star Colorado, telephone 303-297-7480 ext 380. Email: oemc@state.co.us
Website	http://www.e-star.com/

Program Name	Emerging Technologies Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Program support
Description	The Emerging Technologies Program supports Research and Development for the next generation of energy-efficient components, materials, and equipment. It is intended to increase demand for, and to bring new highly efficient technologies to market for buyers, while assisting manufacturers, ESCOs, and utilities.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Webmaster. Email: cyrus.nasseri@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/emergingtech/

Program Name	Emission Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Semiconductor Industry
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	As part of the Emission Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry, the U.S.-based Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has committed to reduce a suite of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions by 10% from 1995 levels by the end of 2010. This will be achieved through activities such as manufacturing processes optimization, alternative chemistries, capture/recycling, and abatement. The SIA agreed to this goal on behalf of 22 semiconductor manufacturers that account for over 70% of this sector's HFC, PFC and SF6 “perfluorocompound” emissions. EPA estimates that this goal will reduce emissions by over 13.5 MMTCE by the year 2010.
GHGs Reduced	HFCs
Contact Information	Scott Bartos, telephone 202-343-9167 Email: bartos.scott@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/cppd/

Program Name	Energy Efficiency Lease Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Institutions
Government	MS
Agency	Mississippi Development Authority
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Energy Efficiency Lease Program provides access to public entities to pre-arranged, tax-exempt lease purchase financing of energy efficient technologies and equipment. Section 31-7-14 of the Mississippi Code, allows universities, community colleges, public hospitals, private "non-profit" hospitals, state agencies, local governing authorities, and school districts to lease-purchase energy efficiency services and/or equipment for up to ten (10) years. The Energy Division can also select a third party financier to fund energy projects such as lighting, boilers, cooling systems, energy management systems, and windows. A public entity can reduce high origination fees, and streamline the otherwise lengthy funding process by participating in this program. Program participation also provides access to a team of technical, legal, and financial professionals.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Demetra Foster. Email: dfoster@mississippi.org.
Website	http://www.mississippi.org/content.aspx?url=/page/3324&

Program Name	Energy Efficiency Services and Green Buildings Services
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	NYSERDA provides computer modeling and materials analysis to building design teams to help make new and rehabilitated commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings environmentally responsible, economically viable, and healthier places in which to work. Since 1996, NYSERDA has used $800,000 in federal and state funds to provide assistance, including life cycle cost analysis, for projects with a construction value of more than $2 billion.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Craig Kneeland, telephone 518-862-1090 ext. 3311 Email: cek@nyserda.org
	or telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/Green_Buildings/default.asp

Program Name	Energy Efficiency Services Technical Assistance
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Businesses, not-for-profit and private institutions, public and private schools, colleges and universities, multifamily buildings, health-care facilities, and State and local governments are eligible to receive energy efficiency services technical assistance by NYSERDA. This technical assistance program offers up to $50,000 per project of cost-shared help from energy engineers and experts. This includes energy feasibility studies, energy operations management improvement, rate analysis and aggregation, and combined heat and power, renewable generation studies. Customers with electric utility bills less than $100,000 annually may be eligible for the Energy Audit Program, which provides low-cost walk-through energy audits.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/ny_energy_smart.asp

Program Name	Energy Efficient Homes Midwest (EEHM)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	IN
Agency	Indiana Energy and Recycling Office
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Energy Efficient Homes Midwest (EEHM) is a voluntary, market-driven program developed by a coalition of housing industries, working in partnership with Indiana's Energy and Recycling Office. The mission of this program is to increase residential energy efficiency and provide more affordable housing in the process. At the request of a home buyer, seller, builder or lender, a rating of one to five stars will be assigned to a new or existing home (five stars being the most energy efficient). The rating will also provide an estimate of utility costs and may include recommendations for specific energy improvements. Houses that rate four stars and above are eligible for energy efficient mortgages (EEMs) available through most lenders. With an EEM, a lender is allowed to stretch a buyer's debt-to-income ratio used in the loan qualification procedure. In addition to making it easier to qualify for a mortgage, an energy rating will help consumers understand the overall energy costs associated with their most valuable asset, their home.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Energy Efficient Homes Midwest, telephone 317-915-9204. Email: info@eehmidwest.com
Website	http://www.eehmidwest.com/

Program Name	Energy Efficient Housing Demonstration Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	TX
Agency	Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Energy Efficient Housing Demonstration Program encourages community and residential involvement in energy efficiency projects such as housing retrofits, model demonstration projects, technical training assistance, and energy education workshops and seminars. Through a competitive bid process, several projects have demonstrated the cost-effective use of energy efficiency in residential housing since 1997. Many of the project activities and results can be replicated across Texas. The projects cover a range of activities such as energy efficient design and building methods, metering/monitoring of household energy consumption, builder/homeowner training, energy efficient appliances, and passive solar design/measures.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Dub Taylor, SECO Director, telephone toll free 800-531-5441 ext 3-1931 Email: dub.taylor@cpa.state.tx.us
	Mary Jo Rowan, telephone toll free 800-531-5441 ext 3-2637 Email: mary-jo.rowan@cpa.state.tx.us
	See also http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/seco_contacts.html. Email: mary-jo.rowan@cpa.state.tx.us
Website	http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/hp.htm

Program Name	Energy IdEA$ (Industrial Energy Advisory Service)
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	AL
Agency	Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ACEDA)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Energy IdEA$ (Industrial Energy Advisory Service) is the lead organization for the U.S. Department of Energy's Industries of the Future programs in Alabama. Operated by the Earth System Science Center of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, IdEA$ provides assistance and/or referrals to industrial clients seeking to improve energy efficiency in the areas of lighting, steam use, energy accounting, compressed air use, HVAC, and process energy. IdEA$ provides energy audits, workshops, in-house training, and reference materials. Many services and materials are provided free of charge and some are provided at a low cost.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Bob Quick. Email: energyideas@email.uah.edu
Website	http://energyideas.uah.edu/

Program Name	Energy Performance Contracting Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	HI
Agency	and Tourism
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Hawaii Energy Office's Energy Performance Contracting Program seeks to increase the use of energy efficient technologies through public-private partnerships. The program supports participating entities though technical assistance at each stage of the process, provides education and information (including workshops), and supplies state specific guides to this type of contracting. The State of Hawaii as a whole also provides services, such as financing, opinion measurement, and recording and verifying savings. Participants are considered project partners and work closely with the Energy Office at all stages.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Elizabeth Raman, Energy Resources and Technology Division, telephone 808-587-3806 Email: Eraman@dbet.hawaii.gov.
Website	http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/

Program Name	Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	MS
Agency	Mississippi Development Authority
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	This program is designed to improve the housing stock efficiency in Mississippi through a fuel-neutral means of gauging the energy efficiency of a home. Administration of the program by Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi includes rating supervision and certification, promotion of the Home Energy Rating System (HERS), Energy Efficient Mortgage Program (EEM), and education of housing industry groups on the importance of energy efficiency in new and existing buildings.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Linda Perry, Executive Director, Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi, telephone 601-981-6699. Email: erhms@netdoor.com.
Website	http://www.mississippi.org/content.aspx?url=/page/3093&

Program Name	ENERGY STAR®
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2005 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 23 million cars - all while saving $12 billion on their utility bills. ENERGY STAR involves an extensive network of partners, including state energy offices, product manufacturers, retailers, home builders, energy service companies, private businesses, and public sector organizations.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	ENERGY STAR toll free hotline 888-STAR-YES. See also http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=contact.
Website	http://www.energystar.gov

Program Name	ENERGY STAR® Buildings: Buildings Label
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	ENERGY STAR® Buildings Label provides an online benchmarking tool that evaluates building energy performance. The program helps companies establish a baseline for their building's energy performance to determine how energy efficient their building is and to set targets for increased efficiency, and helps them use their building's energy performance results to influence business transactions and gain recognition for their successes. Buildings that are among the top 25% nationwide in terms of energy performance and maintain an indoor environment that conforms to industry standards can qualify to receive the ENERGY STAR® Label for Buildings. ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of EPA and DOE helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	ENERGY STAR toll free hotline 888-STAR-YES. See also http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=contact.
Website	http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_index

Program Name	ENERGY STAR® Buildings: Small Business
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	ENERGY STAR® Small Buildings offers free support for energy savings to small facilities (100,000 square feet or less) by helping identify opportunities to reduce energy costs by upgrading to more efficient equipment. ENERGY STAR® provides customized information for different types of small businesses and organizations, such as grocery and convenience stores, home based businesses, lodging, industry, congregations, renters and tenants, restaurants, and service and product providers. ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of EPA and DOE helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	ENERGY STAR toll free hotline 888-STAR-YES. See also http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=contact.
Website	http://www.energystar.gov/smallbiz

Program Name	ENERGY STAR® Homes: Home Improvement
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	This portion of the ENERGY STAR® program supports energy efficiency in new homes. ENERGY STAR® qualified homes are independently verified to be at least 30% more energy efficient than homes built to the 1993 national Model Energy Code or 15% more efficient than state energy code, whichever is more rigorous. These savings are based on heating, cooling, and hot water energy use and are typically achieved through a combination of building envelope upgrades, high performance windows, controlled air infiltration, upgraded heating and air conditioning systems, tight duct systems and upgraded water-heating equipment. ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of EPA and DOE helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	ENERGY STAR toll free hotline, 888-STAR-YES; see also http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=contact
Website	http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_index

Program Name	ENERGY STAR® Homes: New Homes Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	This portion of the ENERGY STAR® program supports energy efficiency in new homes. ENERGY STAR® qualified homes are independently verified to be at least 30% more energy efficient than homes built to the 1993 national Model Energy Code or 15% more efficient than state energy code, whichever is more rigorous. These savings are based on heating, cooling, and hot water energy use and are typically achieved through a combination of building envelope upgrades, high performance windows, controlled air infiltration, upgraded heating and air conditioning systems, tight duct systems and upgraded water-heating equipment. ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of EPA and DOE helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	ENERGY STAR toll free hotline 888-STAR-YES. See also http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=contact.
Website	http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_homes.hm_index

Program Name	ENERGY STAR® Products: Labeling
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Product Certification
Description	ENERGY STAR® is a joint program of EPA and DOE helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. EPA and DOE have developed voluntary energy efficiency specifications for products such as residential appliances, heating and cooling equipment, home electronics, office equipment, residential lighting, exit signs, traffic lights, and commercial cooking equipment. Manufacturers and retailers of these products may voluntarily join the ENERGY STAR® Labeling Program and place the ENERGY STAR® label on qualified products. In addition, through outreach and educational efforts, both agencies are working to publicize and promote the environmental and economic benefits of energy efficiency. Products in more than 35 product categories are eligible to participate.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	ENERGY STAR toll free hotline 888-STAR-YES. See also http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=contact.ct_index
Website	http://www.energystar.gov/products

Program Name	Energy $aving Partner (E$P)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	CO
Agency	Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation (OEMC)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	E$P provides energy conservation services to eligible low-income households, similar to the U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program. All services are free to qualified renters and owners and include energy audits, safety inspections, insulation, and efficiency assessments. E$P has weatherized more than 60,000 Colorado homes since 1976, completing over 3,000 homes each year. Eligible housing types include single-family houses, mobile homes, and multifamily units (for both renters and homeowners). The program is funded by the Colorado Governor's Office of Energy Management and Conservation in cooperation with Xcel Energy and Energy Outreach Colorado.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Charles Grice, Governor's Office of Energy Conservation and Management, telephone 303-894-2383, telephone toll free 800-632-6662 Email: oemc@state.co.us.
Website	http://www.state.co.us/oemc/programs/residential/e$partners.htm

Program Name	EnergySmart Schools Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local communities
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	As a part of U.S. DOE's Rebuild America program, the EnergySmart Schools Program is an effort to assist the nation's K-12 schools to develop energy education programs and energy efficiency initiatives. The EnergySmart Schools Program is working with school districts to introduce energy-saving improvements to the physical environment, and takes a proactive role in promoting and supporting energy education in schools. Goals include reduction of energy costs and consumption, increased use of clean energy, improved learning and teaching environments, and provision of instructional material regarding energy efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Rebuild America Clearinghouse, telephone 252-459-4664. Email: rebuildorders@rebuild.org
Website	http://www.energysmartschools.gov/

Program Name	Environmental Product Development Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Research and Development
Description	Under its Environmental Product Development Program, NYSERDA develops waste management and pollution control technologies with New York businesses to help grow the State's environmental products industry. Targeted industry segments include: air pollution control; wastewater and drinking water; solid and hazardous waste management; site remediation; waste reduction, reuse, and recycling; dredge spoil processing; control and information systems; and instrumentation. The program encompasses all phases of product development including market assessment, prototype development and testing, field demonstration, and marketing for: products and systems designed to treat, process, or reuse waste products - with less energy; and instruments and monitors designed to measure pollutants associated with energy production and use.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Barry Liebowitz, Project Manager, telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA. Email: bnl@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/Environment/envproduct.asp

Program Name	Environmental Quality Assistance Program (EQIP)
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Land Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	IL
Agency	Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides a voluntary conservation program for farmers and ranchers that promote agricultural production and environmental quality as compatible national goals. Implemented by the Illinois Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), EQIP offers financial and technical assistance to help participants implement structural and management practices to address soil, water, and related natural resource concerns on agricultural land. People and tribes engaged in livestock or agricultural production on eligible land may participate in the EQIP program. EQIP activities are carried out according to a plan developed by the producer with help from NRCS or other certified technical service providers. The plan identifies the appropriate conservation practice or practices to address resource concerns according to the producer's objectives. Practices are subject to NRCS technical standards adapted for local conditions. The local Soil and Water Conservation District approves the plan.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Paula Hingson, telephone 217-353-6605. Email: paula.hingson@il.usda.gov
Website	http://www.il.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/index.html

Program Name	Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Public Officials
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Federal Energy Management Program works to reduce the cost and environmental impact of the federal government and increase energy security by advancing energy efficiency and water conservation, promoting the use of distributed and renewable energy, and improving utility management decisions at federal sites. Services involve four main areas: financing, technical assistance, outreach, and policy. Due largely to FEMP, Federal building-related energy costs have dropped more than 20 percent per square foot since 1985. In addition to Federal agencies, representatives from state and local governments may also participate in FEMP training and access FEMP resources.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	FEMP Help Desk, telephone 1-800-363-3732 (DOE-EREC); Main Office, telephone 202-586-5772; Annie Haskins, FEMP Outreach Coordinator, telephone 202-586-4536. Email: annie.haskins@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/

Program Name	Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP)
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	CA
Agency	California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Fertilizer Research and Education Program (FREP) was created to advance the environmentally safe and agronomically sound use and handling of fertilizer materials. The program facilitates and coordinates research and demonstration projects by providing funding, developing and disseminating information, and serving as a clearinghouse for information on this topic. One added benefit of the program is the gradual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with nitrogen fertilizer.
GHGs Reduced	N2O
Contact Information	Telephone (916) 654-0466. Email: kkitade@cdfa.ca.gov
Website	http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/frep/

Program Name	Flexible Technical (Flex-Tech) Assistance Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Through NYSERDA's Flexible Technical (Flex-Tech) Assistance Program, fleet managers can evaluate the feasibility and cost of adding alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) and fueling facilities to their operations. NYSERDA provides 36 pre-selected engineering firms to provide customized assistance in identifying various cost-effective energy-efficiency measures. Low-cost training for vehicle mechanics is available through certified institutions.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Jillina Baxter, telephone 518-862-1090 ext. 3279 Email: jb1@nyserda.org
	or telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/Programs/techasst.asp

Program Name	Focus on Energy
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	WI
Agency	Wisconsin Department of Administration
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Wisconsin's Focus on Energy program is a public-private partnership that offers information and services to residential, business, and industrial customers throughout Wisconsin with the goal of encouraging energy efficiency and use of renewable energy, enhancing the environment, and ensuring the future supply of energy for Wisconsin. The Program, which in 2001 had led to energy savings of at least 10,462,389 kWh and reduced emissions of at least 13.8 million pounds of CO2, also has a research component, which addresses GHG emission reductions directly. As part of this effort, Focus on Energy provides grants to research projects examining global climate change impacts and strategies for Wisconsin.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Focus on Energy, telephone toll free 800-762-7077; Cheryl Rezabek, Department of Administration Division of Energy. Email: Cheryl.Rezabek@doa.state.wi.us.
Website	http://www.wifocusonenergy.com/

Program Name	FreedomCAR
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	FreedomCAR is part of DOE's FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program. The goal of FreedomCAR is the development of emission- and petroleum-free cars and light trucks, which still allow for freedom of vehicle choice. It is designed to facilitate mass production of affordable hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles as well as the hydrogen-fueling infrastructure. This Research and Development partnership between the DOE and the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) is focused on collaborative, pre-competitive, high-risk research to develop the component technologies necessary to provide a full range of affordable cars and light trucks. In addition to research, the FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program supports a number of initiatives to promote deployment of emerging vehicle technologies. This includes, for example: incentive programs for fleets adopting alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), partnership programs to accelerate deployment of new technologies, and testing and evaluating new technologies.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	EERE Information Center, http://www.eere.energy.gov/informationcenter; telephone 202-586-8055. Email: FreedomCAR@USCAR.org
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/

Program Name	Geothermal Technologies Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Geothermal Technologies Program works in partnership with industry to help promote geothermal energy as an economically competitive contributor to the U.S. energy supply. It seeks to develop hydrothermal, direct use, and shallow depth area technologies to achieve long-term viability. This program produces many benefits, such as economic competitiveness, environmental improvement, and sustainability of resources.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Roy Mink, Program Manager, U.S. Deptartment of Energy, telephone 202-586-5348. Email: roy.mink@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/geothermal

Program Name	Green Communities Program
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Green Communities Program is designed to help communities access the tools and information that would help them become more sustainable. The goals of the program are: to establish partnerships with other organizations and agencies to help build community capacity and knowledge in order to create more livable communities; to promote innovative tools that encourage successful community-based environmental protection and sustainable community development; and to provide technical assistance and training through the Assistance Kit, workshops, and the network of successful Green Communities throughout the country.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Susan McDowell, Program Director, telephone 415-947-4188. See also http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/comments.htm Email: mcdowell.susan@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/

Program Name	Green Engineering Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	EPA's Green Engineering Program promotes the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products that are technically and economically feasible while minimizing both pollution at the source and the risk to human health and the environment. The Green Engineering applies risk assessment tools in the design, retrofit, and optimization of feedstocks; waste streams; and unit operations in processes and products. In particular, waste savings promoted through the program can lead to reduced emissions of methane, a major greenhouse gas.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Sharon Austin, Green Engineering Program Coordinator, telephone 202-564-8523 Email: austin.sharon@epa.gov
	Franklyn Hall, telephone 202-564-8522 Email: hall.franklyn@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/oppt/greenengineering

Program Name	Green Hotels in the Green Mountain State program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	VT
Agency	Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	Vermont's Green Hotels and Environmental Partners are using sound environmental management practices to reduce their impacts on the environment, improve their bottom line and satisfy customer demand for environmentally conscious lodging establishments. The Green Hotels in the Green Mountain State program provides assistance to Innkeepers desiring to achieve these goals. A Green Hotel is any Vermont lodging establishment that solidifies its commitment to environmental excellence by achieving a rigorous set of environmental standards. Although each property achieves these standards uniquely, each conducts an environmental opportunity assessment, adopts environmentally preferable practices, and develops an environmental management plan that guides its efforts to continually reduce the environmental consequences of its operations. This statewide voluntary, environmental technical assistance and business recognition program, part of the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership, is designed to promote and recognize the work of Vermont lodgers who demonstrate daily that environmental and economic goals can be achieved simultaneously.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Doug Kievit-Kylar, Pollution Prevention Planner, Environmental Assistance Division, telephone toll free 800-974-9559 (in-state only) or 802-241-3628 Email: doug.kievit-kylar@anr.state.vt.us
	Peter Crawford, Environmental Assistance Program Director, Vermont Small Business Development Center, telephone toll free 800-464-7232 Email: pcrawfor@vtc.edu
Website	http://www.vtgreenhotels.org/index.htm

Program Name	Green Power Partnership
Sectors	Power Generation
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Green Power Partnership aims to expand awareness of renewable energy by providing objective information and public recognition for those making it their choice for energy supply. Also, by stimulating a network among green power providers and potential purchasers, the Partnership will help lower transaction costs for companies, state and local governments, and other organizations interested in switching to green power. Eligible renewable resources include solar electric, wind, eligible biomass, geothermal, and small or low-impact hydro facilities.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Matt Clouse, telephone 202-343-9004. Email: clouse.matt@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/

Program Name	Green Star ®
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	AK
Agency	Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Green Star ® is a USEPA-award-winning non-profit program that encourages organizations to practice waste reduction, energy conservation, and pollution prevention as they conduct their daily business activities. Through education, technical assistance, and award programs, Green Star helps businesses become more sustainable without adverse impacts on their bottom line. After meeting at least twelve of eighteen Green Star standards, organizations are eligible for the Green Star Award for general waste reduction, or the Air Quality Award for reduced air pollution. Currently, there are over 300 businesses and organizations enrolled in the program statewide.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 907-278-7827. Email: info@greenstarinc.org
Website	http://www.greenstarinc.org/

Program Name	Green Suppliers Network (GSN)
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Green Products
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Networking Support
Description	The Green Suppliers Network (GSN) is a collaborative venture between industry, the EPA, and the “360vu,” a national account brand of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). The GSN works with all levels of the manufacturing supply chain to achieve environmental and economic benefits through improved performance, reduced waste generation, and removal of institutional roadblocks by leveraging a national network of manufacturing technical assistance resources. Through GSN, suppliers can continuously improve their products and processes, increase energy efficiency, identify cost-saving opportunities, and optimize resources and technologies with the aim of eliminating waste. GSN will partner with state, local and other federal agencies to bring the best technical, financial, and research assistance to participating companies.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Kris Pierre, Program Director, telephone 202-564-8837 Email: pierre.kristin@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/greensuppliers/

Program Name	Greenhouse Gas Offset Partnership Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	OR
Agency	The Climate Trust
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Climate Trust's Greenhouse Gas Offset Partnership Program allows institutions and individuals to benefit from the Trust's offset acquisition expertise and processes resulting form the Climate Trust's support under Oregon's mandatory carbon dioxide emissions offset program. Participants in the Partnership Program fund high quality offsets provided by the Trust to meet their greenhouse gas offset goals. Partnership opportunities include (1) the Large Emitter Acquisition Program, in which the Trust provides customized offset acquisition services for large emitters, and (2) the Employee Offset Program, where organizations seeking to help employees reduce their impact on global warming partner with The Climate Trust to provide an employee-matching offset program.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Telephone 503-238-1915. Email: info@climatetrust.org
Website	http://www.climatetrust.org

Program Name	Greenhouse Gas Reduction Covenant Initiative
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NJ
Agency	New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	New Jersey has instituted voluntary covenants with various organizations pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to support the state's reduction goal of 3.5% below 1990 levels by 2005. Participants include all of New Jersey's colleges and universities, school districts, a military base, and several corporations and municipalities.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Mark Winka, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, telephone 609-984-5418 Email: mike.winka@dep.state.nj.us.
Website	http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dsr/gcc/ghg-partners.htm

Program Name	GreenScapes Alliance
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Land Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The GreenScapes Alliance is a partnership program that aims to combine government and industry into a powerful, unified influence over the reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste materials in large land use applications. The GreenScapes program provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping including, but not limited to, brownfields, golf courses, military installations, parks, recreation areas, and roadside landscaping. Designed to help preserve natural resources and prevent waste and pollution, GreenScapes encourages involved parties to be more aware of environmental impacts their activities have and to make better decisions regarding waste generation and disposal. The program focuses on the “4 Rs” - reduce, reuse, recycle, rebuy.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Telephone 800-424-9346; See also http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/comments.htm. Email: Webmaster.OSW@epamail.epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/green

Program Name	Gridless Urban House Project
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	KS
Agency	Kansas Corporation Commission
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The goal of the Gridless Urban House project, sponsored by the State Energy Program of the Kansas Corporation Commission, a state regulatory agency, is to educate citizens about alternative energy solutions, which promote energy conservation, energy efficiency, and reduce energy demand.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Website	http://www.gridlesshome.com/index.html

Program Name	Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract (GESC)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	IN
Agency	Indiana Energy and Recycling Office
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Under this Indiana Energy and Recycling Office program, a person or company experienced in the design, implementation, and installation of energy conservation measures (provider) establishes a formal agreement with a building owner to reduce the energy costs of a building or a group of buildings. By using the energy and operational cost savings to pay for the investment, the contract allows a building owner to participate in a project without a large upfront investment of capital. If the guaranteed savings are not achieved, the provider must reimburse the building owner for the difference between the guaranteed and actual savings. Providers generally offer packaged services which include an energy audit, improvements in operation and maintenance procedures, capital modification, design and engineering work, installation, monitoring the reporting of savings, maintenance and training. The provider may also arrange the financing needed for the project. The Energy and Recycling Office provides an Introduction to Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts for school corporations, political subdivisions and public libraries wishing to obtain more information on GESCs. An Annual Savings Report form is also available for those entities required to file reports by IC 36-1-12.5.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Energy and Recycling Office, telephone 317-232-8979.
Website	http://www.in.gov/doc/businesses/EP_building.html

Program Name	Hawaii BuiltGreen
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	HI
Agency	Economic Development and Tourism; Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Implemented by the Hawaii Building Industry Association in cooperation with state agencies and the U.S. Department of Energy, the Hawaii BuiltGreen program promotes environmentally friendly and energy efficient building measures. This voluntary program provides a number of information resources available to help various stakeholders achieve this, such as user guides and green building checklists.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Wendy Nakano, telephone 808-847-4666 ext. 210 Email: info@constructiontraining.org
Website	http://www.bia-hawaii.com/subpage.asp?section=70

Program Name	High GWP Gas Programs
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Chemicals
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	A set of voluntary partnerships between EPA and industry is substantially reducing U.S. emissions of high global warming potential (high GWP) gases. These gases—including perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)—are released as byproducts of industrial operations and are extremely potent greenhouse gases with very long atmospheric lifetimes. The high GWP partnership programs involve several industries, including HCFC-22 producers, primary aluminum smelters, semiconductor manufacturers, electric power companies, and magnesium smelters and die-casters. These industries are reducing greenhouse gas emissions by developing and implementing cost-effective improvements to their industrial processes.
GHGs Reduced	HFCs
Contact Information	Sally Rand; Phone: (202) 393-9739 Email: rand.sally@epa.gov
Website	http://epa.gov/highgwp/voluntary.html

Program Name	High Performance Buildings Initiative
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The High Performance Buildings Initiative works with researchers at national laboratories as well as building owners, contractors, private sector engineers, architects, and others involved in commercial building construction to optimize building performance, comfort, and savings through a whole-building approach to design and construction. To achieve the program's goals, the program uses energy-efficiency and renewable energy technologies, recycled and sustainable materials, and site-sensitive design to minimize the burden on the environment.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Webmaster. Email: high_performance@nrel.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/highperformance/

Program Name	Hydrogen
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Research and development
Description	This program integrates activities in hydrogen production, storage, and delivery with transportation and stationary fuel cell activities. It seeks to develop next generation technologies, establish an education campaign on the benefits of these technologies, and better integrate subprograms in hydrogen, fuel cells, and distributed energy. Another focus of the program is to demonstrate the safe use of hydrogen and simplifying the transition of its use through safety plans, models codes, and equipment standards.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 800-DOE-3732. Ask an Energy Expert website http://www.eere.energy.gov/askanenergyexpert. See also http://www.eere.energy.gov/askanenergyexpert.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/

Program Name	Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) Program
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Industrial Assessments
Description	This DOE program sponsors no-cost comprehensive industrial assessments for small and medium-sized manufacturers. Representatives from the Center conduct energy audits or industrial assessments and provide recommendations to manufacturers to help them identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy. Recommendations from industrial assessments have averaged about $55,000 in potential annual savings for each manufacturer.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Peter Salmon-Cox, telephone 202-586-2380 Email: peter.salmon-cox@ee.doe.gov
	Sandy Glatt, telephone 303-275-4857 Email: sandy.glatt@ee.doe.gov
	Office of Industrial Technologies Clearinghouse, telephone 800-862-2086 Email: clearinghouse@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.iac.rutgers.edu/

Program Name	Industries of the Future (IOF)
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Agriculture
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Technical support
Description	The Industries of the Future (IOF) program promotes collaborative Research and Development partnerships between industry, government, and supporting laboratories and institutions to accelerate technology research, development, and deployment. hrough this voluntary program, industry and government collaboratively develop a vision for the future for nine specific energy-intensive industries, and specific technology roadmaps that detail how to achieve that vision. Industries of the Future focuses on nine vital industries, including agriculture, aluminum, chemicals, forest products, glass, metal casting, mining, petroleum, steel, and supporting industries. These nine energy-intensive industries collectively supply 90% of the materials vital to our economy, produce $1 trillion in annual shipments, directly employ over 3 million people, and indirectly provide an additional 12 million jobs at all skill levels. Industries of the Future is part of DOE's Industrial Technologies Program, whose goals is to partner with U.S. industry to improve industrial energy efficiency and environmental performance.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Office of Industrial Technologies Clearinghouse, telephone 800-862-2086. Email: clearinghouse@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/technologies/industries.html

Program Name	Innovative Energy Demonstration Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Green Buildings
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	TX
Agency	Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Innovative Energy Demonstration Program promotes the use of renewable energy and sustainable building design in Texas by increasing public awareness of the State's renewable energy resources, demonstrating new technologies, and increasing the infrastructure necessary to escalate their use in existing state programs. SECO provides technical training and educational information on renewable energy resources in Texas and their utilization. The program initiatives are geared to offset and replace traditional methods of energy generation and consumption throughout Texas and include renewable energy, sustainable design, ethanol production, photovoltaics, and water purification.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Dub Taylor, SECO Director, telephone toll free 800-531-5441 ext 3-1931. See also http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/seco_contacts.html. Email: dub.taylor@cpa.state.tx.us
Website	http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/re.htm

Program Name	Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Foreign Governments
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Capacity Enhancing
Description	The Integrated Environmental Strategies (IES) program engages developing countries to build support for integrated planning to reduce greenhouse gases and address local environmental concerns. The program promotes the analysis and local support for implementation of policy measures with multiple public health, economic and environmental benefits. To date, government agencies and research institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Mexico, the Philippines and South Korea have participated in the IES program.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	IES Program Email: ies@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/ies/

Program Name	Inventions and Innovation Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	DOE's Inventions and Innovation program provides financial assistance at two levels - up to $40,000 or up to $250,000, depending on the stage of development - for conducting early development and establishing technical performance of innovative ideas and inventions. Technologies within the areas of industry, power, transportation, or buildings that have a significant energy savings impact and future commercial market potential are eligible for financial support through a competitive solicitation process. In addition to financial assistance, this program offers technical guidance and commercialization support to successful applicants.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	OIT Clearinghouse, telephone 800-862-2086. Email: clearinghouse@ee.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/inventions/

Program Name	Iowa Energy Bank
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	IA
Agency	Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Iowa Energy Bank is an energy management program that targets public and non-profit facilities (public schools, hospitals, private colleges, private schools, and local governments) by promoting energy cost savings to pay for energy management improvements. The Iowa Energy Bank is expected to facilitate more than $250 million in improvements using private funds in combination with minimal state and federal support. The Iowa Energy Bank starts with an initial energy audit, and helps manage the energy efficiency improvements and financing process every step of the way. Experts customize solutions that meet the specific needs of an organization, with the assurance of high technical quality and the potential for attractive cost savings. Financing is provided through area lending institutions that create budget-neutral, affordable financial packages.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Monica Stone, Iowa DNR, telephone 515-281-6361 email Email: monica.stone@dnr.state.ia.us
	Chad Stobbe, Iowa DNR, telephone 515-242-5851 Email: chad.stobbe@dnr.state.ia.us
Website	http://www.iowadnr.com/energy/ebank/index.html

Program Name	It All Adds Up to Clean Air
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Outreach
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOT
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	This public education and partnership-building initiative seeks to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution. It All Adds Up achieves this through informing the public about the connection between their transportation choices, traffic congestion and air pollution, and emphasizes simple, convenient actions people can take to improve air quality and reduce congestion. During the first five years of the initiative, more than one dozen communities implemented the initiative locally and more than 60 others requested materials and information from federal partner agencies for use in their regions.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	See http://www.italladdsup.gov/about/contactus.html.
Website	http://www.italladdsup.gov/

Program Name	Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP)
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Municipal Solid Waste
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	This voluntary program is designed to encourage and facilitate the development of environmentally and economically sound landfill gas (LFG) projects. The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) achieves this through educating interested parties and creating partnerships among them. As of August 2003, LMOP had more than 345 Partners and Endorsers that had signed voluntary agreements to work with EPA to develop cost-effective LFG projects, including every major LFG project development company. Through its Partner and Endorser programs, LMOP has raised public awareness about LFG as an alternative energy source and has provided a number of support services free of charge. In 2002, the 340+ operational LFG energy projects in the U.S. prevented the release of 17.3 million metric tons of carbon equivalent into the atmosphere.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	http://www.epa.gov/lmop/contact/index.htm
Website	http://www.epa.gov/lmop/

Program Name	LoanSTAR Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Air Conditioning
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Institutions
Government	TX
Agency	Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	A revolving loan mechanism allows covered parties to repay loans through cost savings from retrofit projects. To obtain a loan, borrowers must first have a professional engineer analyze the project(s) and prepare an Energy Assessment Report. The administering office, SECO, performs reviews of the design documents at the 50% and 100% completion phases, as well as extensive monitoring and verification.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Theresa Sifuentes, State Energy Conservation Office, 512-463-1896 Email: theresa.sifuentes@cap.state.tx.us
Website	http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/ls.htm

Program Name	Local Government Energy-Efficient Product Procurement Program in New York (GEEP-NY)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Local Government Energy-Efficient Product Procurement Program (GEEP-NY) is part of NYSERDA's New York Energy $martSM initiative. GEEP-NY aims to reduce electric energy use by counties and other local governments by encouraging the purchase or lease of Energy Star office equipment and the proper enabling of energy saving features. The GEEP-NY team is developing a variety of resources to support you in purchasing or leasing Energy Star® equipment and ensuring it is properly enabled. These include fact sheets, case study briefs, demonstration projects, an electronic resource center, a model for estimating savings potential, and a “how-to” guide and PowerPoint briefings.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Carol Sabo, GEEP-NY Project Manager, telephone 202-442-2420 Email: carol.sabo@paconsulting.com
	or telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/geep-ny/index.asp

Program Name	Louisiana Green Challenge 2000
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Recycling
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	LA
Agency	Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Louisiana Green Challenge 2000 is a voluntary partnership program addressing waste prevention, recycling, and the use of recyclable materials to clean up the environment. The program in many ways parallels the EPA WasteWi$e Program. The challenge is designed to give small and medium sized businesses (non-industrial) an opportunity to be leaders in the effort to reduce pollution and protect the environment in Louisiana. Louisiana Green Challenge 2000 provides people with an opportunity to be a "preventing pollution" leader by simply committing to protect the environment through reduction of solid waste, collection of recyclables and procurement/manufacture of recycled products.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Louisiana Green Challenge 2000 Recycling Section, telephone 800-305-6621.
Website	http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2135/Default.aspx

Program Name	Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWAP)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	MO
Agency	Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	In 1977, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources responded to the energy crisis of the early 1970's, establishing the Low-Income Weatherization Program (LIWAP) in the Energy Center. The program provided Missouri's low-income households, especially targeting physically disadvantaged, the elderly, children and others hit hardest by the energy crisis. The program aims to lower utility bills and improve comfort while ensuring health and safety. In the early years, the LIWAP used volunteer labor and temporary measures. However, changes in federal regulations, technology, and the needs of Missourians have changed the program. Today, professional trained staff install permanent, cost-effective energy efficient weatherization improvements.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone toll free 800-361-4827 or 573-751-3443. Email: energy@dnr.mo.gov.
Website	http://www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/weatherization/wx.htm

Program Name	Methane to Markets (M2M)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Coalbed Methane
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Foreign Governments
Government	Federal
Agency	CEQ
Type of Service Provided	Capacity Enhancing
Description	The Methane to Markets Partnership is an action-oriented initiative that will reduce global methane emissions to enhance economic growth, promote energy security, improve the environment, and reduce greenhouse gases. Other benefits include improving mine safety, reducing waste, and improving local air quality. The initiative focuses on cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source. It facilitates international collaboration between developed countries, developing countries, and countries with economies in transition — together with strong participation from the private sector. The Methane to Markets Partnership currently targets three major methane sources- underground coal mines, landfills, and natural gas and oil systems- and may expand to include other sources in the future.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Erin Birgfeld, U.S. EPA Email: info@methanetomarkets.org
Website	http://www.methanetomarkets.org
	http://www.epa.gov/methanetomarkets/

Program Name	Michigan Business Pollution Prevention Partnership (MBP3)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Pollution Prevention
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	MI
Agency	Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	This voluntary program is open to all Michigan businesses interested in initiating or expanding pollution prevention (P2) practices. Participants are asked to provide an annual summary of their progress and share success stories on their pollution prevention activities. Since the inception of this program in 1997, partners have seen consistent reductions in air emissions, solid and liquid waste disposal, and water and energy usage. As of May 2002, there were over 150 members involved in the partnership.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Jeff Spencer, telephone 517-241-5719. Email: spencejl@michigan.gov
Website	http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3585_4129_4188-9343--,00.html

Program Name	Million Solar Roofs Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	Through national, state, and local partnerships, DOE is supporting the Million Solar Roofs initiative to install solar energy systems (photovoltaic and solar thermal systems) in one million U.S. buildings by 2010. While this program does not direct the actions of the state or provide funding for the solar energy systems, it does facilitate collaboration between the Federal government, key national businesses and organizations. This cooperation allows partners and stakeholders to focus on building a strong market for solar energy applications on buildings.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Contact website http://www.millionsolarroofs.org/contactus
	For technical questions, contact: Christy Herig, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, telephone 303-384-6546
	Charles Hanley, Sandia National Lab, telephone 505-844-4435
Website	http://www.millionsolarroofs.org/

Program Name	Minimum Impact Development Partnership (MIDP)
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	NH
Agency	New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Minimum Impact Development Partnership (MIDP), started in 1999 with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is a collaboration between building developers, engineers, architects, bankers, and insurers and public health scientists to identify preferable community development practices. Its goals are to identify development practices that demonstrate sound land use and efficient use of energy, materials, and resources. Such practices minimize air, land and water pollution, energy use, and habitat loss from development. In terms of transportation design elements, minimum impact would involve promoting public transportation, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and providing good access to walkways and bike paths. Design experts and scientists will describe specific voluntary practices, with performance standards, at the building, site, neighborhood, and town scales. The MIDP also will identify measures of progress toward minimum impact development, and highlight "leading by example" case studies that do so.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Katherine Hartnet, Jordan Institute, telephone 603-226-1009. Email: info@nhmid.org.
Website	http://www.nhmid.org/

Program Name	Minnesota ReLeaf Program
Sectors	Forest Management
Key Subsectors	Community Forestry
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Public officials
Government	MN
Agency	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Type of Service Provided	Financial assistance
Description	This program is designed to encourage and assist Minnesota communities plant, maintain, and improve trees in the state. Depending upon available funding, matching grants of up to $15,000 per project may be available on a reimbursement basis for up to 50% of the project costs. At least 50% of project costs must be provided through non-state-funded cash or in-kind contributions. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with Tree Trust, provides education and technical support to individuals and communities to participants.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Ken Holman, Department of Natural Resources Forestry, telephone 651-296-9110 Email: ken.holman@dnr.state.mn.us
Website	http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/grants/forestmgmt/releaf.html

Program Name	Minnesota Renewable Hydrogen Initiative (MRHI)
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	MN
Agency	Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Minnesota Renewable Hydrogen Initiative (MRHI), a partnership of industry, university, government, and non-government organizations, leads the state's effort to grow and promote Minnesota's renewable hydrogen industry. To guide this effort, MRHI has outlined a roadmap to identify and implement the most strategic opportunities that will best leverage resources to move the state to hydrogen as an increasing source of energy for its electrical power, heating, and transportation needs. In addition, this roadmap will structure and pursue the partnerships needed between industry, government, and institutions to functionally achieve the technological, policy, and product development steps necessary to achieve the initiative's goal and vision. MRHI is intended to create jobs, encourage economic development, and foster new industries in Minnesota, while decreasing the risk to health, environment, and energy security.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Linda Limback, Minnesota Department of Commerce, Energy Office, telephone 651-296-1883. Email: linda.limback@state.mn.us.
Website	http://www.moea.state.mn.us/p2/initiative.cfm

Program Name	Missouri Schools Going Solar (MSGS)
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	MO
Agency	Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Missouri Energy Center of the state's Department of Natural Resources and AmerenUE are partnering to bring solar power and education to K-12 schools. This program provides solar array equipment and energy education to the schools so that students, staff, and the whole community can explore the subject of energy. This project serves schools (or other institutions that offer outstanding opportunities for solar education) that have an interest in solar electric energy and the initiative to create a partnership with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Energy Center, AmerenUE and the local community to accomplish a solar array installation. The interconnected 1-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic array will bear a small amount of electrical load for a school building. While the arrays will generate some electricity, the program offers an even greater opportunity for students, parents, teachers, government agencies, utilities, and communities to increase their awareness and familiarity with solar electric energy technologies that are successfully in use throughout the world.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Pat Justis, MSGS Project Manager, telephone 314-340-5900. Email: pat.justis@dnr.mo.gov.
Website	http://www.dnr.mo.gov/energy/renewables/solar-schools.htm

Program Name	Mobile Air Conditioning Climate Protection Partnership
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Air Conditioning
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Mobile Air Conditioning Climate Protection Partnership promotes recovery and recycling of refrigerants during servicing and vehicle disposal, and the use of high-quality and durable components for new vehicles and as replacements parts during servicing. The Partnership identifies environmental performance improvement opportunities and cost effective designs to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, as well as supports research, development, and testing of next-generation mobile air conditioning systems. The partnership consists of the Society of Automotive Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Mobile Air Conditioning Society.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	EPA Hotline 800-296-1996.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/appdstar/pdf/maccppfinal.pdf

Program Name	Municipal and Community Environmental Technologies Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Municipal Solid Waste
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Through a variety of cost-sharing research, demonstration, and business development programs, NYSERDA encourages New York's municipal water, wastewater, and solid waste facilities to adopt innovative technology that is more energy-efficient and economical, while preserving environmental standards.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Kathleen O'Connor, telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA ext 3422. Email: kmo@nyserda.org.
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/Environment/municipal.asp

Program Name	Natural Gas STAR
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Industry
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	Natural Gas STAR encourages oil and natural gas companies to adopt cost-effective best management practices that reduce leaks and losses of methane. Today, the program has over 90 partner companies and is endorsed by 11 major industry trade associations. Since the Program began in 1993, Natural Gas STAR partners have eliminated more than 176 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of methane emissions. At the same time, these companies have saved $528 million by keeping more gas in their systems for sale in the market.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Carey Bylin, telephone 202-343-9669 Email: bylin.carey@epa.gov
	Roger Fernandez, telephone 202-343-9386 Email: fernandez.roger@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/gasstar/

Program Name	New Hampshire Partnership for High Performance Schools
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Public
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Schools
Government	NH
Agency	New Hampshire Department of Education
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	New Hampshire Partnership for High Performance Schools is working to upgrade the energy efficiency of design and construction decisions regarding school building projects, whether new or renovations. The Energy Office and the New Hampshire Department of Education are focusing on the rationale and techniques for financing higher efficiency equipment and design solutions in a voluntary approach to making schools more energy efficient, cheaper to operate, less environmentally polluting, and more productive and comfortable spaces for educational activities.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Kirk Stone, Governor's Office of Energy and Community Service, telephone 603-271-3025.
Website	http://www.des.state.nh.us/ARD/ClimateChange/schools_gov.htm

Program Name	New Hampshire Pollution Prevention Program (NHPPP)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Pollution Prevention
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	NH
Agency	New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The NHPPP is a free, confidential, non-enforcement, pollution prevention and compliance assistance program available to all NH businesses, institutions, municipalities and agencies. Without the risk of enforcement, the NHPPP can evaluate facilities for compliance issues and ways to economically reduce wastes and their resulting liability, health effects and impact on the environment. The NHPPP provides assistance by visiting facilities or by phone or internet, provides technical research, forwards product information, researches process changes, and answers regulatory questions.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	New Hampshire Pollution Prevention Program, Department of Environmental Services, telephone 603-271-6460 or toll free (in state) 800-273-9469. Email: nhppp@des.state.nh.us.
Website	http://www.des.state.nh.us/nhppp/

Program Name	New Hampshire Solar on Schools Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Public
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Schools
Government	NH
Agency	New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The New Hampshire Solar on Schools program, a public-private partnership involving the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) Energy Office and the Public Service Company of New Hampshire, assists schools in purchasing solar electric (photovoltaic) systems to produce clean, renewable energy on-site, and integrating materials on renewable energy technologies with science and math curricula. By the spring of 2001, 13 schools in New Hampshire had these systems in place, serving a variety of energy and educational needs.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	State Of New Hampshire, Department of Environmental Services, telephone 603-271-3503.
Website	http://www.des.state.nh.us/ARD/ClimateChange/schools_gov.htm

Program Name	New Jersey Clean Energy Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NJ
Agency	New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The New Jersey Clean Energy Program is a signature initiative of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, to provide education, information, and financial incentives for renewable energy systems and energy efficiency measures. The New Jersey Clean Energy Program is a statewide effort that targets approximately $125 million each year toward technologies that save electricity and natural gas and increase the amount of electricity generated from clean, renewable resources. The Program was created as part of the New Jersey Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act with the objective of transforming the energy marketplace in New Jersey for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in a deregulated environment. The program supports a variety of technologies, such as photovoltaics (solar electricity), small wind, and sustainable biomass equipment, such as fuel cells.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Cassandra Kling, telephone 609-777-3300 (outside NJ), (toll free) 877-786-5278 (in NJ). Email: cassandra.kling@bpu.state.nj.us.
Website	http://www.njcleanenergy.com/

Program Name	New Jersey Comfort Partners (part of NJ Clean Energy Program)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	NJ
Agency	New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Persons with income below certain guidelines may qualify for free installation of energy-efficiency measures that can improve their home's energy affordability. Helpful information and personalized counseling on ways to reduce energy consumption is also provided. Eligible persons may qualify for an account balance reduction if participating in a payment plan. Purchase and installation of cost-effective conservation measures in the home include: insulation for water heaters and hot water heater pipes; energy-saving showerheads and aerators; thermostats; insulation upgrades; blower-door guided air sealing, duct sealing and repair; heating and cooling equipment maintenance; and other measures specific to various types of home.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See website http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/4contact/1_general_info.html.
Website	http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/1residential/4_comfort_partners.html

Program Name	New York Energy $martSM Program
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	NYSERDA's New York Energy $martSM program is designed to continue energy efficiency, low-income services, research and development, and environmental protection programs during the State 's transition to electric retail competition, and is a key element in the restructuring of New York 's electric utility industry. The program is implemented through a partnership between the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and New York Public Service Commission (PSC).
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA. Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/ny_energy_smart.asp

Program Name	New York State Clean Cities Sharing Network
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	NYSERDA spearheads the New York State Clean Cities Sharing Network, which provides technical, policy, and program information on alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). Membership is open to all organizations, businesses, and individuals interested in AFVs and the incentives and policies that are driving the market in New York State. The New York State Clean Cities Sharing Network provides information on tax incentives, fueling stations, case studies, and contact information for the Clean Cities program and other industry leaders. The Sharing Network also organizes and sponsors a variety of technical workshops.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA.
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/Transportation/afv.asp

Program Name	NH Saves
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NH
Agency	New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	NHsaves is a collaboration of New Hampshire's electric utilities working with the NH Public Utilities Commission and other interested parties to provide state residents with information, programs, and support designed to reduce energy use, save money and protect our environment. Energy efficiency is a vital part of keeping New Hampshire's residents and businesses economically successful. New Hampshire electric utility customers help fund these energy efficiency programs through a monthly charge, based on their use of electricity.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Website contact form: http://www.nhsaves.com/feedback/index.asp
Website	http://www.nhsaves.com/

Program Name	NJ SmartStart Buildings (part of NJ Clean Energy Program)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NJ
Agency	New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	By offering high-efficiency equipment rebates and building-design incentives, this programs helps commercial customers bring down the cost of installing energy-efficient equipment and features in new construction, renovations, additions, remodeling, equipment replacement or manufacturing process improvements. This is achieved primarily though cash rebates for installing pre-qualified energy efficient equipment such as gas furnaces and boilers, water heaters and booster water heaters, gas absorption chillers and desiccant systems. Incentives can also be received for other types of energy-efficient equipment. The program provides technical assistance and identifies qualifying equipment for participants. For larger-scale projects, marketing consultants can suggest ways to improve the overall efficiency of building designs and identify opportunities to benefit from design incentives.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See website http://www.njsmartstartbuildings.com/main/contact_us.html.
Website	http://www.njsmartstartbuildings.com/

Program Name	No-Tillage Assistance Program (NTAP)
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Agricultural Vehicles and Machinery
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	GA
Agency	Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA)
Type of Service Provided	Public Outreach and Education
Description	The Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA) No-Tillage Assistance Program (NTAP) leases "no-till" equipment to farmers to help reduce fuel use, time, and cost of farmland preparation compared to conventional tilling techniques. Program funding is used to purchase or lease no-till equipment, including terrace plows (energy-efficient machines for constructing terraces), drills with small seed attachments and acreage meters, appropriately sized tractors and trailers that match the drills, row crop planters, hydro-seeders, and sprig spreaders. No-till equipment is leased on a rotating basis to farmers within each county, minimizing the driving distance and time between farms. Farmers usually pay a small fee, which helps cover the cost of operating and maintaining the equipment. About 15 percent of NTAP funds are used for operator training seminars, outreach activities, equipment maintenance inspections, equipment scheduling, insurance, and other operating costs. Five percent of the funds are reserved for implementation and administrative costs. Since 1987, this leasing service has saved 2.7 million gallons of fuel to avoid an estimated 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Paul Burks, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, telephone404-656-0938 Email: pburks@gefa.org.
Website	http://www.pewclimate.org/states.cfm?ID=15;www.gefa.org

Program Name	No Idle Zone - Dare to Care about the Air
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Fuel Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	WA
Agency	Washington Department of Ecology
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	No Idle Zone - Dare to Care About the Air is a program designed to motivate parents and others to turn off their engines rather than idling vehicles at schools. Children persuade their parents to sign a pledge not to idle at school. Every class that achieves 100 percent participation, or close to it, gets an incentive such as a pizza or ice cream party. Every teacher who participates also gets an incentive, such as a coupon good for free pizzas. Parents who agree “not to idle” get a key tag that can be used for discounts from participating sponsors. Bus drivers are also given a key tag to remind them to shut off their engines. The key tag is good for discounts from participating sponsors.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Leslie Thorpe, Public Information Manager, Washington Department of Ecology Air Quality Program, telephone 360-407-6848.
Website	http://www.airwatchnorthwest.org/wa/NO_IDLE/

Program Name	North Carolina Solar Center
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	NC
Agency	North Carolina State Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Created in 1988, the North Carolina Solar Center serves as a clearinghouse for solar and other renewable energy programs, information, research, technical assistance, and training for the citizens of North Carolina and elsewhere. Through its programs and services, the Solar Center seeks to stabilize energy costs for consumers, stimulate local economies, reduce dependence on foreign fuels, and mitigate the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuels. By capitalizing on its close ties with the state government of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, the renewable energy industry, and various non-profit organizations, the Solar Center has developed into one of the premier renewable energy centers in the United States.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	North Carolina Solar Center, telephone 919-515-5666 or toll free (NC only) 800-33-NCSUN. Email: ncsun@ncsu.edu.
Website	http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/default.cfm

Program Name	Open Space Preservation Strategies for Promoting Smarter Growth and Environmental Protection
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	Through this program, EPA provides technical assistance and resources to communities that recognize the importance of linking open space conservation and brownfield redevelopment. EPA is promoting this smart growth approach by providing $400,000 in grant resources to nine EPA brownfields communities revitalization efforts, as well as by providing technical assistance tools and resources to states, local communities, and practitioners to help them better prioritize open space for conservation preservation.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 202-566-2878. See also http://www.epa.gov/livablecommunities/contactus.htm.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/livablecommunities/sginitiatives.htm

Program Name	Oregon Clean Diesel Initiative
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	OR
Agency	Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is working to promote voluntary retrofit of diesel engines, in both on- and off-road contexts. Users of heavy-duty diesel engines who retrofit with emission controls can qualify for a credit against Oregon income taxes of up to 35% of the retrofit costs. DEQ is undertaking this effort in partnership with diesel users to make clean diesel vehicles more of a reality. The goals are to protect the environment, improve public health, enhance public relations, and potentially avoid the need for a regulatory program.
GHGs Reduced
Contact Information	Kevin Downing, telephone 503-229-6549; Air Quality Program, Department of Environmental Quality, telephone 503-229-5359 or toll-free (OR only) 800-452-4011. Email: downing.kevin@deq.state.or.us
Website	http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/diesel/index.htm

Program Name	Partnership for Assistance on Agricultural Waste Management Systems
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Livestock
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	CT
Agency	Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Connecticut offers technical and financial support to farm businesses in managing farm waste through the Environmental Assistance Program's "Partnership for Assistance on Agricultural Waste Management Systems." Through this partnership, a farm may obtain waste management planning, structure design, and qualify for financial assistance as well as help in procuring required permits. In cooperation with the partnership, the USDA Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) provides cost sharing for agricultural improvements that will help meet water quality and other environmental objectives. Another source of financing within the partnership is sometimes available through the Connecticut Department of Agriculture's Environmental Assistance Program (EAP) for Connecticut farmers. This funding program allows for the Connecticut Commissioner of Agriculture to reimburse any farmer for part of the costs that qualify under the EAP in order to maintain compliance with Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection approved agricultural waste management plan.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Environmental Assistance Program, telephone860-713-2511 Email: ctdeptag@po.state.ct.us.
Website	http://www.ct.gov/doag/cwp/view.asp?a=1368&q=270138

Program Name	Pay As You Throw (PAYT) Program
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	EPA supports this approach to community waste management in order to promotes environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and equity. Households pay a variable rate depending on the amount of service they use, usually determined by quantity or weight of trash. EPA provides a website containing information and tools for local officials, residents, and others interested in PAYT.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Telephone 800-424-9346. See also http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/comments.htm.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/payt/index.htm

Program Name	Performance Track Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Public Outreach and Education
Description	EPA's Performance Track Program is a voluntary partnership program recognizing and rewarding private and public facilities that demonstrate strong environmental performance beyond current requirements. The program is based on the premise that government should complement existing programs with new tools and strategies that not only protect people and the environment, but also capture opportunities for reducing cost and spurring technological innovation. Currently, the program has over 300 members.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Toll free 888-339-PTRK. See also http://www.epa.gov/performancetrack/contact/index.htm.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/performancetrack

Program Name	Plug-In To eCycling Program
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Electronics
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	The Plug-In To eCycling campaign is intended to inform the public of opportunities to reuse and recycle old computers, TVs, and cell phones. Electronics are the fastest growing portion of America's trash, and contain valuable materials that can also be harmful to the environment. The Plug-In To eCycling Campaign is one of many new efforts under EPA's Resource Conservation Challenge, which seeks to increase the national recycling rate to 35 percent and cut the generation of 30 harmful chemicals by 2005. Conservation efforts help reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from reducing the impact of manufacturing new, replacement electronics products.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 800-424-9346. See also http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/comments.htm.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/plugin/index.htm

Program Name	Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency (P2/E2) Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	PA
Agency	Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	Since 1995, the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Office of Energy and Technology Development has been conducting Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency (P2/E2) site visits at businesses and industries across the Commonwealth free of charge. To date, DEP has conducted 513 site visits. The voluntary, non-regulatory visits are intended to identify opportunities for both small businesses and large businesses that may conserve energy, resources, prevent product loss and avoid creation of waste/emissions while attempting to increase your productivity and enhance Pennsylvania's environment.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Dave Althoff, telephone 717-705-0372. Email: dalthoff@state.pa.us.
Website	http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/pollprev/SiteVisit/SiteVisit.html

Program Name	Private & Community Forests Program
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Forest Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	OR
Agency	Oregon Department of Forestry
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Helping landowners establish and maintain healthy forests is the primary goal of this program, and is achieved through individual agreements between the state and landowners. In exchange for the financial and technical assistance from the trust, landowners agree to carry out reforestation plans and manage a healthy forest over the long-term. Proceeds from any timber harvests are shared under the agreement's revenue sharing formula. The state provides technical assistance from the start of a project, and continues to help with its management. In addition, the Forest Resource Trust finances the direct cost payments of various aspects of the projects. Oregon House Bill (HB) 2200 expanded this program by allowing the State Forester to establish a program for creating forestry carbon offsets. HB2200 defines forestry carbon offsets and authorizes the State Forester to market, register, transfer or sell offsets on behalf of state forestlands, nonfederal landowners and Forest Resource Trust. It allows for the trading of forestry carbon offsets for carbon dioxide emissions.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Jim Cathcart, Oregon Department of Forestry, telephone 503-945-7380. Email: jcathcart@odf.state.or.us.
Website	http://www.odf.state.or.us/pcf/default.asp?id=401010207

Program Name	Public Building Solar Initiative
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Institutions
Government	SC
Agency	Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Public Building Solar Initiative is designed to demonstrate solar water heating technical and economic efficiency in public facilities. State agencies, public colleges, universities, and public school districts are eligible institutions for funding. The purposes of the Public Building Solar Initiative are to: (1) save money for taxpayer-supported entities; (2) publicize economics, technology and operations experiences, in order to encourage more installations; (3) establish core foundation of technical expertise for installation, operation and maintenance of solar water heating systems in South Carolina; and (4) identify and overcome obstacles to use of solar water heating in South Carolina.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	D'Juana Wilson, telephone 803-737-1706. Email: dwilson@gs.sc.gov.
Website	http://www.energy.sc.gov/Renewable%20energy/oldsolar_grant.htm

Program Name	Rebuild America
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Rebuild America community partnerships promote energy-efficiency improvements and add renewable-energy technology to commercial, government, multifamily, and public-housing buildings. At the federal level, Rebuild America is part of the Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Rebuild America supports partnerships with business, financing, technical tools, customized assistance, and public recognition. Goals of the program include: conserving energy; accelerating use of the best available energy technology; reducing air pollution; lowering U.S. reliance on energy imports; saving money for more productive uses; and revitalizing aging neighborhoods and infrastructure. Partnerships are not limited to the renovation of existing buildings, but may also address new construction, land use planning, alternative fuels and vehicles, water and wastewater treatment and the impacts of electric utility restructuring. It is estimated that the program will have promoted 85 trillion Btu in annual energy savings by 2010.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Rebuild America Clearinghouse, telephone 252-459-4664 Email: rebuildorders@rebuild.org
Website	http://www.rebuild.gov

Program Name	Recycling Market Development Board
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Municipal Solid Waste
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	IN
Agency	Indiana Department of Commerce
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Indiana Department of Commerce's Energy Policy Division implemented the Recycling Market Development Program in 1990. The Division is an umbrella agency for several statewide recycling programs. The purpose of the Recycling Market Development Program is to reduce the amount of waste deposited in Indiana landfills by strengthening the recycling infrastructure. The program challenges Indiana businesses to reduce their waste and increase reuse, recycling, and the use of recycled-content material. Components of these programs include financial assistance, technical assistance, educational materials, and training. A grant program was added to the existing loan program in 2000. Loans and grants may not exceed 50 percent of eligible project costs.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Niles Parker, Indiana Department of Commerce, Energy Policy Division, telephone 317-232-8939. Email: nparker@commerce.state.in.us
Website	http://www.in.gov/recycle/

Program Name	Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources Programs
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	NC
Agency	North Carolina State Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The North Carolina State Energy Office supports demonstration efforts in renewable energy resources such as wind, hydropower, solar, biomass, and geothermal. It also supports a number of programs that promote alternative fuel vehicles and the production and use of alternative fuels. In addition to providing information resources and demonstration efforts, these programs often offer technical assistance and services.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	State Energy Office, telephone 919-733-2230 Email: energyinfo@ncmail.net
	or toll free (in state only) 800-662-7131 Email: energyinfo@ncmail.net
Website	http://www.energync.net/programs/renewable.html

Program Name	Renewable Fuels Development Program
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	AL
Agency	Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ACEDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	For more than a decade, the focus of the Renewable Fuels Development Program has been energy conservation through the use of biomass as an alternative energy source. Wood industry participants have been able to reduce production costs by using waste such as wood chips, sawdust, and bark in new or converted wood-fired combustion systems. Biomass in energy production also helps to reduce the volume of waste in the waste stream and fosters cleaner combustion and emissions making biomass energy an even more attractive alternative. The Renewable Fuels Development Interest Subsidy Program is available to assist businesses in installing biomass systems. This program is also open to non-wood industry participants. Program participants receive up to $75,000 in interest subsidy payments to help defray the interest expense on loans to install approved biomass projects. Technical assistance and feasibility studies may also be provided through the program. The focus of the program has broadened from waste wood to also include switchgrass and municipal solid waste (MSW). A pilot project is under way to assess the feasibility of co-firing switchgrass with coal in electricity production. Landfill gas is also being looked at as a potential source of energy for industrial use as well as others. Several landfill waste disposal facilities across the state have been identified as prime candidates for landfill gas recovery and utilization.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Clarence Mann, Science, Technology and Energy Division, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, telephone 334-242-5330. Email: clarencem@adeca.state.al.us
Website	http://216.226.178.189/txtlstvw.aspx?LstID=7d865154-617a-495b-afb8-5cf4271b56ed

Program Name	Residential Energy Efficiency Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	ND
Agency	Division of Community Services
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	This program gives individuals and families the knowledge to use energy efficiently, improve their indoor comfort, and become more informed on how their behavior affects energy consumption, energy cost, health, and safety within their home. Under the program, energy education specialists conduct one-on-one interviews with clients concerning their energy usage and concerns visits each household. In addition households receive a walk-thru energy audit, energy education kit, comprehensive energy education plan, blower door test, and a furnace test. Evaluation of energy conservation education programs have shown that one can expect to experience a 5% reduction in energy consumption the first year with returns diminishing over time.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Cal Steiner, Residential Energy Specialist, telephone 701-227-7415. Email: csteiner@state.nd.us.
Website	http://www.state.nd.us/dcs/energy/weatherization/wx2.html

Program Name	Schools/Local Government Energy Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	TX
Agency	Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Schools and Local Government Energy Program provides a number of integrated services to assist school districts and other units of local government in setting up and maintaining effective energy efficiency programs. Assistance is delivered through energy efficient school partnerships, energy management training workshops, technical support in designing new facilities for optimal energy efficiency and sustainability, and on-site training in setting up student-involved energy awareness projects.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Dub Taylor, SECO Director, telephone toll free 800-531-5441 ext 3-1931. See also http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/seco_contacts.html. Email: dub.taylor@cpa.state.tx.us
Website	http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/sch-gov.htm

Program Name	Sector STAR
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	SectorSTAR is an online, in-depth environmental performance information resource. The service is free and provides industry-focused tools and research, environmental performance programs and information, success stories about innovative companies, and other helpful features.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Website	http://www.sectorstar.org

Program Name	Sector Strategies Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Multiple Sub-sectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	EPA's Sector Strategies Program seeks industry-wide environmental gains through innovative actions taken with eligible sectors. EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation (OPEI) works with participating trade associations, EPA programs and regions, states, and other groups to find sensible solutions to sector-specific problems. The three priority areas of the program are promoting environmental management systems, overcoming regulatory or other barriers to performance improvement, and performance measurement. OPEI works with 12 partner sectors for the Sector Strategies Program, including: Agribusiness, Cement Manufacturing, Colleges and Universities, Construction, Forest Products, Iron and Steel Manufacturing, Metal Casting, Metal Finishing, Paint and Coatings, Ports, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, and Specialty-Batch Chemical Manufacturing.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation (OPEI), telephone 202-566-2992. See also http://www.epa.gov/sectors/contact.html. Email: hessling.michael@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/sectors

Program Name	SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electrical Power Systems
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Electrical Power Systems
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnerships
Description	This voluntary, non-regulatory partnership provides a forum for EPA and the electric power industry to work together to reduce SF6 emissions to technically and economically feasible levels. The SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electrical Power Systems offers cost-effective pollution prevention, protection of the environment, information sharing, and positive company recognition. EPA acts as a clearinghouse for technical information on successful strategies to reduce SF6 emissions and provides a credible repository for data on the emissions reduction achievements of the partners.
GHGs Reduced	SF6
Contact Information	Jerome Blackman, Program Manager, telephone 202-564-8995. Email: blackman.jerome@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/electricpower-sf6/index.html

Program Name	SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Magnesium Industry
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	Partner companies in this program have committed to eliminate SF6 emissions that represent 100% of U.S. primary magnesium production and approximately 80% of U.S. magnesium casting and recycling. The industry's action will reduce overall U.S. SF6 emissions in 2010 by an estimated 20% and will have a climate benefit equivalent to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from more than one million cars.
GHGs Reduced	SF6
Contact Information	Climate Protection Partnerships, telephone 202-343-9190. See also http://www.epa.gov/appdstar/contactus.htm. Email: webmasters.cpd@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/cppd/

Program Name	Small and Cool
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	CT
Agency	Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Small and Cool is a collaborative effort between the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and the non-profit Clean Air-Cool Planet organization. It provides direct assistance to small businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency measures. Participating companies provide energy use information based on an internal energy audit. Small and Cool provides technical assistance in identifying and quantifying GHG reduction strategies. Greenhouse gas emission reductions would then be documented in the New Hampshire Greenhouse Gas Registry.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, telephone 603-271-3503.
Website	http://www.des.state.nh.us/ARD/ClimateChange/business.htm

Program Name	Small Business Energy Loan Program
Sectors	Green Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	TN
Agency	Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Under Tennessee's Small Business Energy Loan Program, eligible companies are provided with services to assist them in upgrading their energy efficiency. Support includes free audits, technical assistance, and low-interest loans are provided.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Clinton Berry III, Tennessee DECD, telephone 615-741-6671 Email: cberry@mail.state.tn.us.
Website	http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/energy_loans.htm

Program Name	Small Business Energy Service (SBES)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	CT
Agency	Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management initiated the Small Business Energy Service (SBES) to help local business identify, understand, and achieve energy savings opportunities available in today's rapidly changing energy market place. The SBES can help business reduce their operating costs by providing cost/benefit information relative to supply and demand options and by providing information regarding rate and service options available in a competitive market. Services offered include: on-site assistance, telephone assistance, and seminars.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Raymond Wilson, telephone860-418-6441 Email: raymond.wilson@po.state.ct.us
Website	http://www.opm.state.ct.us/pdpd2/energy/sbescal.htm

Program Name	Smart Communities Network
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	This DOE program serves as a source of information about smart growth, sustainable development model codes and ordinances, and as guide to technical and financial resources to carry out local sustainable development projects. Subject areas include, but are not limited to, green buildings, green development, land use planning, community energy, transportation, rural issues, and resource efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/management/contact.shtml.
Website	http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

Program Name	Smart Equipment Choices Program
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	NY
Agency	New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	NYSERDA's Smart Equipment Choices Program is designed to accelerate the incorporation of energy-efficient equipment in small renovation and equipment replacement projects in eligible buildings. Incentive awards available under this program defray a portion of the incremental capital cost to purchase and install energy-efficient equipment. The goal of the program is to produce a permanent improvement in "standard" equipment specification by encouraging the purchase and installation of energy-efficient equipment resulting in reduced electrical demand and cost in New York State.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone toll free 866-NYSERDA. Email: info@nyserda.org
Website	http://www.nyserda.org/programs/SmartEC/default.asp?i=PON

Program Name	Smart Growth Network (SGN)
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Smart Growth Network (SGN) is a partnership of government, business, and civic organizations that support smart growth. Since its creation in late 1996, the Network has become a clearinghouse for knowledge about smart growth principles, facilitating the sharing of best practices, and acting as a catalyst for implementation of ideas. The SGN works to encourage development that serves the economy, community, and environment through public awareness by promoting best practices, sharing information, and cultivating smart growth strategies. EPA has been successful in leveraging the expertise and resources of the 31 Network partners to deliver the latest smart growth information to the public and to the 700 Smart Growth Network members.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	http://www.smartgrowth.org/feedback.asp. Email: info@smartgrowth.org
Website	http://www.epa.gov/livablecommunities/sg_network.htm

Program Name	SmartWay Transport
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Conservation
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	By 2012, SmartWay Transport aims to reduce 33 to 66 million metric tons of CO2 emissions and up to 200,000 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions per year. At the same time, the initiative will result in fuel savings of up to 150 million barrels of oil annually. There are three primary components of the program: fleets, idling, and rail/intermodal transport. SmartWay Transport partners seek to reduce fuel consumption from the transportation sector in the United States, emissions affecting human health (especially in densely populated urban areas), and greenhouse gas emissions. Under this program, EPA is developing a user-friendly software tool to help partners track and calculate fuel efficiency, carbon efficiency, and emission reductions. EPA is also developing clear and simple reporting forms for company submission to determine qualification.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Joann Jackson-Stephens, telephone 734-214-4276 Email: jackson-stephens.joann@epa.gov
	Buddy Polovick, telephone 734-214-4928. Email: polovick.buddy@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/otaq/smartway/

Program Name	Solar-to-Market Initiative
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	MA
Agency	State of Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	This program encourages photovoltaic installation and promotes business development of the solar electric industry in Massachusetts. To support these goals, the MTC provides grants and facilitates the development of the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). MTC is also working to improve the resources for training and certification of solar electric system designers, installers, utility personnel, and building inspectors in Massachusetts and the region.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 508-870-0312. Email: mtc@masstech.org
Website	http://www.mtpc.org/RenewableEnergy/solar_to_market.htm

Program Name	Solar 4R Schools
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	OR
Agency	Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Bonneville Environmental Foundation's (BEF) Solar 4R Schools program began in 2002. Under the program, a community partner, such as a local utility or business, purchases Green Tags from BEF. Net revenues from Green Tags sales go into the Solar 4R Schools program fund. A local high school, in partnership with its community partner, applies for funding from BEF. The high school agrees to: designate a liaison between school staff and funding partners; install a photovoltaic system and monitoring equipment on school premises; and integrate renewable energy into the school curriculum. BEF donates the photovoltaic system and monitoring equipment, performs all installations with help from school staff, and provides a renewable energy curriculum framework to the school. Once the systems are running, the students are able to access photovoltaic monitoring data on school computers as they learn about renewable energy. The data can also be displayed over the school or district Web site so that the general public can see it. BEF has developed 3 curriculum modules that incorporate live system data into lesson plans for use in high school through college level teaching.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Tanya Barham, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, telephone 503-248-1905. Email: info@b-e-f.org.
Website	http://www.b-e-f.org/grants/solar.shtm

Program Name	Solar Energy Technology Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Solar Energy Technology Program accelerates the development of solar technologies as energy sources for the nation and world. It sponsors research and development that improves the performance and reduces the cost of solar technologies. Raising public awareness about the value of solar as a secure, reliable, and clean energy choice is also an important goal of the program. Advancing the use of photovoltaic cells, concentrating solar power technologies, and low-temperature solar collectors are central to the program. On the program website, an online informational database is available, as well as additional information on solar technologies.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 800-DOE-3732. Ask an Energy Expert website http://www.eere.energy.gov/askanenergyexpert.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar

Program Name	Solar on Schools
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	RI
Agency	Rhode Island State Energy Office
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Solar on Schools Program provides each of the participating school systems with a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at a high school, middle school, or elementary school, as well as web-based data display on the PV system performance. The data collection and display system allows teachers and students to access system performance data and use it in science or other curricula. Through the web-based system, participating schools and other education-oriented institutions can compare the operating results of their PV systems to that of other schools in the Program. The major portion of the funding for the cost of the PV system and the educational support come from the Renewable Energy Fund and the State Energy Office. Each of the participating schools receives: a 2000-watt (2 kW) solar photovoltaic installation, including data acquisition and performance tracking system; and a data display system and energy curricula, including teacher training, mentoring, course materials and internet access to the PV system output data of the schools and institutions participating in the program.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Rhode Island State Energy Office, telephone 401-222-3370. Email: juliec@gw.doa.state.ri.us.
Website	http://www.riseo.ri.gov/programs/solschools.html

Program Name	Solar Weatherization Assistance Program (SWAP)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	FL
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	The goal of Florida's Solar Weatherization Assistance Program (SWAP) program is to provide solar water heating systems for low-income residents in Florida. A major part of the budgetary concerns for these residents are recurrent and unavoidable electric bills, and studies have shown that 11% of a low-income residents' yearly income goes toward paying energy bills. The major objectives of the SWAP program include: reducing energy consumption and energy bills for low-income residents; calculating the savings-to-investment ratio from the DOE weatherization audit procedure (NEAT); evaluating the feasibility of solar systems as a weatherization program option in warm climates; providing a niche and seasonal market for the solar industry; and reducing Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) expenditures.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Solar Master Email: harrison@fsec.ucf.edu
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/swap.pdf

Program Name	Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA)
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Research and Development
Description	Recognizing the importance of fuel cells for the future of energy, SECA's goal is to create a solid oxide fuel cell (3 to 10 kilowatts in size) that can be mass-produced in modular form at a target cost of $400 per kilowatt. SECA aims to put reliable fuel cells into a more compact, modular, and affordable design for utilization in high volume stationary, transportation, and military markets. Use of fuels cells provides efficiency, fuel flexibility, distributive energy, environmental benefits, power generation choices, and energy security and reliability. This alliance of U. S. industry, universities, and other research organizations, represents a new model for joint government and private industry technology development.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Wayne A. Surdoval, Program Manager, National Energy Technology Laboratory, telephone 412-386-6002 Email: wayne.surdoval@netl.doe.gov
	Gary McVay, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, telephone 509-375-3762 Email: gary.mcvay@pnl.gov
Website	http://www.seca.doe.gov/

Program Name	South Dakota Weatherization Assistance
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	SD
Agency	South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS)
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	South Dakota's Weatherization Assistance Program was designed to help low income South Dakota households overcome the high cost of energy by making their homes more energy efficient. The program is operated at the local level by community action agencies or other local agencies. It has operated continuously since 1976. Local agencies operating the program provide free home weatherization to anyone who qualifies.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Department of Social Services Energy Assistance, telephone toll free 800-233-8503. Email: lieap@state.sd.us.
Website	http://www.state.sd.us/social/ENERGY/weatheri.htm

Program Name	Southwest Connecticut Clean Demand Response Pilot Project
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	CT
Agency	and others
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Southwest Connecticut Clean Demand Response Pilot project has involved bringing together a number of Connecticut State agencies and their national partner organizations and representatives of the Connecticut business community, municipalities, local environmental groups, the New England Independent System Operator, and the utilities to develop programs that would help energy consumers meet electricity needs reliably without compromising the environment. The project originates from air quality and electricity reliability challenges faced by the area of Connecticut between Greenwich and New Haven. At the same time, the project is exploring the barriers to success of existing and planned energy efficiency, conservation, clean load management, and clean distributed generation projects to determine how to maximize their success. Phase I of this project was completed in the fall of 2002, and Phase II in 2003 sought to capitalize on opportunities for energy efficiency and demand management strategies. Improvements to air quality will have additional benefits in reducing GHG emissions related to power generation.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Chris James, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, telephone 860-424-3027 Email: chris.james@po.state.ct.us.
Website	http://www.opm.state.ct.us/swct/

Program Name	State Building Energy Management program (SBEM)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Public
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Public Officials
Government	TN
Agency	Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	The State Building Energy Management program (SBEM) is dedicated to reducing energy and utility costs and consumption in State-owned buildings. This purpose requires creativity in both energy reduction methods and project financing. SBEM's Mission is to improve the energy efficiency, operational efficiency, and environmental impact of state buildings. SBEM's Vision is that all State buildings provide a safe, comfortable, and productive work environment while operating at optimum energy efficiency.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Dave Edmunds, Director, Capital Projects and Real Property Management, telephone 615-741-9357.
Website	http://www.state.tn.us/finance/rpa/sbem.html

Program Name	State Energy Program (SEP)
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	DOE's State Energy Program (SEP) provides funding to states to design and carry out their own energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. This facilitates rapid and inventive deployment of supporting technologies that are environmentally friendly and innovative. These activities cover a wide range of possible projects across all the energy-use sectors-building, industrial, utility, and transportation. SEP has modernized more than 69,000 buildings, carried out more than 8,000 energy projects, and leveraged $4 of investment in energy projects for every $1 of DOE funding.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/state_energy/map_contacts.html.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/

Program Name	State Home Oil Weatherization (SHOW) Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	OR
Agency	Oregon Department of Energy
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The SHOW Program serves Oregon households that heat with oil, propane, kerosene, butane, or wood. SHOW-eligible homes can schedule a SHOW auditor for a free home energy audit and can apply for cash rebates for installed weatherization and heating measures.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Oregon Department of Energy, telephone 503-378-4040 or toll free (OR only) 800-221-8035. Email: energy.in.internet@state.or.us
Website	http://Oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/RES/weather/weahome.shtml

Program Name	State of Iowa Facilities Improvement Corporation (SIFIC)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Public Officials
Government	IA
Agency	Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The State of Iowa Facilities Improvement Corporation (SIFIC) is a nonprofit corporation that helps state agencies implement cost-effective energy efficiency improvements. SIFIC was incorporated in 1986 under Chapter 504 of the Code of Iowa. To date, SIFIC has saved more than $22 million in energy costs and avoided 426,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, 9,300 tons of sulfur dioxide emissions, 830 tons in nitrous oxide emissions, and 1,000 tons in particulate matter.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Dan Lane, Iowa DNR, telephone 515-281-6696 Email: dan.lane@dnr.state.ia.us.
Website	http://www.iowadnr.com/energy/ebank/sfp.html

Program Name	State of Wyoming Energy Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	WY
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Wyoming Business Council administers the State Energy Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program works to expand opportunities for alternative or renewable energy use in Wyoming using domestic fuels or resources. Public and private entities, including industries, have become more energy efficient through the flexible State Energy Program that covers buildings, transportation and public outreach. The Wyoming State Energy Program provides: training seminars for building maintenance personnel in pneumatic controls and efficient boiler operation fields; access to Petroleum Violation Escrow Funds to be used for the demonstration of off-the-shelf-energy efficiency demonstrations; and access to many funding mechanisms available on a competitive basis from the U.S. Department of Energy.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	State Energy Program, telephone 307-777-2804 Email: info@wyomingbusiness.org
Website	http://www.wyomingbusiness.org/business/energy.aspx

Program Name	Stationary Power Fuel Cell Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	Through the joint government-industry Stationary Power Fuel Cell Program, DOE and its partners are working to develop the technology for a stationary power generation sector. The program seeks to improve efficiency, reliability, and environmental performance in the generation of electricity. Because the major obstacle preventing wider implementation of fuel cells is their higher cost, DOE is looking for methods to lower these costs, primarily through the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA).
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Samuel Biondo, U.S. Department of Energy, telephone 301-903-5910; Mark Williams, National Energy Technology Lab, telephone 304-285-4747.
Website	http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/fuelcells/

Program Name	Sustainable Building Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Commercial
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	MN
Agency	Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The OEA's Sustainable Building program strives to help communities find creative environmental solutions that are economically viable and meet social needs. These efforts have created a wealth of Minnesota-specific information to guide green building. OEA in-house and grant-funded projects have supported the creation of design guidelines, product directories, deconstruction and reuse services, local manufacturing of innovative building products, a toolkit for K-12 schools, and demonstration projects such as Habitat for Humanity's affordable green housing in Minneapolis. During 2004, the OEA's Sustainable Building Program will focus on mainstreaming sustainable design by awarding selected grants for design modeling, helping create a Minnesota Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, developing new resource materials, and providing direct technical assistance to government, business, non-profits, and individuals.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance. Email: webcontent@moea.state.mn.us
Website	http://www.moea.state.mn.us/greenbuilding/index.cfm

Program Name	Sustainable Communities
Sectors	Community Development and Smart Growth
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	MN
Agency	Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA)
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA) Sustainable Communities Team promotes sustainable development activities at the community level. The program involves inspiration, education, consultation, program design, training, meeting planning, environmental technical assistance, financial assistance, conferences and workshops, and referrals.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	OEA's Sustainable Communities Program. Email: sc@moea.state.mn.us
Website	http://www.moea.state.mn.us/sc/index.cfm

Program Name	Technology Export Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	CA
Agency	California Energy Commission
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The California Technology Export Program facilitates exports of energy efficiency projects from California abroad, helping California energy companies assist other nations to become more energy efficient, and thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone (916) 654-4528 Email: tolson@energy.state.ca.us
Website	http://www.globalenergyconnection.ca.gov/tep/jsp/index.jsp

Program Name	TREASURE Forest Program
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Forest Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	AL
Agency	Alabama Forestry Commission
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Alabama Forestry Commission's voluntary TREASURE Forest Program seeks to promote sound and sustainable, multiple-use forest management that encourages landowners to use their forests wisely. The TREASURE Forest Program promotes this management ethic through educational programs involving information dissemination and on-the-ground technical assistance from the member agencies and groups of the Alabama Forestry Planning Committee. The program also recognizes private landowners with the TREASURE Forest Award, for those who display their commitment to the TREASURE Forest ethic through the physical management that takes place on their land.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Telephone 334-240-9300.
Website	http://www.forestry.state.al.us

Program Name	Urban Heat Island Reduction Initiative
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Public Outreach and Education
Description	EPA launched the Heat Island Reduction Initiative (HIRI) in 1997, serving as a multi-agency effort to work with communities and public officials across the U.S. to reduce the impacts of urban heat islands. Through HIRI, EPA and the Department of Energy promote common-sense measures to reduce local ambient temperature, smog, cooling energy demand, and greenhouse gas emissions through heat island technologies and practices. These can include use of reflective surfaces and urban forestry to reduce cooling energy demand in buildings, improve air quality, and contribute to lower ambient air temperature. The HIRI program also helps cities and their stakeholders evaluate the potential benefits of mitigation strategies.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Niko Dietsch, telephone 202-564-3479. Email: dietsch.nikolaas@epa.gov
Website	http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/ActionsLocalHeatIslandEffect.html

Program Name	U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership (USAEP) State Environmental Initiative
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Energy Efficiency
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	USAID
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The State Environmental Initiative is a matching-grant program to encourage international partnerships in environment and economic development between U.S. states and Asian/Pacific nations and territories. The initiative seeks to transfer environmental expertise and technology, create public-private partnerships, and promote clean technologies and environmental management. This is achieved through information dissemination, targeting the needs of Asian partners, and a matching grant program.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Council of State Governments, telephone 859-244-8000; Delbert McCluskey, Supervisory Program Development Officer, telephone 202-712-0433. Email: dmccluskey@usaid.gov
Website	http://www.usaep.org

Program Name	Vegetation Management Program
Sectors	Agriculture
Key Subsectors	Forest Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	CA
Agency	California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) works to encourage and implement fuels management projects to reduce the threat of uncontrolled wildfires. This includes vegetation management projects such as controlled burns. The Vegetation Management Program (VMP) is a cost-sharing program (landowners cover 25%-30% of total project costs) that focuses on the use of prescribed fire, and mechanical means, for addressing wildland fire fuel hazards and other resource management issues on State Responsibility Area (SRA) lands. VMP allows private landowners to enter into a contract with CDF to use prescribed fire to accomplish a combination of fire protection and resource management goals. Implementation of VMP projects is by CDF Units. The Vegetation Management Program typically treats about 40,000 acres each year. The prescribed burning helps mitigate the risk of large-scale fires that release carbon dioxide and reduce carbon sequestration.
GHGs Reduced	Carbon sequestration
Contact Information	Contact webpage: http://www.fire.ca.gov/MiscDocuments/CDFContacts.asp.
Website	http://www.fire.ca.gov/resourcemanagement/vegetationmanagement.asp

Program Name	Vermont Business Environmental Partnership
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	VT
Agency	Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership is a voluntary, environmental assistance and business recognition program offered by the Environmental Assistance Division of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The Partnership joins efforts of the public and private sectors to achieve environmental and economic goals simultaneously. The goals of the partnership are to achieve greater environmental and economic performance and to promote public recognition of environmental excellence. The technical assistance services on the Environmental Assistance Division (EAD) and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) are available to those seeking help to adopt the standards. Funding for the initiative was made possible by a grant from the U.S. EPA.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Gary Gulka, Chief, Waste Prevention Section, Environmental Assistance Division, telephone toll free 800-974-9559 or 802-241-3626 Email: email gary.gulka@anr.state.vt.us
	Peter Crawford, Environmental Assistance Program Director, Vermont Small Business Development Email: pcrawfor@vtc.edu
Website	http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/ead/vbep/index.htm

Program Name	Vermont Methane Pilot Project
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Livestock
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	VT
Agency	U.S. Department of Energy
Type of Service Provided	Program Support
Description	Investing in climate friendly technologies has helped Vermont to realize benefits that extend beyond solely livestock management. The recovery of methane gas both reduces the direct release of GHG emissions to the atmosphere and displaces fossil fuel energy. Such methane projects can lead to significant GHG reductions in the state because, through Vermont's net metering law, farmers that produce up to 125 kilowatt (kW) can sell their excess energy to the grid, providing supplementary income.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Jeff Forward Biomass Energy Resource Center, telephone 802-262-1009 Email: jforward@biomasscenter.org
	Dan Scruton, Project Coordinator Vermont Department of Agriculture, telephone 802-828-3836 Email: dan@agr.state.vt.us
Website	http://www.vermontagriculture.com/methresource.pdf

Program Name	Virginia Alliance for Solar Electricity (VASE)
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Power Suppliers
Government	VA
Agency	Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy (DMME)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Virginia Alliance for Solar Electricity (VASE) is a partnership between BP Solarex (a wholly owned subsidiary of BP Amoco), Virginia Power, Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME). The goal of the project is to accelerate the commercialization of a new generation of photovoltaic (PV) modules being manufactured in Virginia by Solarex. The objectives of the VASE program include: identifying, developing, and executing projects that validate the economic values of PV applications that are typical of the most cost-effective and numerous opportunities available in Virginia and other mid-Atlantic states; and developing and confirming designs of standardized modular systems that will be cost-effective in the near term, based on low-cost PV modules manufactured in Virginia.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See http://www.mme.state.va.us/scripts/email/staff.aspx?division=DE.
Website	http://www.mme.state.va.us/De/commercialframe.html

Program Name	Virginia Environmental Excellence Program (VEEP)
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	VA
Agency	Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	An effective Environmental Management System (EMS) can greatly assist a company in managing their environmental aspects. DEQ's Office of Pollution Prevention has promoted the development and use of EMS to business and industry as a method for achieving long-term environmental improvement, hopefully by means of source reduction. In an effort to assist these companies, DEQ has developed the Virginia Environmental Excellence Program (VEEP). Participation in VEEP is voluntary, and the program offers recognition, assistance, and incentives to encourage the development of EMS by businesses, manufacturers, government agencies, and other organizations.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Sharon Baxter, telephone 804-698-4344. Email: skbaxter@deq.state.va.us.
Website	http://www.deq.state.va.us/veep/homepage.html

Program Name	Voluntary Aluminum Industry Partnership (VAIP)
Sectors	Industrial
Key Subsectors	Aluminum
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Voluntary Aluminum Industry Partnership (VAIP) joins EPA with participating companies in a joint effort to improve aluminum production efficiency while reducing PFC emissions. By reducing PFC emissions where technically feasible and cost-effective, VAIP had already achieved a 44% reduction from 1990 levels. VAIP Partners include 11 of the nation's 12 primary aluminum producers representing 22 of the 23 smelters nationwide and 94% of the nation's production capacity.
GHGs Reduced	PFCs
Contact Information	See http://www.epa.gov/highgwp1/vaip/feedback.html.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/highgwp/aluminum-pfc/index.html

Program Name	Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program
Sectors	Transportation
Key Subsectors	Clean Fuels
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	This EPA program addresses pollution from diesel construction equipment and heavy-duty vehicles that are currently on the road today. The website for the Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program helps interested parties understand this program and obtain the information they need to create effective retrofit projects. One key aspect of the program has been EPA's work with the trucking industry, manufacturers of idle control technologies, states, and others to help save fuel and reduce air pollution from idling trucks. In particular, EPA has conducted emissions testing on idling trucks under various conditions, surveying trucking fleets to learn more about idling times, implementing demonstration projects to test idle control technologies, and holding workshops to educate affected communities.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Carl Wick Email: wick.carl@epa.gov
	See also http://www.epa.gov/otaq/retrofit/contacts.htm. Email: wick.carl@epa.gov
Website	http://www.epa.gov/otaq/retrofit/

Program Name	Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Registry
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	WI
Agency	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	The Wisconsin Act 195, passed in 2000, authorized the creation of a voluntary registry that would allow Wisconsin entities to report and document their greenhouse gas reductions. The registry permits reporting of all greenhouse gases, as well as other pollutants such as mercury, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. The registry also permits reporting of carbon sequestration and avoided emissions from energy efficiency measures and renewable energy can be registered. Reporting can be done at the project and entity (corporate) level, and can document both direct and indirect emission reductions. Public and regulatory recognition are provided on behalf of participating parties.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Eric Mosher, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, telephone 608-266-3010 Email: eric.mosher@dnr.state.wi.us
	Edward Jepsen, telephone 608-266-3538 Email: Edward.Jepsen@dnr.state.wi.us
Website	http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/air/registry/

Program Name	Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Registry
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	NH
Agency	New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	In 1999, the New Hampshire Legislature enacted SB 159 (RSA 125:L), establishing the state's Voluntary Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Registry. Emission reductions (both direct and indirect) made after 1990 can be registered by any business or other entity located in New Hampshire, whether it reduces emissions in-state or out-of-state. Individuals are also able to participate as long as they meet the requirements as defined in the New Hampshire Rules Governing the Control of Air Pollution. Reporting is done at the project level; entity-wide (i.e., corporate-wide) reporting is also permissible, but not required. The program also provides public and regulatory recognition.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Joanne Morin, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, telephone 603-271-5552. Email: jmorin@des.state.nh.us.
Website	http://www.des.state.nh.us/ard/climatechange/ghgr.htm

Program Name	Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	GHG Registry
Description	Established by Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program provides a means for individuals, businesses, and other organizations to document their emissions reduction efforts and reveal their commitment to voluntarily achieving environmental policy goals. This program also serves as a medium for information exchange and public recognition. New guidelines are being created to improve the accuracy, verifiability and completeness of greenhouse gas emission data reported under the registry program.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone Hotline 800-803-5182. Email: infoghg@eia.doe.gov
Website	http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/frntvrgg.html

Program Name	WARMAdvantage
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	NJ
Agency	New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	Established by Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program provides a means for individuals, businesses, and other organizations to document their emissions reduction efforts and reveal their commitment to voluntarily achieving environmental policy goals. This program also serves as a medium for information exchange and public recognition. New guidelines are being created to improve the accuracy, verifiability and completeness of greenhouse gas emission data reported under the registry program.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	See website http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/4contact/1_general_info.html.
Website	http://www.njcleanenergy.com/html/1residential/2_warm_advantage.html

Program Name	Waste Reduction Assistance Program (WRAP)
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Businesses
Government	IA
Agency	Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Iowa's Waste Reduction Assistance Program (WRAP) is a non-regulatory, voluntary initiative designed to meet the goals of source reduction and recycling. Iowa businesses and public institutions receive a free, confidential on-site assessment performed by qualified pollution prevention engineers. The assessment targets the production systems and individual waste streams, and includes an energy efficiency analysis. Following an assessment, WRAP experts lead on-site workshops to facilitate review and implementation of feasible recommendations. Long-term follow-up to evaluate results and suggest next steps is also available. On an ongoing basis, clients have access to clearinghouse information on technology transfer opportunities, case studies, vendor lists, mailings on technical conferences and workshops and connections to waste exchanges. Success stories are recognized annually by the Governor's Iowa Environmental Excellence Awards.
GHGs Reduced	CH4
Contact Information	Scott Vander Hart, Pollution Prevention Manager, telephone 515-281-6275. Email: scott.vanderhart@dnr.state.ia.us.
Website	http://www.iowadnr.com/waste/p2/about.html

Program Name	WasteWise
Sectors	Waste Management
Key Subsectors	Municipal Solid Waste
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Hotline
Description	WasteWise is a free, voluntary, flexible program that allows partners to design their own solid waste reduction programs tailored to their needs. Partners reduce municipal solid waste through source reduction, collecting recyclables, and increasing the manufacture or purchase of recycled products. All organizations within the United States may join the program. Large and small businesses from any industry sector are welcome to participate. As of October 25, 2003, WasteWise had 1,344 partners (including alumni) spanning more than 54 industry sectors. In addition, WasteWise has 205 endorsers, mainly membership-based organizations, from more than 15 industry sectors.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	WasteWise Helpline 800-EPA-WISE. Email: ww.@erg.com
Website	http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/wstewise/

Program Name	Water-Efficient Products Market Enhancement Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	EPA
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	EPA provides a wide-range of information to help stakeholders employ more efficient water use for agricultural, municipal, commercial, industrial, residential, and landscaping purposes. Through this program, EPA is also seeking to promote water efficient products in the marketplace, supply information on drought management, water recycling and reuse, conservation pricing, and high efficiency toilets.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	EPA's Water Efficiency Programs, telephone 202-564-0624 or 202-564-0623, Email: water efficiency@epa.gov
	John Flowers, flowers. Email: john@epa.gov
	Valerie Martin Email: martin.valerie@epa.gov.
	See also http://www.epa.gov/owm/contactowm.htm Email: martin.valerie@epa.gov.
Website	http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/index.htm

Program Name	Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Technical Support
Description	Founded in 1976, DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has provided weatherization services to more than 5.1 million low-income families. DOE provides funding to states, which in turn sub-grant these funds to local agencies to install energy efficient measures in eligible households free of charge. The cost of these effective upgrades average about $2,614 per home, an expense which is often recovered through energy savings within a few years. States also select service providers, which are usually nonprofit agencies that serve families in their communities, and review their performance for quality. Together, this group of almost 1,000 agencies makes up a nationwide weatherization network.
GHGs Reduced	CO2
Contact Information	Ask an Energy Expert webpage, http://www.eere.energy.gov/askanenergyexpert/; State Weatherization Contacts webpage, http://www.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/state_contacts.html.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/

Program Name	Weatherization Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Residential
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	PA
Agency	Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Pennsylvania's Weatherization Program provides site-specific energy audits for low-income households. These audits utilize state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to assess such conditions as air leakage and heating system operation and to identify cost-effective energy saving measures for each dwelling. To enhance the effectiveness of the program, client education activities are also provided on proper use and maintenance of the installed measures as well as day-to-day practices the clients can do to reduce energy waste. The Weatherization Program provides on-going training through the Weatherization Training Center at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. The curriculum is designed to provide a full range of courses to upgrade skills of program workers and to develop and introduce new technologies for use in the program.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Karl A. Kimmel, Chief Todd Watson, Weatherization Specialist, DCED Office of Community Services, telephone 717-787-1984. Email:
Website	http://www.newpa.com/download.aspx?id=208

Program Name	Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnership
Description	The Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program is one of the U.S.'s leading efforts to promote renewable energy sources. The program works with industry to improve wind energy technology so that it can generate competitive electricity in areas with lower wind resources, and to develop new, cost-effective, advanced hydropower technologies that will have enhanced environmental performance and greater energy efficiencies. The program also works with industry to pursue Research and Development to develop more environmentally friendly technologies to maintain the nation's existing hydropower capacity. The primary mechanisms used by the program include competitively selected, cost-shared research and development projects with industry, performed in partnership with federal, state, industry, and other stakeholder groups.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	EERE Information Center website: online inquiries http://www.eere.energy.gov/informationcenter; telephone 1-877-EERE-INF (1-877-337-3463.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/

Program Name	Wind Energy Resource Assessment Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Industry
Government	AK
Agency	Alaska Energy Authority (AEA)
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	Alaska's Wind Energy Resource Assessment Program has two components: The Anemometer Loan Program and High Resolution Wind Mapping. The Anemometer Loan Program supplies meteorological towers, data logging equipment, and technical support to help interested communities and utilities quantify their wind resource. Recently, as many as forty-eight communities responded to AEA's offer of assistance. After collecting data for a year the program relocates its 20 towers to another set of communities. Funding for this program originates with the Denali Commission and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The first draft of the High Resolution Wind Map is expected soon for Southwest and Western Alaska. Developing this map will greatly increase understanding of Alaska's wind resource, and will, among other things, help communities to apply for U.S. DOE wind energy funding programs with a first year of wind data already collected.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Reuben Loewen, Wind Resource Assessment Program, Alaska Energy Authority, telephone 907-269-3000; In State Only, telephone 888-300-8534. Email: rloewen@aidea.org
Website	http://www.akenergyauthority.org/programwind.html

Program Name	Wind Powering America Program
Sectors	Power Generation/Energy
Key Subsectors	Renewable Energy
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Farmers
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Partnerships
Description	The Wind Powering America Program is a key mechanism of DOE's Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program for promoting wind power. The Wind Powering program works with stakeholders and interested parties to form coalitions (Wind Working Groups), which facilitate the adoption of wind power by building a local presence. Goals are to provide 5% of the nation's electricity by 2020, increase the number of states with 20 MW of wind capacity to 16 by 2005 and 24 by 2010, and increase the use of wind power by the federal government to 5% by 2010. Important outcomes of the program include regional economic development, an increased number of power generation options, protection of the environment, and improved energy and national security.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Regional contacts webpage http://www.eere.energy.gov/windpoweringamerica/wpa/regional_activities2.asp.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/

Program Name	Youth Environmental Program
Sectors	Multi-Sector or Other
Key Subsectors	Forest Management
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	Local Communities
Government	WV
Agency	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Type of Service Provided	Financial Assistance
Description	The Youth Environmental Program allows participating youth groups throughout West Virginia to participate in community service and environmental projects such as litter control, recycling, tree planting, soil conservation, and environmental education. Each year, over $11,000 in cash awards is offered as incentive and a $2,500 per year, four-year scholarship is made available annually to a graduating high school senior who is a member of a Youth Environmental Program group.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Telephone 304-558-3370. Email: dhaid@dnr.state.wv.us
Website	http://www.wv.gov/Offsite.aspx?u=http://www.wvdnr.gov

Program Name	Zero Energy Buildings Program
Sectors	Buildings
Key Subsectors	Building Technologies
Key Stakeholders/Beneficiaries	General Public
Government	Federal
Agency	DOE
Type of Service Provided	Information Resources
Description	DOE and its partners are bringing together expertise in energy efficiency and renewable energy to perform research with, design, and construct new buildings that produce as well as consume energy. Four home building teams are designing and constructing homes that are at least 50% more efficient than average homes and employ solar electric or solar hot water systems (or both) to offset energy from the utility provider. These prototype homes are also being used to conduct research to improve building design and technologies.
GHGs Reduced	Multiple GHGs
Contact Information	Ask An Energy Expert: http://www.eere.energy.gov/askanenergyexpert.
Website	http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/program_areas/index.html

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