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General:
 
- Association
for Environment Conscious Building - aims to encourage greater environmental awareness
within the UK building construction industry.
- Building
Research Establishment
UKís leading centre for research, development and consultancy
for all aspects of the built environment.
- Carbon Calculator for households - Calculate your share of carbon emissions,
and find out how to reduce them and save money
- Centre
for Alternative Technology
-Eco Centre based at Machynlleth in North Wales, with working
examples of wind, water and solar power, energy conservation,
environmentally sound buildings, self build, organic growing
and alternative sewage systems.
- Centre
for Sustainable Design
- discussion and research on eco-design with training, workshops,
conferences, research, consultancy and publications.
- CO2
Balance -provides individuals
and businesses with a simple, practical and cost-effective way
to offset their unavoidable carbon dioxide emissions.
- ECOutlet -shop for environmental goods online
-all sorts of excellent ideas for your home and garden.
- Ecotech
Centre -learn about
renewable energy, sustainable business practices, organic horticulture
and the environment.
- Energy
Savings Trust -organisation
whose aims are to encourage energy efficiency and the integration
of renewable energy sources by promoting cleaner fuels for transport,
better insulation and heating efficiency for buildings, and small-scale
renewable energy, such as solar and wind power.
- Green
Building Press - Information
and publications to help you create healthy and ecological homes
and buildings.
- Green Futures
-the UK's leading magazine on environmental solutions and sustainable
futures.
- Green Register
-training and networking organisation for all disciplines in
the construction industry who are committed to sustainable building
practices -architects, engineers, builders, surveyors and tradespeople.
- Grown up Green
-membership organisation run by a charitable trust, who aim to
promote education about protection of the natural environment
and sustainability.
- HomePower -diy energy magazine.
- Low Carbon Buildings Programme -the programme provides grants for
the installation of microgeneration technologies in a range of
buildings to include households, community organisations, public,
private and the non-profit sectors. Householders can apply for
grants of up to £2,500 per property towards the cost of
installing a certified product by a certified installer.
- Low
Carbon Network -UK
based not for profit company established to raise awareness of
the links between buildings, the working and living patterns
they support, and global warming.
- National
Energy Foundation -independent
educational charity, based at Milton Keynes whose objective is
to work for the more efficient, innovative, and safe use of energy.
- Newform
Energy -suppliers of
a range of renewable energy systems including biomass, heat recovery
ventilation, photovoltaics, solar thermal and wind. They are
also developing a solar / hydrogen system for domestic and light
commercial applications.
- Off
Grid -website dedicated
to the needs of people living without mains electricity or water.
- Permaculture Association -supports people and projects through training,
networking and research, using the ethics and principles of permaculture.
- Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development -dedicated to promoting sustainable
building.
- Sustainability Works -an online software package which helps deliver
sustainable housing development efficiently, from policy level
to project delivery -used by housing associations, developers,
architects and local authorities.
- Sustlife -gateway for environmental, ecological
and organic resources.
- The Worlds Greatest Environmental Directory - search engine and listing of all
issues of concern in the environment.
- West
Wales Eco Centre -promote
the issues surrounding energy use and its impact on the environment
-they publish a number of useful factsheets.
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