The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies
 Welcome to our online references page. We have listed below some of the sites that we refer to and use quite often, as well as sites of others we work with. They are listed alphabetically by site name, and all will open in a new browser window.
Chemfinder
Need to find out something about a particular chemical? CAS number, molecular weight, specific gravity? This site is great!
Clean Car Campaign
"The Clean Car Campaign is a national campaign which will promote the development and sale of advanced technology vehicles that meet a high clean car standard."
Ecocycle
"...a newsletter that shares information on policy and technical issues related to product environmental life-cycle management (LCM)."
EcoSite
Loaded with information on Life-Cycle Assessment and Ecolabeling.
East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCFC)
This site provides information on an effort in East TN to utilize alternative fuels more. The effort is part of the national Clean Cities program.
EIA (Energy Information Association)
If you're looking for any type of energy information, this should be your starting point.
Environmental Defense
Lots of good info here, including the Chemical Scorecard.
EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Program
"...is one of EPA's premier partnership programs, working with individual industry sectors to compare and improve the performance and human health and environmental risks and costs of existing and alternative products, processes, and practices." (Link to the DfE Web's Lead-free Solder Project page)
EPA's Enviro$ense
"...provide(s) a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. A major component of Enviro$ense is the data base umbrella architecture for 'solvent alternatives.'"
EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards' (OAQPS) Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emission Factors
Access to the latest inventories and tools for estimating emissions of air pollutants and performing air emission inventories."
EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance's (OECA) Sector Notebooks
"These notebooks, which focus on key indicators that holistically present air, water, and land pollutant release data, have been thoroughly reviewed by experts from both inside and outside the EPA."
EREN (The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network)
DOE's renewable energy site. Has information on EREN's programs and offices, links to other DOE sites and a lot of other particulars including information about the Million Solar Roofs Initiative.
The European Environment Agency
"Europe's gateway to environmental information."
The Global Recycling Network
Entitled "The Internet's Recycling Business Center," this website is loaded with information about associations, companies and grass-roots groups whose purpose is related in some way to recycling. Also has a page that lists quite current market prices.
The Green Pages
Part of Ecoweb, the green pages is a "global directory," or massive reference source of organizations working in any facet of the environmental arena. Their listings are organized several different ways, but the index lets you quickly see the site's structure.
Green Seal
"Green Seal is the independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment by promoting the manufacture and sale of environmentally responsible consumer products. It sets environmental standards and awards a "Green Seal of Approval" to products that cause less harm to the environment than other similar products."
The ISO 14000 InfoCenter
All kinds of ISO 14000 information including overviews, articles, discussion lists, organizations and publications -- just to name a few.
The Journal of Industrial Ecology's Homepage
Information on the publication.
The Joyce Foundation
The Joyce Foundation supports efforts to protect the natural environment of the Great Lakes.
New Scientist
The online version of the scientific magazine.
NRDC's Benchmarking Air Emissions of Utility Electric Generators in the Eastern U.S.
The Natural Resources Defense Council's excellent site discusses emissions generated by OTAG region utilities. A great surf!
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"ORNL conducts basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security."
Recycler's World
"Recycler's World was established as a world-wide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used & surplus items or materials."
SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)
The homepage of one of the founding companies of life cycle assessment.
SustainableBusiness.com
An excellent source of information on industries that are trying to move toward a more sustainable future.
The Tennessee Recycling Coalition (TRC)
A nonprofit working to promote reuse and recycling activites in Tennessee.
The University of Tennessee's Future Truck Web site
Some information on UT's contribution to the national Future Truck competition. Includes some info on UT's contribution to hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) competition.
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