Resources

The following resources were used to develop the questions and response options for the survey.

APA Policy Guide on Energy, ratified April 25, 2004.

Center for Clean Air Policy. 2005. Transportation Guidebook: Land-Use, Transit, and Travel Demand Management.

Corbett, Michael and Judy Corbett. 2000. Designing Sustainable Communities. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE).

Friedman, Naomi. 2004. "Energy and Smart Growth: It's about How and Where We Build." Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Commissioned by Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Translation Paper 15.

Lantsberg, Alex. June 2005. "Sustainable Urban Energy Planning: A Road Map for Research and Funding." California Energy Commission.

Lewis, Megan S. December 2002. "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives for Local Governments." Public Investment News. Chicago: American Planning Association.

Wilson, Alex et al. 1998. Green Development. Rocky Mountain Institute. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Resource Documents for Planners

"Planning Directors' Important Role in Energy and Climate Change" (pdf)

"How Planners Can Inform and Affect the Energy and Climate Change Agenda" (pdf)

In addition to the above resources, the following are useful links to energy information:

International

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Federal

U.S. Department of Energy, Clean Cities Initiative

U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

U.S. Department of Energy, Rebuild America

U.S. Energy Information Administration

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming

U.S. Department of Transportation, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program

National Organizations

Enterprise Green Communities Program

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Rocky Mountain Institute

U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Page

U.S. Green Building Council

Regional Coalitions

Powering the Plains (Illinois, Iowa, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming)

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives RGGI (Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states)

Western Regional Climate Action Initiative News Release (Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington)

State

California Energy Commission, PLACE3S

Local

Cool Cities across America (Sierra Club)

Green Fleets

Green Power Governments

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) Cities for Climate Protection

Local Government Commission, Energy Program

Mayors for Climate Protection

General

Alliance to Save Energy

Architecture2030 Challenge

Clinton Global Initiative, Energy and Climate Change

Clean Air–Cool Planet

Coming Global Oil Crisis

An Inconvenient Truth