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1. Final Report on Design and Implementation of New Financing Mechanisms and Instruments for Promotion of Solar Water Heating Systems in India

   This report supports the use of financial assistance to promote the solar water heater sector in India. The report examines existing financing mechanisms and instruments implemented in India and other countries, the financing needs and to design the new f ...

   Source: India Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

   Date: March 2010

2. Building Sector Policies and Regulation for Promotion of Solar Water Heating Systems in India

   This study examines building-sector policy for solar water heating systems in four states in India. It includes 14 international case studies. The study assimilates the lessons and best practices from these examples to inform the development of a uniform ...

   Source: India Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

   Date: March 2010

3. Global Status Report on Local Renewable Energy Policies

   This report presents lessons for implementing local renewables policies in cities large and small, local government activities to drive renewable energy, as well as how national governments can create enabling frameworks for cities. Local governments are ...

   Source: Renewable Energy Policy Network for 21st Century

   Date: May 2011

4. Integrated Model to Access the Global Environment

   The Integrated Model to Access the Global Environment (IMAGE) is an ecological-environmental framework that simulates the environmental consequences of human activities worldwide. It represents interactions between society, the biosphere, and the climate ...

   Source: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

   Date: October 2010

5. Energy-Efficiency Strategy of the Republic of South Africa

   This resources is the first consolidated government document great towards the development and implementation of energy efficiency in South Africa. The strategy sets a national target for energy-efficiency improvement of 12% by 2015 and covers all energy- ...

   Source: South African Department of Minerals and Energy

6. Distributed Wind Site Analysis Tool (DSAT)

   The Distributed Wind Site Analysis Tool (DSAT) is a powerful online tool for conducting detailed site assessments for single turbine projects, from residential to community scale. The tool offers users the ability to analyse potential wind turbine install ...

   Source: United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory

7. Low-Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) Presentations

   This website provides recent presentations and webinars regarding low-carbon vehicles, low-carbon fuels, and policies to reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector. Topics include green fleet management, emissions-based parking policies, life-cy ...

   Source: Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP)

8. Investing in Sustainable Urban Transport: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Experience

   This short report overviews the Global Environment Facility's involvement in funding sustainable urban transport projects globally. Detailed case studies and projected impacts are provided for the following projects: demonstration of fuel-cell bus co ...

   Source: Global Environment Facility

   Date: January 2010

9. Renewable Energy Potential for Adaptation of the Energy Supply Infrastructure in Chemnitz, Germany (Presentation)

   This presentation from, the Resilient Cities 2011 2nd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change, discusses a feasibility study to evaluate energy efficiency and renewable energy potential within the city of Chemnitz, Germany. The study ana ...

   Source: ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

   Date: June 2011

10. Ridesharing Institute (Website)

    The Institute seeks to help communities make better use of the empty seats in existing cars, vans, and buses (and so reduce the amount of traffic and therefore also reduce the excess consumption of energy, greenhouse gas emissions, the number of traffic a ...

    Source: Ridesharing Institute

    Date: February 2012