Tools

Create a city energy management plan:
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/municipal/principles.shtml

Download the Smart Code:
http://www.smartcodecentral.org/smartfilesv9_2.html

Federal Incentives for Renewables and Energy Efficiency:
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/genericfederal.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&state=us&ee=1&re=1

Federal Funding for Transportation:
http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants_financing_263.html

Policy Tools from ICLEI:
http://www.icleiusa.org/action-center/affecting-policy

ICLEI’s Local Government Operations Protocol (pdf, 1.1 MB)

ICLEI’s International Emissions Analysis Protocol (pdf, 1.2 MB)

Carbon Calculators:
http://hes.lbl.gov/hes/carbon-calculators.html

Efficient Products: http://www.maproyalty.com/ee.html
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.

City Financial Incentives:
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&State=CA&RE=1&EE=1

Energy Star Portfolio Manager:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=evaluate_performance.bus_portfoliomanager

EIA Energy overview:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/overview.html

Community Choice Aggregation:
http://www.communitychoice.info/about/benefits.php

Sustainlane rankings of US cities: SustainLane ranked the largest 50 US cities by sustainability factors in 2006:
http://www.sustainlane.com/us-city-rankings/

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