Energy Efficiency Information

The U.S. Department of energy funds research and technology to reduce residential energy use, as well as funds research and develops projects to advance the use and adoption of clean, renewable energy technologies.

Provides information on the following topics: home energy conservation; active and passive solar energy; bioconversion; alcohol fuels; solar, thermal, wind, and ocean energies; and small scale hydroelectric power production among others.

Fact sheets, information briefs, reading lists, and referrals on a wide variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency topics are available on their website.

If you have a question about how to make your home or a building more energy efficient, a question concerning the use of renewable energy and you cannot find the information you need on their website, you can click on Ask An Energy Expert