Title & Link | Description | Action | Media | Source | Date |
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OECD iLibrary |
Access data and metadata. Online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. Statistics include: Coal, electricity, emissions, renewables, energy prices, taxes, energy balances, agriculture, trade, education, labor, science and technology. Details |
Data | Data | Inter-government | |
Lighting Topics (Oikos Green Building Library) |
Information on efficient lighting, CFLs, and what to look for when buying CFLs. Oikos: "Focused on Energy Efficient Building and Environmentally Sound Construction." Details |
Efficiency, Learn | Knowledge or lesson | Corporation | |
Energy Units |
Introduction to basic energy units, conversion factors and units, special topics relating to electricity (American Physical Society). Details |
Learn | Website | Non-profit organization | |
Systems of measurement |
Introduces the different units to measure things, such as energy. (Wikipedia) Details |
Learn | Knowledge or lesson | Wikipedia | |
Energy and Power? |
Both concepts explained by David MacKay (Regius Professor of Engineering at Cambridge). Details |
Learn | Website | David MacKay | |
CIA World Factbook |
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, and military for 267 world entities. Details |
Data, Learn | Data | Government | |
World Bank Search |
Access and download data and metadata for all countries in the world. Data sets include: primary energy sources, energy consumption, electricity, renewable energy, waste, water, transport, fertilizer, mortality, employment, environmental sustainability, education, wastewater, hospitalization, migrations, methane, NOX and CO2 emissions, etc. Details |
Data | Data | Inter-government | |
OECD.StatsExtracts |
Access data and metadata for countries globally: general, agriculture, demography, economic, environment, finance, health, industry and services, international trade and balance of payments, labor, pricing and purchasing power parities, productivity, social protection and well-being. Details |
Data | Data | Inter-government | |
Energy Information Administration (U.S) |
Access data and metadata: "The [EIA] collects, analyzes, and disseminates independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment." Details |
Learn, Data | Data | Government | |
Energy Explained (U.S. EIA) |
Energy Explained - a very comprehensive guide to understanding energy. Covering topics: forms and sources of energy, units and calculators, uses of energy, energy and the environment, non-renewable and renewable sources. (EIA) Details |
Learn | Knowledge or lesson | Government |