The following is a directory of “800” numbers for information
and service for renewable energy applications and environmental information.
800-363-3732 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Clearinghouse (EREC)offers fact
sheets, videos and brochures; also handles
complex technical inquiries. EREC is a
consolidation of the Conservation and
Renewable Energy Inquiry and Referral
Service (CAREIRS) and the National
Appropriate Technology Assistance Service
(NATAS). Services include technical
inquires and business assistance on
financing for energy-related businesses.
800-423-1363 Alternative Fuels Hotline—information
to interested public and fleet owners on
alternative fuels.
800-224-8437 Clean Cities Hotline—for communities
interested in joining the DOE alternative
fuels conversion program.
800-270-2633 Building Energy Standards Program at
Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Open 24
hours daily. Provides information
concerning energy code and standard
resources.
800-845-2096 Office of Technology Development’s (EM)
Environmental Technology Information
Service (ETIS)—matches environmental
cleanup technologies to private-sector
needs; buried waste, monitoring under-
ground storage tanks, stabilization of
mixed waste, environmentally conscious
manufacturing, decontamination, etc.; also
provides information on cooperative
research opportunities available with DOE
labs and information on upcoming
conferences.
800-736-3282 Center for Environmental Management
Information—serves the public, educators
and industry; a publication clearinghouse.
800-472-2756 National Environmental Policy Act
Information Hotline—general and specific
information on the act and its various
purposes.
800-426-5899 Florida Solar Energy Industry
Association Hotline.
