2. The Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) is the Energy Information Administration's sample survey of U.S. commercial buildings. The CBECS collects data on energy-related buildings characteristics and buildings energy consumption and expenditures. The URL for more information on commercial buildings is http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/contents.html.

3. Koomey, Jonathan G., Michael Cramer, Mary Ann Piette, and Joseph H. Eto, "Efficiency Improvements in U.S. Office Equipment: Expected Policy Impacts and Uncertainties," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBL-37383, December 1995. This document is available at http://enduse.lbl.gov/Info/37383-abstract.html.

Additional Links

Want to know about home PCs? Click on http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recs97/appusage.html for information on household PCs, modems, and laser printers. These data are from the 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, the Energy Information Administration's survey of household energy use.

The "User Guide to Power Management in PCs and Monitors" is a user-friendly report which answers questions such as "Should I turn my PC off at night?" This report, written by some of the leading energy efficiency experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is located at http://eande.lbl.gov/EAP/BEA/LBLReports/39466/.

Another good source of information is the Energy Star Office Equipment web site, http://www.epa.gov/appdstar/esoe/index.html. The Energy Star program is jointly sponsored by the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.

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