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American Lighting Association   The American Lighting Association is a trade association representing the lighting industry. Members include lighting and ceiling fan manufacturers, retail showrooms, sales representatives and professional residential lighting designers.

Association of Energy Services Professionals

Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP)

California Energy Commission

Commercial Building Tax Deduction Coalition

Commercial Lighting Tax Deduction

Daylighting Controls

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (HR 6):  After four years of effort, the House of Representatives passed comprehensive energy legislation on Thursday July 28, 2005 by a vote of 275-156, and on Friday July 29, 2005 the U.S. Senate passed the bill by a vote of 74-26 (see how Congress voted).

• National Electric Manufacturers Association NEMA Assessment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (672 kb)

• Efficiency Built-In: The Energy Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction (68 kb)

• EPAct 2005 Electricity Infrastructure Presentation (147 kb) 

• DOE Regulations on Product Efficiency Implementing Energy Policy Act of 2005 (106 kb)

• HR 6 Conference Report

• Summary of NEMA key provisions in HR 6

• Summary of the $14.5 Billion tax title in HR 6

• Comments to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in reference to Consideration of Energy Legislation (329k) Comments with regard to energy policy legislation pending before the Energy and Commerce Committee in form of the conference agreement to H.R. 6, The Energy Policy Act of 2003, as considered by the 108th Congress, February 2005.

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)

Sign Links

Articles

The Economic Context of On-Premise Business Signs and How to Establish Value in the Marketplace

Size Matters? This brief and informative piece covers some basic rules of customer attraction and outdoor signs.

Message Centers and Variable Displays: Extensive discussion of the developments in LED technology and the impact of the future of outdoor advertising.

The Value of Signs for your Business: How can retail businesses be competitive in todays overcrowded market? Excellent information for business owners that rely on walk-in customers.

Tips on buying signs: Useful information from Entrepreneur.com geared more toward indoor traffic customer signs.

Rent, Lease, or Own: Information targeted toward the sign industry. An excellent read on the aspects of acquiring outdoor advertising for your business and the financial impact of acquisition costs.

What's that sign out front really worth? Calculating the Return on Investment (ROI) for your sign expenditure.

The Role of Signage: An excellent article on the ABC's of signage.

Blog - Outdoor Lighted Signs Updated articles and information on outdoor lighted signs.

Do You Know What Your Customers Want? Small business article on advertising.

Outdoor lighted sign - Trade Show How to generate sales and leads.

LED Sign Buyers Guide and information resource.

Resources

Signage Foundation: The Signage Foundation for Communication Excellence, Inc. is a non-profit educational group specializing in educational and informational efforts about on-premise signage. A wealth of information to help you grow your business.

International Sign Association

Other Links

ASHRAE: The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers advances technology to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. Membership is open to any person associated with the field.  The ASHRAE 90.1-1989 Code Compliance Manual sections are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format. Download Acrobat Reader. Click on the desired section in the following list to view or download.

• Overview (PDF 998 KB)

• Definitions (PDF 67 KB)

• Design Conditions (PDF 424 KB)

• Electric Power & Lighting Systems (PDF 1.9 MB)

• Building Envelope (PDF 3.6 MB)

• Mechanical Systems & Equipment (PDF 2.4 MB)

• Service Water Heating Systems (PDF 1 MB)

• Appendix A: Energy Cost Budget Method (PDF 67 KB)

• Appendix B: Case Study (Not available)

• Appendix C: Climate Data (PDF 62 KB)

• Appendix D: Forms and Worksheets (PDF 21 KB)

International Energy Conservation Code: The United States Department of Energy's Building Energy Codes Program is an information resource on national model energy codes. We work with other government agencies, state and local jurisdictions, national code organizations, and industry to promote stronger building energy codes and help states adopt, implement, and enforce those codes. The Program recognizes that energy codes maximize energy efficiency only when they are fully embraced by users and supported through education, implementation, and enforcement.

The latest version of COMcheck is Version 3.4.1 (released April 2007). See What's New in COMcheck for major changes in each new release.  Download COMcheck 3.4.1 (13.9 MB) (runs on Windows 2000 and XP) Supported Codes IECC: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006.  ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1: 1989, 1999, 2001 and 2004, and various state-developed energy codes.  The following states/jurisdictions have their own versions of the COMcheck software (Version 3.4.1) that include state specific examples and state contact information: Georgia, Massachusetts, New York. The generic COMcheck software above includes support for all of these state versions.

BCAP: The Building Codes Assistance Project is dedicated to assisting states in the adoption and implementation of statewide building energy codes. The value of energy efficiency in properly implemented construction standards is universally recognized as the easiest and most cost-effective way to help consumers save energy and money, make housing more affordable, and reduce air pollution. All of these benefits are difficult or impossible to capture if not taken into consideration at the time of construction.