Just for Students

• The Best Solar Song!  “Why Does the Sun Really Shine”
  (you can download this song from i-Tunes or other on-line music sources)

• Stanford Solar Center  http://solar-center.stanford.edu/

• Florida Solar Energy Center:  http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/education/k-12/index.htm

• California Energy Education Resources for Parents and Teachers:
  Energy Quest Materials: http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/

• Energy Information Administration kids page: http://www.eia.gov/kids/

• Light & Electricity http://www.delmarfans.com/educate/kids-science-light-electricity/

• Solar System Astronomy: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Kids/space.html

• To learn more about photosynthesis, a good place to start is the Arizona State University Photosynthesis program website:  https://bioenergy.asu.edu/education

• For advanced high school,  university and graduate students wanting to learn about photovoltaics and semiconductor physics, check out pveducation.org

Just for Teachers

Lesson Plans and Activities

• Solar Activities Handbook from the QESST Center at ASU and UNM. Check out the solar amusement park, “Houston, We Have a Problem!” lesson plan,  Ella the Electron and much more!
• Help your students imagine their solar future with The Weight of Light, a collection of Sci-fi stories about solar energy. Have them watch Climate Activist Xiye Bastida’s 3-minute video Imagine the Future. Then have them design their own renewable energy art installation with the Land Art Generator Initiative. Land Art has a lot of other great educational games and projects.
• A great interactive, proactive video on Climate Change led by teens is at the Alliance for Climate Education.

• NMSEA’s “Using the KAW Meter in the Classroom”   http://www.nmsolar.org/Pages/KAW-Meter.aspx

• NMSEA’s “Electricity 101”  http://www.nmsolar.org/Pages/Electrons-101.aspx3

• Florida Solar Energy Center:
  http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/education/k-12/curricula/index.htm

  Equipment & Kits

• NEED      http://www.need.org/

• Pitsco     https://www.pitsco.com/

• Scientifics Direct   https://www.scientificsonline.com/shop/alternative-energy?Page=1

• KidWind (Vernier)  http://www.kidwind.org/#!blank-1/ij4am

NMSEA’s RE-Related Multi-Media

• NMSEA SunTalks  – short & informative audio + text “talks” about Renewable Energy

• NMSEA’s 13-part “Renewable New Mexico” Video Series

• NMSEA’s YouTube Videos  (a selection of RE-related videos & Solar Fiesta presentations)
  https://www.youtube.com/user/nmsolarenergy

 

US Government Sites

• National Renewable Energy Laboratories Info Pages   http://www.nrel.gov

• DOE Renewable Energy:  http://energy.gov/eere/renewables

• Energy Policy and Subsidies – Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy www.dsireusa.org

• DOE Energy Information Administration:   http://www.eia.gov/

• Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network: http://www.eren.doe.gov/

• US Global Change Research Program: http://www.globalchange.gov/

• National Resources Defense Council site on Energy use and impacts:  https://www.nrdc.org/issues/energy

NM State, County, City & Town Related Sites

• Energy Conservation and Management Division of the NM Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department  (Santa Fe, NM)   http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/ecmd/

• NM Public Regulation Commission (they regulate NM Utilities & RE Standards)
  http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us/

• County of Santa Fe –    http://www.santafecountynm.gov/public_works/energy

• City of Santa Fe
  Renewable Energy
  https://www.santafenm.gov/energy_efficiency_and_renewable_energy
  Sustainability
  https://www.santafenm.gov/sustainable_santa_fe

• City of Silver City Office of Sustainability
  http://www.townofsilvercity.org/r/town_of_silver_city_NM.php?r=75,g2prb

• City of Albuquerque
  https://www.cabq.gov/municipaldevelopment/renewable-energy

• County of Los Alamos   U.S. – Japan Smart Grid Project Videos
  http://www.losalamosnm.us/utilities/Pages/default.aspx

• Kit Carson Electric   (Taos, NM)  NM’s most “Renewable” Electric Cooperative
  http://www.kcecsolar.com/

Renewable Energy Advocacy Organizations in NM

• Renewable Energy Industry Association of New Mexico    http://reia-nm.org/

• Renewable Taos    http://renewabletaos.org/

• New Mexico Public Interest Research Group  http://www.nmpirg.org/

• Environment New Mexico   http://environmentnewmexico.org/programs/nme/solar-all?_ga=1.95496661.894842309.1462140751

• Sierra Club    http://www.riograndesierraclub.org/

• Union of Concerned Scientists    http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/increase-renewable-energy/clean-power-plan-new-mexico#.Vyd9mI-cEic

Renewable Energy Education Degree/Certificate Programs

• Central New Mexico Community College (Albuquerque, NM)
  http://www.cnm.edu/programs-of-study/all-programs-a-z/electrical-trades

• Northern New Mexico College (Espanola, NM)
  http://nnmc.edu/home/academics/colleges-and-departments/engineering/career-and-technical-education/

• Santa Fe Community College (Santa Fe, NM)  http://www.sfcc.edu/trades_and_advanced_technology_center/sustainable_technologies

• Mesalands Community College Wind Center (Tucumcari, NM) http://www.mesalands.edu/academic-programs/degrees-certificates/wind-energy-technology-program/

• Dona Ana Community College (Las Cruces, NM)   http://dacc.nmsu.edu/tcen/

• Solar Energy International (Colorado)    http://www.solarenergy.org/

• University of New Mexico   School of Engineering (Albuquerque, NM)  http://soe.unm.edu/

• University of New Mexico   Sustainability Studies Program (Albuquerque, NM)  https://sust.unm.edu/index.html

• New Mexico State University  (Las Cruces, NM)
  https://et.nmsu.edu/academics/degree-programs-overview/renewable-energy-technologies-minor/

• Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
  https://asuonline.asu.edu/online-degree-programs/undergraduate/bachelor-science-sustainability/​

• See more at https://www.energydegrees.org/

Renewable Energy Related Hands-On Workshops

• Solar Energy International (Colorado)    http://www.solarenergy.org/

• Ampersand Sustainable Learning Center (near Cerrillos, NM)
  http://ampersandproject.org/

• Natural Building Resources (Kingston, NM) strawbale
  http://www.strawbalecentral.com/

• Heart Mind Alliance  (Espanola, NM)   www.heartmindalliance.org

Architecture

Passive Solar Design

• Architecture 2030 (Santa Fe, NM): part of an ongoing effort to provide information and innovative solutions in the fields of architecture and planning, in an effort to address and reverse the destructive trend toward global climate change)

• NMSEA’s Passive Solar Info + Detailed Design Guide for Northern NM
  http://www.nmsolar.org/Pages/Passive-Solar.aspx

• DOE Solar Decathlon   http://www.solardecathlon.gov/

• Build Green New Mexico, the Green Building Initiative of the Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)  http://buildgreennm.com/

• Earthship Biotecture (Taos, NM)  http://earthship.net/

• Natural Homes (Santa Fe, NM)  http://newvillage.com/

• Passive Solar Greenhouse (Questa, NM)  http://www.passivesolargreenhouse.com/

• US Green Building Council – New Mexico Chapter
  http://www.usgbc.org/usgbc-new-mexico

  Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Building Materials

• Adobe International (Milan, NM: adobe)  http://www.adobe-block.com/

• Natural Building Resources (Kingston, NM) strawbale http://www.strawbalecentral.com/

• Pumice-Crete (El Prado, NM)  http://www.pumicecrete.com/

• Solatube Skylights (The Natural Lighting Co – Albuquerque)
  http://www.solatube.com/

Renewable Energy

General

• DOE Energy Information    http://www.eia.gov/

• Rocky Mountain Institute (Co)   http://www.rmi.org/

• Basic information about the Sun can be found at the website of the Solar Physics Group at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/solar

• New Mexico Solar Energy Association (you’re already here!)

• American Council of Renewable Energy (ACORE)

• Colorado Renewable Energy Society

• DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network

• American Solar Energy Association

• El Paso Solar Energy Association (not in New Mexico, but involved with residents of Southern New Mexico)

• Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy (New Mexico)  http://www.cfcae.org/

• Green Energy Ohio     One of the largest ASES State Chapters

• Midwest Renewable Energy Association

• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  NREL Photo Gallery
  NREL Renewable Resource Data Center
  NREL New Mexico Renewable Energy Resource Maps

• World-wide Information System for Renewable Energy (Envirolink).

Solar Electricity (Photovoltaics; PV)

• International Solar Energy Society

• –American Solar Energy Association

• PV Generation Potential Maps  http://solartoday.org/category/solar/pv-power-map/

• Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA)

• Stanford Solar Center

• Community Solar    https://www.communitysolarhub.com/

• NREL

• PV Watts Calculator  http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/

• To learn about college and graduate- level photovoltaics,  semiconductor physics and batteries: pveducation.org

Solar Thermal

• Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (CoSEIA)

• Southwest Technology Development Institute (Las Cruces, NM)

• Solar Rating and Certification Corporation – for solar hot water and pool systems

• Build It Solar – for the do-it-yourselfer, mostly thermal

Wind Power

• American Wind Energy Association

• DOE Wind Energy Program   http://energy.gov/eere/wind/wind-program

• National Wind Coordinating Committee  https://www.nationalwind.org/

• Sandia Labs Wind Technology (Albuquerque, NM)

• New Mexico 50 meter Wind Resource Map
  http://apps2.eere.energy.gov/wind/windexchange/maps_template.asp?stateab=nm

Energy Efficiency

•  Lawrence Berkeley National Labs   “What is Energy Efficiency”
  http://eetd.lbl.gov/ee/ee-1.html

• DOE    http://energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-efficiency

• Rocky Mountain Institute   http://www.rmi.org/

• “NegaWatts”   Green University   http://www.greenuniversity.net/Ideas_to_Change_the_World/Lovins.htm

• Energy Efficient Lighting   http://eartheasy.com/live_energyeff_lighting.htm

• Energy Efficient Light Bulbs  http://www.delmarfans.com/educate/basics/efficient-light-bulbs/

• NMSEA   “Alternative Energy on a Budget” 
  Fuel Cells

• Fuel Cell Information Center    http://hfcarchive.org/fuelcells/

• Fuel Cells Today

Transportation

• Rails (nonprofit passenger rail group) (Albuquerque, NM)

• Renewable Energy Partners Biofuels Info Center (Santa Fe, NM)  http://www.renewableenergypartners.org/home.html

Sustainability

• Rocky Mountain Institute    http://www.rmi.org/sustainability_initiatives

• Sustainable Santa Fe      https://www.santafenm.gov/sustainable_santa_fe

• Sustainable ABQ      http://sustainableabq.com/

• University of New Mexico   Sustainability Studies Program (Albuquerque, NM)  https://sust.unm.edu/index.html

• Building With Awareness (Corrales, NM)

Solar Cooking

• The Solar Cooking Archive

• Sun Ovens International

• Solar Cookers International   http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Cookers_International_Network_%28Home%29

• GoSun Solar Ovens​

Water

Greywater

• Oasis Design

Water Catchment

• Earthwright Designs (Santa Fe, NM: passive and active rainwater harvesting, grey and black water systems)

• Texas Rainwater Harvesting Manual (PDF)
  https://www.twdb.texas.gov/publications/brochures/conservation/doc/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf

• Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands

• Harvest H2O (Santa Fe, NM: online rainwater harvesting community)

Events

• Midwest Renewable Energy Fair   (the largest in the USA)  https://www.theenergyfair.org/

• Solar Fiesta (usually in September in Albuquerque, NM)  http://www.nmsolarfiesta.org/

 Publications

• Home Power Magazine

• Solar Today (American Solar Energy Society Magazine)

• Green Fire Times (Santa Fe, NM: monthly newspaper focused on environmental issues and a sustainable Southwest)