Links and Related Organizations

The following hyperlinks provide links to government bodies, public organizations and associations. 

Aboriginal Links

• Aboriginal Portal

• Solar For Schools
• Solar Energy
• Wind Energy
• Biomass Energy
• Tidal and Wave Energy
• Earth and Geothermal Energy
• Centre For Energy
• Energy LiteracySeries
• Power Smart Energy Assessment Program
• BOMA Go-Green
• Report: Uses for Biomass Resources

• BC Hydro
• BC Utilities Commission
• Columbia Basin Trust
• Columbia Power Corporation
• Independent Power Association of BC

• BC Hydro’s Power Smart Program
• BC Provincial Sales Tax exemptions for energy conservation
• BC PST exemptions for residential Energy Star heating equipment
• BOMA Go-Green (existing commercial)
• BuildSmart website (Greater Vancouver Regional District)
• Canada Green Building Council (Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design)
• Canadian Home Builders Association of BC (new residential)
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (new and existing residential)
• City of Kelowna Sustainable Building Pilot Project
• Commercial and Institutional Energy Service Company Listing
• Commercial Building Incentive Program (new commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential)
• Community Energy Planning (Community Energy Association)
• Energy Innovators Initiative (existing commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential)
• EnerGuide for Houses and Home Energy Efficiency Grant (existing residential)
• EnerGuide for equipment
• EnerGuide for New Houses and R-2000 programs (new residential)
• Terasen Gas
• Energy Star equipment
• FortisBC’s PowerSense program
• Federal Energy Efficiency Act
• Green Buildings BC (new and existing institutional)
• Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency
• Pembina Institute, Community Eco-Solutions Program
• VanCity Credit Union’s Bright Ideas loan (existing residential)

• Geothermal Resources

• Assayers Certification Board of Examiners
• Aggregate Producers Association of British Columbia
• British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines
• Mineralogical Association of Canada
• The Mining Association of British Columbia
• Mining Association of Canada
• Northwest Mining Association
• Ontario Geological Survey

• Canadian Federal and Provincial Governments Web Sites
• Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Energy Services BC
• North American & International Oil & Gas Web Sites
• United States of America Federal and State Governments Web Sites 
• Oil and Gas Commission of British Columbia 
• Mediation and Arbitration Board of British Columbia
• Canadian Society for Unconventional Gas
• Hydrocarbons Technology (UK)

• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
• Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE)
• Canadian Geoscience Council
• Canadian Geotechnical Society
• Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• The Geological Association of Canada
• Land Use - Water, Land and Air Protection
• Maps of British Columbia
• National Energy Board
• Natural Resources Canada (Office of Energy Efficiency)