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From: gronbeck@access3.digex.net (Christopher Gronbeck)
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Subject: Guide to Alternative Energy Resources on Internet
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Following is a guide to internet services related to alternative
energy.  It is being posted in response to several requests I received
after asking a question to this newsgroup a couple of days ago.  A new
version of this guide with several additions is due out later this
week.  I would be happy to answer any questions associated with this
document.

Christopher


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         Alternative Energy Resources on the Internet
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    Compiled by Christopher Gronbeck <gronbeck@digex.net>

 Ctr. for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
  A Program of the Solar Energy Research and Education Found.
             Washington, DC  USA   +1-202-336-8943
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                 Last Updated February 3, 1994
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CONTENTS
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{0}  How to Access this Document

{1}  What's New this Revision

{2}  Experts
{3}  UseNet Newsgroups
{4}  Mailing Lists
{5}  File Archives and Databases
{6}  Public Domain Software
{7}  CREST's FTP Site
{8}  On-Line Services and Classes

{9}  About this Document
{10} Resources Being Explored to Include in Future Releases
{11} About CREST


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(0) HOW TO ACCESS THIS DOCUMENT
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This document is distributed in four ways:

  * Anonymous FTP (see section 7 below)

  * Posted monthly to the Alternative Energy Discussion
    List (see section 4 below)

  * Automailer (soon to be operational) c/o EcoNet (thanks to Tom
    Gray)

  * E-mail request to gronbeck@digex.net (if nothing else works)


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(1) WHAT'S NEW THIS REVISION
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NEW SECTIONS:
    1 : What's New this Revision
  4.5 : E-News mailing list
    8 : On-Line Services and Classes
  8.1 : WSEO Regional Energy Management Program (REMPRO)

REVISED SECTIONS:
  2.2 : NCAT
  5.4 : ECIX
  5.7 : WSEO EICBBS
 5.10 : E-News


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(2) EXPERTS
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These institutions and individuals are sources of alternative energy
information and have agreed to have their names and contact information
placed here.  If you or your institution would like to be added to this
list please contact Christopher Gronbeck. 

*** 2.1 ***

CTR. FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY (CREST)
SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (SEREF)

CREST is described in section 11 below.

*** 2.2 ***

NATIONAL CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY (NCAT)

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), a non-profit
organization founded in 1976, works to find technical solutions that use
local resources and labor to address problems that face all Americans, but
especially society's most disadvantaged citizens.  To accomplish this
mission, NCAT has three main program areas -- sustainable energy,
resource-efficient housing, and sustainable agriculture. 

NATAS provides free e-mail (anywhere) and toll-free telephone (U.S. only)
access to a wealth of experts and resources on a variety of subjects. 

Contact: George Everett
E-mail:  everett@aol.com

*** 2.3 ***

AMERICAN HYDROGEN ASSOCIATION (AHA)

AHA has technical and policy expertise in all aspects of hydrogen as an 
energy carrier.  They will field any question regarding the production, 
transportation, and use of hydrogen.

Contact: Rod Gallagher
E-mail:  rod@indirect.com
Phone:   +1-602-921-0433
Fax:     +1-602-967-6601

*** 2.4 ***

ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES

Steve McCrea of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA says he's "happy to respond
to folks who want more information [on AFVs] and I'd appreciate it if you
let folks know that when they have an electric car, they can contact me
and send me a photo with stories about fun things that have happened with
their vehicle -- and I'll include something in my EV encyclopdia (to be
published in Dec. 1995)." 

Contact: Steve McCrea
E-Mail:  afvadvice@delphi.com


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(3) USENET NEWSGROUPS
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Newsgroups on Internet that are related to alternative energy 
include:

*** 3.1 ***

SCI.ENERGY

Technical and policy discussion on all energy-related topics; 
moderate-to-high volume (about 30 postings/day). 

*** 3.2 ***

SCI.ENERGY.HYDROGEN

A splinter newsgroup of SCI.ENERGY concerning hydrogen issues. 


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(4) MAILING LISTS
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*** 4.1 ***

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

The AE Alternative Energy Discussion Mailing List is intended 
to provide a forum to discuss the current state of the art 
and future direction of alternative energy sources that are 
renewable and sustainable.  It is *not* intended to discuss 
either AE appropriateness or comparisons with conventional 
energy sources such as fossil or nuclear fuels.  Those 
"discussions" are best relegated to the appropriate usenet 
newsgroup.

An alternative energy source is taken to include solar, wind, 
geothermal, tidal, electro-chemical, hydro-electric, or any 
renewable and sustainable energy source.  It is also assumed 
to exclude fuels such as fossil and nuclear since these 
literally take an act of God to create.

To subscribe to the AE mailing list, e-mail the command:

     subscribe ae <firstname> <lastname>

to the Internet address:

     listserv@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu

or the bitnet address:

     listserv@sjsuvm1

After subscribing, you may enable the digest feature by 
sending "set ae digest" to the listserver.  After 
subscribing, messages may be sent to the list by sending to: 
ae@sjsuvm1 (bitnet) or ae@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu (InterNet).

The owner of this list is Clyde R. Visser, KD6GWN 
<cvisser@ucrmath.ucr.edu>

*** 4.2 ***

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

The EV Electric Vehicle Discussion Mailing List is intended 
to provide a forum to discuss the current state of the art 
and future direction of electric vehicles.  It is *not* 
intended to discuss either EV appropriateness or comparisons 
with other transportation primary drive modes such as the 
venerable internal combustion engine.  Those "discussions" 
are best relegated to the appropriate usenet newsgroup.  The
EV mailing list currently has over 400 subscribers.

An electric vehicle is any vehicle which uses an electric 
motor as the primary or sole motive force.  The energy 
storage device used to drive said motor can use any 
technology including, but not limited to, solar electric, 
electric battery, fuel cell, internal combustion engine 
coupled with a electric generator (hybrids), or any 
combination of these.

Production electric vehicles are currently available.  
Internal combustion engine vehicles can be converted to 
electric.  There exist a number of companies who perform this 
conversion.  There is also a number of manufacturers of 
equipment allowing you to do-it-yourself.

To subscribe to the EV mailing list, e-mail the command:

     subscribe ev <firstname> <lastname>

to the Internet address:

     listserv@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu

or the bitnet address:

     listserv@sjsuvm1

After subscribing, you may enable the digest feature by 
sending "set ev digest" to the listserver.  After 
subscribing, messages may be sent to the list by sending to: 
ev@sjsuvm1 (bitnet) or ev@sjsuvm1.sjsu.edu (InterNet).

The owner of this list is Clyde R. Visser, KD6GWN 
<cvisser@ucrmath.ucr.edu>

*** 4.3 ***

HYDROGEN

To subscribe to the hydrogen mailing list, e-mail the command: 

     sub hydrogen <firstname> <lastname>

to the Internet address:

     listserv@uriacc.uri.edu

The owner of this list is Rob Cinq-Mars <rcin0839@uriacc.uri.edu>. 

*** 4.4 ***

BIOSPHERE AND ECOLOGY

The BIOSPH-L list covers general environmental issues, including
sustainable lifestyles and economics, practical low-impact consumption,
and activist news. There are crossposts on wind-power and other issues
from other organizations (the Wind Energy Weekly appears on this list as
do occasional reports from institutions such as the Union of Concerned
Scientists). 

To subscribe to the biosphere mailing list, e-mail the command:

     subscribe biosph-l <firstname> <lastname>

to the Internet address:

     listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu

The owner of the list is Dave Phillips
<V184GAVW@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>

*** 4.5 ***

E-NEWS

E-News (see section 5.10) maintains a mailing list which "aims to discuss
issues relevant to the dissemination of alternative energy technologies
and efficient use of energy in developing countries."

To subscribe to l-enews, e-mail the command:

     subscribe l-enews <firstname> <lastname>

to the Internet address:

     listserv@fem.unicamp.br

The owner of the list is Gilberto Jannuzzi <enews@fem.unicamp.br>.


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(5) FILE ARCHIVES AND DATABASES
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There are not yet enough of these to justify subsections based on subject 
or type of information, but this may change soon...

*** 5.1 ***

CREST FTP SITE

See section 7 below.

FTP:     ftp.digex.net (login: anonymous, cd to /pub/crest)

*** 5.2 ***

AMERICAN HYDROGEN ASSOCIATION (AHA) NEWSLETTERS

AHA has newsletters archived at Arizona State University's gopher server. 
They can be accessed by telneting to "info.asu.edu", logging in as "info",
and selecting the following options: 

  8.  Arizona State-Wide Information/
    6.  American Hydrogen Association Newsletters (Alternative Energy)/
      1.  Volume 4, Number 1 (1993).
      2.  Volume 4, Number 2 (1993).

*** 5.3 ***

ELECTRIC VEHICLES FAQ

Answers to frequently-asked questions about electric vehicles 
that are occasionally posted to the UseNet newsgroup 
"sci.energy" are archived at the following site:

FTP:     athene.uni-paderborn.de (login: anonymous, cd to 
         /doc/FAQ/sci.energy)

*** 5.4 ***

ENERGY AND CLIMATE INFORMATION EXCHANGE (ECIX)

The Energy and Climate Information Exchange (ECIX) was an EcoNet project
aimed at educating environmental groups and the general public on the
potential of energy efficiency and renewable energy to reduce the use of
fossil fuels and their contribution to climate change.  ECIX was supported
for two years by the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and the Energy
Foundation, however, those funds ran out in March of 1993.  The file
distribution service is being continued on a volunteer basis by Lelani 
Arris (ecixfiles@igc.apc.org or larris@igc.apc.org).

ECIX has a number of energy- and climate-related files from a variety of
sources, although some are getting out of date because the service is
being maintained only by a single volunteer.  If possible, please retrieve
files via ftp as this requires less work by Lelani.  If you do retrieve
files via ftp, send her a brief note so she can find out who the ECIX
files are reaching. 

FTP:     192.82.108.1 (login: anonymous, cd to /pub/ECIX or 
         /pub/ECIXfiles)

E-Mail:  ecixfiles@igc.org

*** 5.5 ***

EPA FUTURES GROUP GOPHER

The EPA has a Gopher server that concentrates on population, critical
technologies, energy, agriculture, industry/commerce, environmental
justice, environmental security, and ecology/habitat issues. 

Gopher:  futures.wic.epa.gov 70

*** 5.6 ***

SUNSITE (UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)

UNC maintains an excellent collection of alternative energy fact sheets,
newsletters, and other documents available for anonymous ftp.  A file list
is available in the directory:

    /pub/academic/environment/alternative-energy/miscellaneous

Two lists of Frequently Asked Questions on alternative energy are stored
at SunSite:  Alternative Energy FAQ is stored in the
"Alternative.Energy.FAQ" subdirectory of the directory listed above, and
the Energy Efficiency Software FAQ is stored in the "faqs" subdirectory. 

FTP:     sunsite.unc.edu (login: anonymous, cd to 
         /pub/academic/environment/alternative-energy)

*** 5.7 ***

WASHINGTON STATE ENERGY OFFICE (WSEO)
ELECTRIC IDEAS CLEARINGHOUSE (EIC)

The Electric Ideas Clearinghouse BBS is managed by the Washington State
Energy Office with funding from the Bonnville Power Administration, the
Western Area Power Administration, and the U.S. Department of Energy.  It
was created to provide information services to utility representatives and
energy professionals in the commercial and industrial sectors in the
Pacific Northwest, but is now expanding to serve other areas of the United
States as well.  The EICBBS provides a mechanism for fast and easy
information transfer and serves as a central repository of information on
all types of energy efficiency in the commercial and industrial sectors. 

EICBBS includes discussion forums on renewable energy, sustainable
building practices, environmental issues, and electric vehicles, as well
as a training calendar, programs database, and jobs/resume listing
service.  Toll-free telephone access is provided for the western United
States, and Internet access is allowed from anywhere in the world 24 hours
a day.  EICBBS exchanges e-mail and conference messages with the Energy 
Regulatory BBS (in Michigan, USA) on a daily basis, and other gateways 
will be operational in the near future.

Telnet:  eicbbs.wseo.wa.gov

Phone:   800-872-3568 (limited access)

*** 5.8 ***

ECOGOPHER

EcoGopher is a very large collection of environment-related documents
owned and operated by the Division of Recoverable and Disposable Resources
(DRDR) at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville with System
Administration provided by U.Va.'s Administrative Computing Services
(ACS). managed by the University of Virginia.  It includes many mirrors of
other information sites, most notably ECIX (see section 5.4 above) for
alternative energy information. 

A keyword search (the most effective way to browse this resource) on
"renewable", for example, yielded 266 entries including many documents
from ECIX, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the BIOSPH-L mailing 
list (see section 4.4 above).

Contact: gopher@ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu (e-mail questions about EcoGopher
         to this address)

Gopher:  ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu

*** 5.9 ***

RICE UNIVERSITY GOPHER SERVER

There are many gopher servers that have environmental information, and
there are random alternative energy files throughout the gopher world
(this document only catalogues archives with several files).  Rice 
University's gopher has a comprehensive list of other environmental 
gophers, including links to several resources discussed in this guide.  
After connecting, select:

     6.  Information by Subject Area/

and then:

     20. Environment and Ecology/

Gopher:   riceinfo.rice.edu

*** 5.10 ***

E-NEWS

E-News is an ftp and gopher site with an archive of several alternative
energy-related newsletters including Develop Net News (a monthly
newsletter of Volunteers in Technical Assistance), E-News (Energy News, an
international newsletter on energy efficiency in developing countries),
E-Notes (the quarterly newsletter of the International Institute for
Energy Conservation), ECO GENEVA (a newsletter produced cooperatively by
groups attending the Climate Talks in Geneva), Energy Ideas (newsletter
published by the Government Purchasing Project), Global Efficiency Monitor
(empty directory), Papers (currently consists of one paper on global
warming by Daniel A. Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council), and
Wind Energy Weekly (newsletter of the American Wind Energy Association). 

E-News also maintains a mailing list (see section 4.5).

FTP:     164.109.10.5 [cd to the directory
         "/pub1/gopher-data/E-News (Electronic Library)"]

Gopher:  143.106.1.5

Contact: Dr. Gilberto Jannuzzi <enews@fem.unicamp.br>


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(6) PUBLIC DOMAIN ENERGY SOFTWARE
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*** 6.1 ***

CREST EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS

CREST has created interactive multimedia educational software on renewable
energy and passive solar building design targeting the general public. 
The Apple Macintosh-based prototype software is available at no cost for
review and can be obtained from CREST on magneto-optical disks, a large
set of floppy disks (with no digital video), hard disk to hard disk
transfer, or anonymous ftp (no digital video, ftp to usc.edu, cd to
/pub/rslau).  Contact Christopher Gronbeck for more information. 


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(7) CREST'S FTP SITE
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CREST maintains an FTP site which contains the following 
types of files:

  * Fact sheets about CREST and CREST's projects

  * Fact sheets about projects of other institutions

  * General information sheets about the state-of-the-art of
    renewable energy technologies (under construction)

  * Sample screens from CREST's educational software 
    (Macintosh PICT format)

  * Archives of the newsletters of CREST and the TerraMedia
    Collaborative

  * This document

To access the FTP site, follow these directions:

  1) ftp to ftp.digex.net
  2) login as "anonymous"
  3) use your e-mail address as the password
  4) cd to "/pub/crest"
  5) get the file "00index" for a list of files

If you upload a file to the FTP site, put it in the directory 
/pub/crest/incoming and send e-mail to gronbeck@digex.net.  
Please do not put files >500kb in size in the archive without 
getting prior permission because our space is limited.


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(8) ON-LINE SERVICES AND CLASSES
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*** 8.1 ***

WASHINGTON STATE ENERGY OFFICE (WSEO)
REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (REMPRO)

WSEO currently offers several on-line college-level courses for credit in
Renewable Energy Technologies and Energy Economics.  In Spring 1994 they
plan to add courses in Energy Auditing/Calculations, Energy Code, and,
hopefully, Energy Policy/Planning.  They are also looking to develop
additional courses in the field of sustainable technology and would 
appreciate receiving suggestions for courses to add.

Courses are conducted on WSEO's Electric Ideas Clearinghouse BBS (see 
section 5.7) in a dedicated forum.  Credit is offered by a local 
community college.  Tuition is approximately US$200.  Please contect 
WSEO/REMPRO for more information.

E-mail:   kevmck@eskimo.com (Kevin McKay)
Phone:    800-959-0051 (Lee James or Gary Lintz)


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(9) ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
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*** 9.1 ***

Thanks to:

Lelani Arris          (ECIX, larris@igc.apc.org)
Carol Briggs-Erickson (U. Michigan, cbriggs@sils.umich.edu)
George Everett        (NCAT, everett@aol.com)
Rod Gallagher         (AHA, rod@indirect.com)
Tom Gray              (EcoNet/AWEA, tgray@igc.apc.org)
Gilberto Jannuzzi     (E-News, enews@fem.unicamp.br)
Steve McCrea          (afvadvice@delphi.com)
Kevin McKay           (WSEO, kevmck@eskimo.com)
Toni Murphy           (U. Michigan, murphyt@sils.umich.edu)
Rob Penney            (WSEO, robpen@wseo.wa.gov)
Dave Phillips         (v184gavw@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu)
T.V. Ramachandra      (ces!cestvr@vigyan.ernet.in)
Rocky Rohwedder       (rrohwedder@igc.apc.org)
Ted Tash              (AHA, tash%eccx.dnet@esu36.
                            ateng.az.Honeywell.COM)
Clyde R. Visser       (cvisser@ucrmath.ucr.edu)
Dan Wendling          (danlw@well.sf.ca.us)

and anyone else I may have missed who helped review or provide information
for this guide. 

*** 9.2 ***

Answer to a frequently-asked question:  Why isn't the guide organized by
subject?  Because there aren't that many resources listed and most do not
focus on specific technologies or applications.  When there are more
resources to list and they target specific topics (such as "wind power"), 
it will make sense to index resources by subject.  Your comments on this 
are, of course, welcome.  If there is a demand for a subject index, it 
will be added.

*** 9.3 ***

Shortcut for finding sections:  To jump to a main section, search for 
"(#)", for instance, "(4)".  To jump to a subsection, search for
"* #.# *", for instance, "* 4.2 *".

*** 9.4 ***

Disclaimer:  The quality of information you will receive from these
sources in this document is variable and it is not possible for me to
verify the accuracy of all information referenced here.  I suggest that
you contact as many sources as possible to get a diverse and balanced set
of opinions on a subject. 


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(10) RESOURCES BEING EXPLORED TO INCLUDE IN FUTURE RELEASES
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These are resouces I am aware of that may be appropriate to include in 
this guide but which I have not been able to contact or about which I 
do not have sufficient information.  Your assistance in tracking them 
down is much appreciated.

*** 10.1 ***

HYDROGEN FAQ

Description: FAQ based on Hydrogen mailing list/sci.energy.hydrogen
Status:      According to Tom Cinq-Mars on 1/2/94, FAQ will be done soon

*** 10.2 ***

FTP.UNI-OLDENBURG.EDU

Description: Newsletters of the International Association of Solar Energy 
             Educators in /pub/solar [info from Rocky Rohwedder]
Status:      FTP failed 1/2/94


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(11) ABOUT CREST
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The Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) is a
10,000 square foot educational resource center, hands-on demonstration
laboratory, and training facility opening in Washington, DC in 1994. 
CREST focuses on renewable energy, energy efficiency, the environment, and
sustainable development.  One of CREST's primary functions is to explore
and demonstrate the use of advanced information and communication
technologies in these fields. 

CREST was created by the Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation, a
Washington-based, tax-exempt non-profit organization.  CREST also works
closely with, and is secretariat of, the TerraMedia Collaborative, an
international coalition of institutions dedicated to producing interactive
multimedia applications for training and education in the fields of energy
and the environment. 

CREST has been established to demonstrate renewable energy and energy
efficiency technology at work today and to encourage its use through
hands-on interaction and education.  CREST will target several audiences
including government decision makers, utilities, educators, students, non-
governmental organizations, architects, engineers, and librarians. 

CREST takes a three-faceted approach to achieving its mission: 

  * On-Site: The Center itself along with affiliated facilities
  * On-Line: Internet-based and other on-line services
  * On-Disc: CD-ROM education and training modules

reached in the most effective and cost-efficient manner 

CREST's unique role is to catalyze, monitor, enhance, and publicize the
efforts of other institutions in the fields of focus.  CREST is in
Washington because of the importance of educating decision makers who have
a critical role in energy, environment, and development policymaking. 

Contact: Michael Totten, Director
         Christopher Gronbeck, Technical Director

E-mail:  seref@digex.net (general information) 
         totten@digex.net
         gronbeck@digex.net

**** NOTE:  CREST PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS CHANGE 2/17/94 ****
**** E-mail gronbeck@digex.net for new information     ****

Phone:   +1-202-336-8945 (Michael Totten)
         +1-202-336-8943 (Christopher Gronbeck)

Fax:     +1-202-408-8536

Address: 777 N. Capitol St., N.E., #805
         Washington, DC  20002   USA
         (address changes 2/94)

======================= END OF DOCUMENT =====================


-- 
Christopher Gronbeck
Technical Stuff
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
gronbeck@digex.net     +1-202-289-5366     fax +1-202-289-5354


