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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (GEMI)
www.gemi.org ,
PHONE: 202 296-7449 :- ----- - - -
The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) is an interna-
tional network of businesses helping businesses achieve environmental
excellence. At this Web site, businesses can learn more about current
environmental business topics, including "green" purchasing, measuring
environmental performance, and environmental managerial accounting.
The Web site provides a forum for businesses to network and share best
practices. The Web site also includes tools to help businesses assess and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and perform benchmarking to evaluate
environmental performance.
WATERWISER . . .
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PHONE: 800 559-9855
WaterWiser is. an Internet-based clearinghouse of water-efficiency and
conservation information. The Web site presents an extensive reference1
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COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS
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PHONE: 202 564-7076
The EPA Office pf Compliance, in; partnership: with industry, academic
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The Coalings Alternatives Guide (CAGE) is a free Web-based pollution
prevention tool for small- and medium-size coatings businesses and pri-
marily focuses on alternative coatings for plastics, metals, and architec-
tural substrates. This interactive guide provides recommendations based
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provides an interactive tool that calculates the costs of switching from
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ENERGY STAR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM
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Energy Star provides technical support and. information on how to
reduce energy consumption and save money .and features success stories
and energy reduction tips. The site also offers specific energy-saving
techniques for the lodging industry, restaurants, and home-based busi-
nesses. Use the Web site to link to numerous financial resources that
help small businesses implement energy-efficiency measures.
CLIMATEWISE PROGRAM. ,
www.epa.gov/climatewise
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ClimateWise, a unique government/industry partnership, helps busi-
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TOOLBOOK FOR FINANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION
PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES ; , '
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PHONE: 202 586-8383
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy developed this reference book as a step-by-step
guide to financing and energy efficiency technologies for businesses of
all sizes. The toolbook discusses the barriers and opportunities for
financing pollution prevention technologies, provides extensive funding
resources and contacts, and presents several case studies. The toolbook
may be obtained online or by contacting DOE's Office:of Small and .;
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EPA NATIONAL SERVICE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PUBLICATIONS (NSCEP)
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The National Service Center for Environmental, Publications (NSCEP)
maintains and distributes EPA publications in hard copy, CD-ROM, and
other multimedia formats. NSCEP also develops and distributes the
annual EPA National Publications Catalog. The Web site allows users to
search the catalog for pollution prevention documents and other related
topics. Order documents online or by another method listed below
(note that you must have the EPA publication number and/or title of
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