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blower doors, infrared, halon alternatives, IAQ,
building air leakage, duct leakage, etc.

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----------Building Science Links----------

Blower Doors
Blower Door Contractor List
Building Science
Conferences on Building Diagnostics and Repair
Training on Building Science
Duct Leakage
Email Lists related to Building Science
Halon Alternatives for Fire Protection
Home Energy Rating Systems
IAQ: Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation
Indoor Radon
Infrared Thermography
Software for Building Analysis
Large Building Air Leakage Tests
Solar Energy

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Books, Music and Videos

Travel

Spam Reduction Techniques

Washington, DC Area Fun

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BUILDING SCIENCE:

ABSN Alaska Building Science Network.
Academy of Infrared Thermography Training and Certification.
ACEEE American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
AEC InfoCenter: Architecture, Engineering, Building Construction.
Advanced Energy Corporation helps residential, commercial, and industrial customers improve the return on their energy investment.
ACHPA Affordable Comfort Housing Performance Association.
Affordable Comfort yearly conference on energy efficiency, weatherization, home environmental quality, and housing performance.
Alliance to Save Energy nonprofit coalition to promote efficient and clean use of energy worldwide.
Arctic Technical Services in Fairbanks, Alaska.
ASHRAE: American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials.
Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre: Airbase database of research.
Build.Com building and home improvement products network.
The Blue Book of Building and Construction electronic version.
BP Logistics nationwide building permit data.
BuildingOnline: where the Building Industry is found on the Net.
Building Science Corporation: Architecture and Building Science.
Building Environmental Science and Technology: Bion Howard's company home page.
CANAM Building Envelope Specialists: solutions to building air leakage problems.
CMHC Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Building Research.
Cogito building science technical writing services.
CRBT The Center for Resourceful Building Technology.
CREST Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology: Solstice.
Davis Energy Group Emerging technologies, sustainable mechanical design, and building performance studies.
DOE Energy Information Administration - official US statistics.
DOE 2001 Residential Energy Use.
DOE Zero Energy Homes research initiative.
DSIRE Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
EcoDesign Resource Society.
ECW Energy Center of Wisconsin.
EEBA Energy Efficient Building Association.
ENERJOY - Solid State Heating radiant heating products and measurement tools.
EREN DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network.
EREN HERS DOE Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Guidelines.
EREN Building Energy data and analysis.
EREN Building Software DOE Building Energy Related Software tools
EREN Building Technology DOE Office of Building Technology
EIC Energy Ideas Clearinghouse.
Environmental Building News Newsletter.
Environment/Canada Green Lane Site
EOWD Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory.
EOWD Design: Environmental Homes and Buildings.
EOWD - Science:Energy:Conservation.
EPA Energy Star Programs & Products.
EPA Energy Star Building Upgrade Manual online.
EPA: Indoor Environments Division
EPA: IAQ publications
FSEC Florida Solar Energy Center.
Galaxy Worldwide information and services links.
Galaxy Environment/community links.
Global Environmental Options for sustainable buildings, communities and national parks.
Home Energy Magazine Online.
ISES International Solar Energy Society.
Snell Infrared: Online Resources for Infrared Thermographers.
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory search for articles.
LBNL: Residential Ventilation Project info and on-line calculator.
ME3: Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy home page.
MES - Minnesota Extension Service Environment and Natural Resources.
MES: Carbon Monoxide is still a killer.
NAHBRC National Association of Home Builders Research Center.
National Comfort Institute HVAC training and certification.
National H.E.R.O Home Energy & Resources Organization.
NCAT The National Center for Appropriate Technology.
Northwest Builders Environmental Guide.
NYSERDA: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Oikos: Green Building Source search 1,700 green building products online.
Oikos: Energy Source Newsletter information on building energy-efficient homes.
Oregon DEQ - Wood Smoke Pollution.
Physics 2204 Elective House Design.
Proctor Engineering energy efficiency consultants to utilities and research Institutes.
RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network) - Home Energy Ratings and Residential Energy Efficiency Financing.
R-2000 Canadian program for energy efficient home construction.
RMI: the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Sources of Sustainability list of links.
Southface Energy Institute: sustainable building training, education and research.
SDG Sustainable Design Group - consulting services for energy efficient and environmentally responsible projects.
Steve Tucker Design manufactures Air Quality House interactive teaching model.
SecondNature education for sustainability.
The Weatherization PagesFred Lugano's excellent site.
U of AK: Rich Seifert's building science home page.
U of Nebraska: Chimneys: Their Installation and Upkeep.
U of NE: Space Heaters: Safe or Unsafe?.
U of MA: Building Materials and Wood Technology.
U of MA:Housewraps, Felt Paper and Weather Penetration Barriers.
U. S. Navy: Energy Conservation Website.
Watts Right manufactures Mad-Air model that demonstrates pressure effects in buildings.
WPB Enterprises US and worldwide residential and commercial radon mitigation expertise.

Links to Conferences on Building Diagnostics.

Affordable Comfort Conference
ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Comfortech The National Residential HVAC Seminar and Comfort Technology Showcase.
Construction Business & Technology Conference & Expo sponsored by the Journal of Light Construction, phone 800-375-5981
EEBA Energy Efficient Builders Association Conference and Expo.
Environmental Building News Calendar of Events.
GoodCents Conference and Exposition
HVAC Online list of trade shows.
IRIE Infrared Information Exchange Conference.

Links to Building Science Training.

Home Energy Magazine building contractor training guide.
National Comfort Institute training and certification seminars.
Southface Energy Institute Building Diagnostics Training.
Advanced Energy Corporation Building Diagnostics Training.
FSEC Florida Solar Energy Center - Building Diagnostics Training.
Guaranteed Watt Savers building diagnostics and marketing training.
Retrotec provides fire protection clean-agent enclosure-integrity test training and software that is compatible with all Infiltec blower doors.

Links to Home Energy Rating Systems.

Accuracy of Home Energy Rating Systems LBL report by Jeff Ross Stein.
CHEERS -- the California Home Energy Efficiency Rating System.
DOE Proposes Guidlines for Home Energy Ratings Home Energy Magazine November/December 1995.
EEREN: Home Energy Rating System Guidelines.
Making Energy Mortgages Work Home Energy Magazine May/June 1995.
National H.E.R.O Home Energy & Resources Organization.
RESNET (Residential Energy Services Network) - Home Energy Ratings and Residential Energy Efficiency Financing.
Will California Do Its Own Thing? Home Energy Magazine November/December 1995

Links to Software for Building Analysis.

ORNL online interactive calculators by the ORNL Building Envelopes Program (BEP)
EREN Building Software DOE Building Energy Related Software tools
Putting the Byte in Your Analysis Tool Kit by Bion Howard from September/October 1998 Home Energy Magazine.
Residential Energy Audits: Only a Web Site Away by Helen Hunter, by Home Energy Magazine. November/December 1998 Article.
Window Rating Software: The Key to Effective Ratings by Dariush Arasteh, et. al., September/October 1998 Home Energy Magazine.
Weather Data Getting Cloudy September/October 1999 Home Energy Magazine.
Two New Software Gems by Bion D. Howard, September/October 1999 Home Energy Magazine.
Calculating Whole Wall R-Values on the Net by Jeffrey Christian and Jan Kosny. November/December 1999 Home Energy Magazine.
DESLog Delivers Timely Answers about Home Energy Use September/October 1997 Home Energy Magazine.
New Software Helps Sell Energy-Efficient Homes January/February 1998 Home Energy Magazine.
NIST Multizone Modeling software for analyzing large building air leakage.

Links to Large Building Air Leakage Analysis.

ARTICLES AND SOFTWARE:

Air Leakage general background information on building air leakage (from a UK perspective).
Airtightness of Commercial and Institutional Buildings: Blowing Holes in the Myth of Tight Buildings, 1999, by Persily, NIST.
Myths About Building Envelopes, 1999, Persily, NIST.
Energy Impacts of Infiltration and Ventilation in U.S. Office Buildings Using Multizone Airflow Simulation, 1998, Emmerich et. al., NIST.
Energy Impacts of Air Leakage in U.S. Office Buildings, 1995, VanBronkhorst et. al., NIST.
NIST Multizone Modeling software for analyzing large building air leakage.
Workplan to Analyze the Energy Impacts of Envelope Airtightness in Office Buildings, 1995, Emmerich et. al., NIST.
BSRIA reports on airtightess testing
ASSOCIATIONS AND MEETINGS
Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre technical support for research and information dissemination.
BETEC Building Envelope & Thermal Environment Council.
ICBEST International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies 2001.
COMPANIES:
Air Leakage Testing Ltd UK air leakage testing and remedial service.
BRE Building Research Establishment - large building contractor/research in the UK.
BSRIA large building contractor/research in the UK. Testing services description.
Building Science Corporation building science and architecture in the US.
Building Sciences Limited large building contractor/research in the UK.
CANAM large building contractor in the US and Canada.
Energy and Environmental Consultants, Inc. located in Maryland.
HRS Services Ltd. large building contractor in the UK.
Infiltec worldwide supplier of large building air leakage test equipment.
Lagus Applied Technology tracer gas air leakage testing.
Proskiw Engineering Ltd. large building contractor/research in Canada.

*4/1/02 NEW* Links Related to Solar Energy.

ASES American Solar Energy Society has nice link page.
Phase Change Material links and reading list.
PCM Solutions phase change material applications.
Bjorne's HomePage PhD student in solar energy physics with links.
DSIRE Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy
FSEC Florida Solar Energy Center.
ISES International Solar Energy Society.

Links to Blower Door Information.

Introduction to Blower Doors by David Keefe from Jan/Feb 1994 Home Energy Magazine.
When is a house too tight? by George Tsongas from Mar/Apr 1993 Home Energy Magazine.
Infiltration: Just ACH50 Divided by 20? from Jan/Feb 1994 Home Energy Magazine.
Diagnosing Ducts from Sep/Oct 1993 Home Energy Magazine
The History of the Blower Door by Abba Anderson, from the November/December 1995Home Energy Magazine
Air Sealing in Occupied Homes by David Keefe, from the November/December 1995Home Energy Magazine
User-Friendly Pressure Diagnostics by Fitzgerald, et al from the Aug/Sept 1994 Home Energy Magazine
To Russia With Blower Doors by David Saum et al, from the Sept/Oct 1995 Home Energy Magazine
Urethane Foams and Air Leakage Control by Bob Braun, et al, from the July/August 1995 Home Energy Magazine
Accuracy of Home Energy Rating Systems by Jeff Ross Stein.
Perry Bigelow: Energy Efficiency Maestro from Mar/Apr 1994 Home Energy Magazine
Evaluating Ventilation in Multi-Family Buildings from Jul/Aug 1994 Home Energy Magazine.
The Use of Blower-Door Data by Max Sherman from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This is a technical paper.
Creating Quality in New Construction: A Practitioner's Perspective by Michael Uniacke. from Jan 1996 Home Energy Magazine
Mechanical Ventilation for the Home by Don Stevens from the March/April 1996 Home Energy Magazine
Sick Houses: Using Diagnostic Tools to Improve Indoor Air Quality" by Scott Finley from the July 1997 Home Energy Magazine:
Bigger is Not Better: Sizing Air Conditioners Properly by Proctor et al from the May 1995 Home Energy Magazine
Sizing Air Conditioners: If Bigger Is Not Better, What Is? by John Proctor and Peggy Albright from the Sept/Oct 1996 Home Energy Magazine
Black Stains in Houses: Soot, Dust, or Ghosts? by Frank Vigil from the July 1997 Home Energy Magazine
Combustion Safety Checks: How Not to Kill Your Clients by Rob deKieffer from the March/April 1995 Home Energy Magazine
Beauty and the Beast Upstairs by David Connelly Legg from the March/April 1995 Home Energy Magazine
Air Sealing in Low-Rise Buildings by Victoria Hayes from the September/October 1995 Home Energy Magazine
The Weatherization PagesFred Lugano's excellent site.
Watts Right manufactures Mad-Air model that demonstrates pressure effects in buildings.

Links to Duct Leakage Information.

Duct Information Pages from Lawrence Berkeley Lab
EPA publication: Should You Have The Air Ducts in Your Home Cleaned? and other EPA IAQ publications
DISCOVERING DUCTS: AN INTRODUCTION from Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
DUCTIONARY from Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
DIAGNOSING DUCTS: Finding the Energy Culprits from Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
LBNL: Aerosol-Based Duct Sealing technology.
Leak Detectors: Experts Explain the Techniques by Proctor et al. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
Duct Fixing in America by Cyril Penn. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1994.
Will Duct Repairs Reduce Cooling Load? by Danny Parker et al. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
LOOKING AHEAD: New Group Hunts Bad Ducts by Jim Obst. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
One Size Fits All: A Thermal Distribution Efficiency Standard By Mark Modera. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
Managing Large-Scale Duct Programs by Tom Downey. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
Guidelines for Designing and Installing Tight Duct Systems by Karl Stum. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
UTILITY PROGRAMS: Who's Repairing What? Duke Power's Success by Frank Vigil. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993.
Integrated Heating and Ventilation: Double Duty for Ducts by Mark A. Jackson. From Home Energy Magazine Online May/June 1993.
CAN A NEW DUCT TEST TAKE THE PRESSURE? by Mark Modera and Jeanne Byrne. From Home Energy Magazine Online 1997.
Duct Improvement in the Northwest, Part I: New Construction and Retrofit by Ted Haskell. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1996.
Air Sealing in Occupied Homes by David Keefe. From Home Energy Magazine Online November/December 1995.
Urethane Foams and Air Leakage Control by Bob Braun, Janet Hansen and Tony Woods. From Home Energy Magazine Online July/August 1995.
INDOOR AIR QUALITY: Building Tightness Guidelines: When Is a House Too Tight? by George Tsongas. From Home Energy Magazine Online March/April 1993.
User-Friendly Pressure Diagnostics by Jim Fitzgerald, Robert Nevitt, and Michael Blasnik.
"Combustion Safety Checks: How Not to Kill Your Clients by Rob deKieffer. From Home Energy Magazine Online March/April 1995.
Bigger is Not Better: Sizing Air Conditioners Properly by John Proctor et al. From Home Energy Magazine Online May/June 1995.
Sizing Air Conditioners: If Bigger Is Not Better, What Is? by John Proctor and Peggy Albright. From Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1996.
Black Stains in Houses: Soot, Dust, or Ghosts? by Frank Vigil. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1998.
Sick Houses: Using Diagnostic Tools to Improve Indoor Air Quality By Scott Finley. From Home Energy Magazine Online June/July 1997.
Mechanical Ventilation for the Home by Don Stevens. From Home Energy Magazine Online March/April 1996.
Creating Quality in New Construction: A Practitioner's Perspective by Michael Uniacke. From Home Energy Magazine Online January/February 1996.
Watts Right manufactures Mad-Air model that demonstrates pressure effects in buildings.

Links to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Ventilation Information.

MAC Pharma Network IAQ links.
Aerotech Labs IAQ testing.
Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre: Airbase database of research.
American Lung Association Home IAQ Checklist.
ASHRAEVentilation Standards.
BAQA: Building Air Quality Alliance.
CrossRoads National Safety Council resources on IAQ, plus Safety, Health & Environment.
DOE: Infiltration, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Program.
EPA: Indoor Air Quality
EPA: Office of Air and Radiation.
EPA: IAQ publications
Healthy House Institute helping to improve your home's interior environment, especially its indoor air quality.
H.L. Turner Group Inc. IAQ Training Courses.
IAQ Publications: Indoor Air Quality Publications and Conferences.
JimSalmon.Com Home Repair Clinic: IAQ
LBNL IEPLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Indoor Environment Program.
LBNL: Residential Ventilation Project info and on-line calculator.
The Weatherization PagesFred Lugano's excellent site.
ARTICLES
Evaluating Ventilation in Multi-Family Buildings from Jul/Aug 1994 Home Energy Magazine.
Mechanical Ventilation for the Home by Don Stevens from the March/April 1996 Home Energy Magazine
Integrated Heating and Ventilation: Double Duty for Ducts by Mark A. Jackson. From Home Energy Magazine Online May/June 1993.
When is a house too tight? by George Tsongas from Mar/Apr 1993 Home Energy Magazine.
PRODUCTS
AldesVentilation Products Manufacturer.
Envirocenter: Product & Services Links to IAQ on the Web.
Oikos: Resources for Environmental Design search 1,800 green building products online.
Shelter Supply ventilation products and links.
Steve Tucker Design manufactures Air Quality House interactive teaching model.
BOOKS
Understanding Ventilation : How to Design, Select, and Install Residential Ventilation Systems by John Bower, reviewed on Amazon.Com.

Links to Infrared Thermography Information

Selecting an Infrared Imaging System by John Snell. From Home Energy Magazine Online July/August 1993.
Snell Infrared Online Resources for Infrared Thermographers.
Academy of Infrared Thermography Training and Certification.
FLIR Infrared Imaging Systems.
Colin Pearson's Infrared links on the web.
K&K Associate's Thermal Analysis Information.
Compix, Inc. Infrared Imaging Systems.
Sierra Pacific Infrared Infrared Imaging Systems and Training.

Links to Halon Alternatives Fire Protection Information

U S EPA Halon Alternatives home page
U S EPA list of Halon Substitutes manufacturers
U S EPA ozone home page
United Nations Environment Program Committee on Halon Technical Options.
Center for Global Environmental Technologies
HARC Halon Alternatives Research Corporation.
US Navy Halon and CFC Quarterly News
Fire Supression Systems Association.
National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors.
National Fire Protection Association.
Ansul Inergen extinguishing agent.
Walter Kidde Corp
Fike Corporation
North American Fire Guardian Technologies
Retrotec provides fire protection clean-agent inclosure-integrity test training and software that is compatible with all Infiltec blower doors.
Fireline Corporation. Check out the halon alternative Suppression Systems Calculator on this great site!

Links to Indoor Radon Information

AARST American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists.

AARST 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 International Radon Conferences.

AARST: Testimony before the U. S. Senate ENRC on 7/14/94

Air Chek radon test kit company.

Air Chek: Radon Fact Sheet

Air Chek: Map of Radon Distribution by State

Associated Radon Services company home page

Consumer Law Page - search for articles

Consumer Law Page Radon: A National Environmental Health Problem.

Consumer Law Page A Home Buyers Guide to Environmental Hazard.

Consumer Law Page: The Home Inspection and You.

Infiltec: Radon Mitigation Supply Catalog.

JimSalmon.Com Home Repair Clinic: Radon.

LBNL search Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory search for articles.

LBNL: Research Review Article Mapping the Radon Risk Across the Country.

Minnesota Radon Project (MRP) from St. John's University

National Safety Council Radon and Indoor Air Quality.

NRSB National Radon Safety Board list of certified testers, mitigators and training courses.

NEHAThe National Environmental Health Association list of certified testers, mitigators and training courses.

OSHA: Ionizing Radiation Standard 1910.96 General Workplace Exposure

OSHA: Ionizing Radiation Standard 1926.53 Construction Workplace Exposure

OSHA: Interpretation of Ionizing Radiation Standard 1926.53 for Radon

Rad Elec Inc.: makes E-PERM electret radon monitors.

RHP: Radiation and Health Physics home page.

Steve Tucker Design manufactures Air Quality House interactive teaching model.

ISU: Radon Update Facts Concerning Environmental Radon.

US EPA: Office of Air and Radiation.

US EPA: Radon Publications..

US EPA: Radon Zone Map of the U.S.

US EPA: State Radon Contacts..

US Geological Survey: Radon Information.

WPB Enterprises Bill Brodhead's radon residential and commercial mitigation company.

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YouSendIt how to send large files.

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Wikipedia free web-based encyclopedia.

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RightMark free RMAA audio analyzer software.

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ANTISPAM: Spam Prevention Association submit your email address for deletion from spam lists.

ZoneAlarm free personal firewall.

AVG AntiVirus free virus protection software from Grisoft.

Poor Passwords here is a list of passwords tried by the Deloder Worm. Your's better not be on this list!

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Search enginz resources for serious researchers.

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Google Groups (beta) search ALL usenet/newsgroup posts since 1995.

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Tom's Hardware Guide news and reviews on hot to tweak your PC hardware.

AnandTech weekly PC hardware price guides, system recommendations, reviews.

ArsTechnica PC enthusiasts resource - reviews, buyer's guide.

ExtremeTech PC tech info.

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System Mechanic download free trial version of system maintenance program.

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Octopus (beta) create Views of your favorite web sites.

eXTReME Tracking tracks your web site hits.

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Google web search engine.

Tehoma beta test of new search engine.

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iDrive free web space for storing your files.

ListBot free email list hosting.

ZDnet Downloads freeware and shareware.

TheList a master list of ISPs countrywide.

AltaVista web search engine.

IxQuick.com web meta-search tool.

DogPile web multi-engine search tool.

Four11 find an email address.

HotBot web search engine.

Infoseek web search engine.

InterNIC the source of all URLs.

MetaFind web multi-engine search tool.

Search Engine Watch everything about search engines.

Yahoo web search engine with human powered index.

Open Directory Project web search engine like Yahoo, but with volunteer editors.

Netscape web browser.

Uncensored Search Terms Just what are people searching for on the Web?

WordTracker favorite search terms.

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NetMechanic tune up your web site.

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BookMarket on-demand printer's and E-books.

ClickBook software to convert documents to book format.

GigaBooks Quick and easy paperback bookbinding.

Amazon Advantage sell your book or CD on Amazon.

Bowker Apply for International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN).

Bar Code Online ISBN (Bookland EAN) Online Bar Code Symbol Generator.

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Bar Codes for books UK FAQ.

Freelance Editorial Association find an editor.

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CRX Car Rental Express list of independent off-airport car-rental agencies.

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FlyerTalk Frequent flyer information.

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SeatGURU airplane seat information.

GoogleGroups search database of all newsgroup postings.

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CTrip Hotel Reservations in China.

LondonTown special offers on London hotels, shows etc..

BumpTracker tips and tricks about getting bumped off your flight.

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IndependentTraveler inside scoop on selected travel bargains.

Alpex Mountain Climbing and Trekking Expeditions.

Mileage Workshop get those frequent flyer miles!

10Best select a city and find 10 Best everything.

FareChase a travel price-comparison site(pretty good).

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Biztravel stuff for business travelers.

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Lonely Planet for traveling to out of the way places.

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Cheatsheet for converting foreign currency.

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Hidden America an exhaustive list of regional festivals.

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QuikBook hotel reservations.

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B&B Directory North American Bed & Breakfast directory.

The Inn Finder Bed & Breakfast search engine.

GORP Great Outdoor Recreation Pages.

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Autopilot auto trip planner.

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DialPad make free long distance calls from any computer.

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