Energy Experts Disclaimer

Disclaimer/Privacy Notice

PURPOSE:
The intent of this policy statement is to clarify security and privacy issues while promoting the dissemination of energy efficiency and renewable energy information.

SCOPE:
As part of the effort to provide information on energy efficiency and renewable energy, the EnergyExperts.org website and all the databases and information herein provide users with access to a collection of information related to commercial, industrial, residential, and agricultural buildings and processes. Documents available here may or may not have been published elsewhere.

RESPONSIBILITY:
The Washington State University (WSU) Extension Energy Program operates the Energy Services Clearinghouse, the Power Line hotline service and www.energyexperts.org domain, under contract with the Western Area Power Administration. WSU is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating this website from its offices in Olympia, Washington, USA. Statements of fact or opinion in the electronic documents presented here are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and/or the Energy Services Clearinghouse. Information posted on the EnergyExperts.org website does not imply any particular opinion or commercial endorsement on the part of the Western Area Power Administration, the Washington State University Extension Energy Program, or on the part of the Energy Services Clearinghouse. Likewise, any organizations or individuals mentioned do not necessarily endorse the Energy Services Clearinghouse, Washington State University Extension Energy Program, www.EnergyExperts.org, or the Western Area Power Administration.

DEVELOPMENT AND OWNERSHIP:
This website was developed by the Washington State University Cooperative Extension Energy Program for the regional customers of the Western Area Power Administration and Energy Services Clearinghouse.

The originator of data transmitted over this website is responsible for the content of the data transmitted and retains ownership of those data. Both, the Western Area Power Administration, Washington State University Extension Energy Program, nor the Energy Services Clearinghouse will take part in issues relating to the content of data posted on this website unless their personnel were the originators of the data.

COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND LINKING:
Permission to copy or disseminate all or part of this material is granted for educational purposes only. Documents copied must be unchanged, with title and source included. Linking to the Energy Services Clearinghouse (www.EnergyExperts.org) web pages is welcome, as long as they are not framed by another entity's webpage or otherwise altered in any way. Copying, reprinting or dissemination, electronic or otherwise, for any other use requires prior written permission from the Energy Services Clearinghouse.

PRIVACY POLICY/NOTICE:
We collect no personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. However, we automatically gather and store the following information about your visit:

• The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a university's domain), and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Web) from which you access our website
• The date and time you access our site
• The pages you visit

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors-to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. This information does not identify you personally.

For further information, please contact:

David Shepherd-Gaw
Energy Program Coordinator
Energy Services Clearinghouse/Power Line
WSU Extension Energy Program
PO Box 43165
Olympia, WA 98504-3165 USA
Telephone: (800) 769-3756 or (360) 956-2196
Fax: (360) 956-2214
Electronic mail address: Powerline@energy.wsu.edu

Last update: 12/29/2005