This publication is the first of a three volume set summarizing the Energy Advisory Service operated by the New York Institute of Technology. The project reported here was an information dissemination service on energy conservation techniques in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut area. The Energy Information Center, Energy Referral Service, Energy Hot Line, and Energy Management Seminar program are described and evaluated in this volume. Case studies of the referral service/hot line complex and the seminar program are presented as are an overall program evaluation and a recommendations section. Intended audiences of this report are groups considering energy outreach programs and those interested in evaluation research and policy analysis. (MR)