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Julia Skrovan

Senior Public Admin Analyst

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability,
619 Charles E. Young Drive East, LaKretz Hall – Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Campus Mailcode: 149606

Pronouns: she/her

Julia Skrovan is a mapping and technology specialist who works primarily on the development of the Southern California and Bay Area Energy Atlases, the largest sets of disaggregated energy data in the nation.

Before joining the CCSC team at UCLA, Julia worked in the public interest and geospatial fields, spearheading mapping projects as a Consumer Advocate and GIS Specialist with an LA-based public-interest nonprofit and processing LiDAR with a geospatial company in Oregon. 

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Geology and Politics from Oberlin College as well as a Master of Arts in Public Affairs and Master of Science in Energy and Earth Resources from the University of Texas at Austin.

Projects

Electric distribution and generation in the foreground with natural gas infrastructure in the background.

Mindful Gas Decommissioning

California’s goal of decarbonizing the state’s energy sector by 2045 requires an accompanying strategic approach to the decommissioning of the extensive gas infrastructure.

water sprinkler

Water Management Conservation and Planning

This project analyzed the environmental and economic impacts of proposed state regulations for water use. This grant has high policy impact for managing urban water budgets. CCSC brings novel understandings about water use by urban park departments in California and how much is needed to maintain vegetation health with an emphasis on trees.

An aerial view of a single family home neighborhoods on the Westside of Los Angeles.

UCLA Energy Atlas

The UCLA Energy Atlas is the first of its kind interactive web atlas that provides access to the largest and most disaggregated building energy data available in the nation. It now comprises data from both Southern California and the Bay Area.