UCLA Engage Building Performance Dataset
The UCLA Engage building performance dataset is an anonymized dataset of high-frequency electricity use for households in a multi-family residential community in Los Angeles. We are making the data freely…
Projects
Understanding carbon sequestration and climatic variability in alpine wet meadows of Yosemite National Park, California
Awardee: Scott Lydon. Scott is investigating how past climatic variability has altered carbon sequestration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Yosemite National Park, California.
Understanding the persistence of Leptospira interrogans in California’s coastal wildlife: uncovering cryptic contributors in a complex multi-host disease system
Awardee: Sarah Helman. Sarah is collaborating with local wildlife and government agencies to obtain biological samples to test for evidence of past Leptospirosis exposure and current infection in various coastal mammalian species.
Urban Biodiversity: Cultures, Stories, Taxonomies
Cities have recently begun to attract the attention of ecologists and biologists as ecosystems whose functioning is not as yet well understood. Urban ecosystems combine ecological processes with social practices…
US state policies for renewable energy dataset
Citation: Delmas, M. A., & Montes-Sancho, M. J. (2011). US state policies for renewable energy: Context and effectiveness. Energy Policy, 39(5), 2273-2288. Download Article Here Article available on sciencedirect.com (Login Required)…
Using Citizen Science to Assess Urban Carnivore Communities in Los Angeles
Awardee: Tiffany Armenta. Tiffany is employing citizen scientists of all ages to help collect data on mesocarnivores to evaluate population densities or species-specific activity patterns in urban areas.
Water Resiliency: 2016-2017 Focus
In a world where water is scarcity is increasing, companies must proactively plan for how to make their operations water resilient.
West Nile Virus
West Nile virus (WNV) has spread rapidly in North America, threatening wildlife and posing serious health risks to humans. In order to better understand how the distribution of WNV will further impact populations, we model the incidence of WNV infections under current conditions, and use these to predict where the disease may occur in the future.
2015 Environmental Report Card for Los Angeles County
The challenge of moving towards sustainability in Los Angeles County is daunting: it is the most populous county in the nation and consists of 88 individual cities. After nearly two…
An Analysis of Hazardous Materials Spills in California with a Focus on Oil and Gas
Students: Alexandra Caryotakis, Ian Davies, Sarah Hafiz, Justine Niketen, Daniel Noakes, Ruoyu Wang, Xunyi Wu Client: Natural Resources Defense Council Advisor: Dr. Felicia Federico (IoES) Final Report
Aquaponics and the Future of Urban Agriculture
Students: Justin Brandt, Kendall Curtis, Kyle Gordon, Mallvinder Kahal, KellyAnneTang, Vanessa Villanueva, Sterling Wahlrab Client: Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles Advisor: Noah Garrison (IoES)
Assessing the Environmental and Social Co-Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Offset Project
Students: Anais Marguerite Engel, Mark Allen Ginsburg, Erika Kristen Kidera, Hadley Kathryn Nolan, Sagarika Subramanian, Peilun Sun Team: CO2 Markets Client: Climate Action Reserve