Los Angeles Regional Climate Assessment
For more than a decade, the State of California has undertaken periodic scientific assessments with the goal of understanding future climate change impacts on the state. For the first three…
Projects
Nimble Foods for Climate Chaos
“Nimble Foods for Climate Chaos” is a cross-disciplinary collaboration between environmental artist and NYU faculty member Marina Zurkow, Los Angeles chef duo Hank and Bean, and LENS faculty director Allison…
Taking on health equity in Inglewood
Team: Kayla Asemanfar, Carlos Enriquez, Susannah Kiteck, Laura Martinez Villatoro, Brenda Sanchez Morra, Bryant Villegas Advisor: Moana McClellan Client: Social Justice Learning Institute
The Healthy Home Study
As California moves forward with its aggressive agenda to decarbonize its energy system, care must be taken to assess the degree to which its pursuit of various energy system transformation pathways is likely to result in additional benefits for Californians. One extremely important category of benefits is the reduction of health risks that result from exposure to natural gas combustion by-products, both from appliances within homes and from grid scale generation stations.
Using cooling centers to prevent heat-related illness and death in L.A.
Team: Kiran Kaur, Rocky Rojas, Hailey Truong, Yan Zhong, Wei William Zou Advisor: Alan Barreca Client: L.A. County Department of Public Health / TreePeople
Using native plant gardens to preserve pollinator diversity in L.A.
Team: David Cook, Tien Ha, Melissa Ikeda, Kayla Smith, Arianna Wolff Advisor: Peter Kareiva Client: Theodore Payne Foundation
Using the STAR community rating system to evaluate and advance sustainability in L.A.
Students: Allison Bell, Allison Candell, Heidy Gonzales, Kevin Li, Mikyla Reta, Destiny Tafoya Advisor: Mark Gold Client: City of Los Angeles, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
Assessing the Health and Community Impacts of Oil Drilling Near Homes in South Los Angeles
Los Angeles is home to the largest urban oil field in the country, and we are researching the health and societal impacts of urban drilling on local communities.
Built Environment: 2017-2018 Focus
What do solar panels, sick days and autonomous vehicles all have in common?
Protected: Corporate Partners Program Green Papers
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EPA Urban Waters Civic Action Project 2017
We will address water quality threats from urban runoff pollution in under-served communities in Los Angeles through the engagement of high school students in watershed observations, data collection, and civic action.
Evaluation of Community Scale Solar Water Heating in Los Angeles County
Reliance on Natural Gas for Residential Water Heating Inexpensive natural gas and the historical subsidization of its use as a source of thermal energy has led Southern California to depend heavily on natural gas for residential heating. As of…