Technology continues to advance and expand, creating environmental challenges and potential solutions.
Magazine
Story
Armed with technology, research and grassroots activism, the final set of candidates for the 2024 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award are at the forefront of this generation. They are tackling…
Story
New UCLA study finds most California homes can easily electrify without costly panel upgrades, thanks to strategic load management.
Story
Join UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain Monday, June 24, at 1 p.m. PT for a live YouTube briefing about the extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
Projects
In the News
Blog
By 2024 Pritzker Award Finalist Adenike Oladosu Titilope I was born when Nigeria had a series of environmental challenges, especially in the region of Lake Chad, a place where many environmentalists…
Announcements
The California Public Utilities Commission has selected the California Center for Sustainable Communities and the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative at UCLA IoES to lead a Data Working Group on Distributed…
Headline
UCLA climate expert Daniel Swain spoke with SFist about a new heatwave developing that is expected to bring triple-digit temperatures to inland areas like Sacramento and the Central Valley. “It…
Headline
Urban heat islands, exacerbated by concrete and asphalt, pose significant health risks in cities. UCLA researcher Edith de Guzman discusses the urban heat island effect for Grist, highlighting the potential…
Headline
Most California homes can achieve electrification with strategic load management, eliminating the need for costly panel upgrades in a majority of cases, according to new research published in Energy Policy. The study, led by Eric Fournier, research director at UCLA’s California Center for Sustainable Communities, analyzed the capacity of existing electrical panels in homes across the state. These panels limit a home’s power draw at any given time, and their capacity is crucial for electrification — increased electric appliance use can strain older or undersized panels.
Videos
UCLA has a long history of sustainability leadership — from early energy efficiency efforts and the formation of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability in the 1990s, to the establishment of…
Interview on The Young Turks ScIQ with UCLA environmental economist Alan Barreca by Jayde Lovell about climate change effects on public health, vulnerable communities, and the state of California. They also…
Centers
A first of its kind interactive website built with the largest set of publicly available disaggregated energy data in the nation.
Publications
Published Work | 2024 | The National Academies Press
permalinkPublished Work | 2024 | Energy Policy
download pdf permalinkPublished Work | 2024 | WIREs Climate Change
permalink
