California Isn’t Using Existing Tools to Make Community Solar Work, Study Finds
UCLA researchers find that if the state applies existing valuation tools consistently, residents could reap the savings already already enjoyed by other states.
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PhD Candidate Spotlight: Rachel Sheinberg and the Future of Equitable Energy
Rachel Sheinberg, a Ph.D. candidate at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) graduating this year, studies a critical challenge in the clean energy transition: who benefits, and who could be left behind.
The LA Residential Energy Transition (RESET) Tool—your next energy bill reimagined for electrified futures
Explore how renewable energy transitions and home electrification will shape household energy spending and burden across Los Angeles.
Stephanie Pincetl wins UCLA 2025 Public Impact Research Award
The award highlights faculty whose research has demonstrably improved lives locally, nationally and globally
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Planting Trees While Rome Burns
There is an urgent need to address the unintended consequences of our pursuit of green and to return to mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing the root problem.
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Can Cities Be Ecosystems? In Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Pincetl
What would it mean to design cities that actually sustain us?
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Introducing POWERLESS: Loudoun County as a Case Study for Data Centers as a Local Paradigm
“I don’t see the birds in the morning anymore.” Gregory Pirio, a longtime Loudoun County resident, explained his experience living near a data center. Greg isn’t the only one reeling…
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Mapping Faith, Flourishing, and the Environment in Los Angeles
Modern scientific research and its discourse fails to adequately embrace the emotional, spiritual and affective impacts of the existential issues of Earth’s future habitability.
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Urban Metabolism: In Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Pincetl
Cities don’t just “grow.” They consume resources, transform them, and generate waste, much as living organisms do.
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California Heat
The real elephant in the room is the historic poor construction of our built environment.
