Energy Use in Cities: A Roadmap for Urban Transitions
A new book by the team at CCSC gives a detail look at the UCLA Energy Atlas, published by Palgrave, with chapters written by Center directors and staff. The book…
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What the wildfires tell us about the shortcomings of California’s electrical grid
Q&A with UCLA energy systems expert Eric Fournier
What the wildfires tell us about the shortcomings of California’s electrical grid
Q&A with UCLA energy systems expert Eric Fournier In addition to the vast destruction they have caused, the wildfires that have engulfed California in recent weeks have laid bare serious…
How to Fireproof California’s Electric Grid
CCSC’s Research Director Eric Fournier discusses fires and the energy grid. “If there is a component failure on a portion of a line that has been buried it can take…
CCSC Part of the Team Awarded $9M Grant for Blockchain-based Renewables Project
The project is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 64% and net grid electricity consumption by 96% for all project participants over a 25 year period.
Clean energy revolution may leave disadvantaged communities behind
Study finds affluent L.A. neighborhoods use more energy and reap greater benefits from government incentive programs
UCLA Newsroom: Clean energy revolution may leave disadvantaged communities behind
Study finds affluent L.A. neighborhoods use more energy and reap greater benefits from government incentive programs. The energy system, as it exists today, places a larger burden of cost on…
LA Times Boiling Point: California’s clean energy programs are mainly benefiting the rich, CCSC study finds
Led by Eric Fournier, research director at UCLA’s California Center for Sustainable Communities, the team analyzed energy use data for every ZIP Code in Los Angeles County, home to more…
Design with Nature is not about Financial Return—It is a Recognition that Humans Rely on Nature
The Nature of Cities: Nature based solutions, urban ecosystem services, however they are called, have emerged to try to remediate this historical modernist hubris which conceived of cities as technical…
Stephanie Pincetl Comments on the Manchester Carbon Neutrality plan
Stephanie Pincetl, Professor in Residence and Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA, is currently the Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Manchester in Geography. She…
Alan Barreca and Stephanie Pincetl Weigh in for The Daily Bruin: New UC President must Prioritize Addressing System’s Climate Change Shortcomings
Despite the UC’s hesitant commitment to including climate change on the docket, the regents have yet to add the issue to the official selection criteria. Alan Barreca, an associate professor…
As Los Angeles pushes for local water, new study explores trade-offs for county’s energy needs
Los Angeles County imports most of its water from distant sources, which is energy-intensive and leaves the region’s water supply vulnerable to disasters like earthquakes. As Los Angeles County moves…