energy

California Center for Sustainable Communities at UCLA

Energy

There is little knowledge about how much energy is used by whom, and where, in Los Angeles County.  While there are aggregate numbers about total energy use, more granular analysis does not exist. Researchers are mapping energy and gas use across the County by census block groups and land use to determine patterns across the landscape.  This analysis will be used by policy makers and agencies to best target conservation programs and to help determine potential future trends.  This work is supported by the state Public Utilities Commission, the Governor’s Office, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

PROJECTS

community solar opportunities map

Community Solar Opportunities Map

Where is the best place to put solar panels in your neighborhood? The solar opportunity map is a web tool built to assist community-based organizations to access data necessary to identify high potential sites for community solar or resiliency centers within LA County.

ucla energy atlas

UCLA Energy Atlas

The UCLA Energy Atlas is the first of its kind interactive web atlas that provides access to the largest and most disaggregated building energy data available in the nation. It now comprises data from both Southern California and the Bay Area.

los angeles sustainability plan

Los Angeles Sustainability Plan

The County of Los Angeles has developed the first county-wide sustainability plan, and has contracted with UCLA, in collaboration with the engineering firm Buro Happold, and with Liberty Hill Foundation.…

community solar opportunities map

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.

climate change in los angeles county: grid vulnerability to extreme heat

Climate Change in Los Angeles County: Grid Vulnerability to Extreme Heat

In this project, UCLA and Arizona State University researchers developed a sophisticated and in-depth description of future electricity demand, grid response, and vulnerability due to increased heat events in Southern California Edison territory under current and future climate scenarios. The project's findings enable innovative grid management and operation strategies and identify adaptation guidance.

Publications

The Effects of Current Energy Consumption Privacy Rules on the Development of Municipal GHG Emissions Inventories and Forecasts

CCSC

Other | 2019

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Climate Change in Los Angeles County: Grid Vulnerability to Extreme Heat

D. Burillo, M. Chester, S. Pincetl, E. Fournier, D.B. Walton, F. Sun, M. Schwartz, K. Reich, and A. Hall

Presentation | 2018

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California’s Changing Energy Landscapes: CCSC Comments on the California Public Utilites Commission’s Draft Green Book on Customer Choice

S. Pincetl, S. Kennedy

Other | 2018

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CCSC’s Dr. Stephanie Pincetl Presenting the Energy Atlas at the #LGSEC Quarterly Meeting in San Diego, on June 2, 2017

Stephanie Pincetl, Hannah Gustafson

Presentation | 2017

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Dr. Felicia Federico gives AEC project presentation to LA County Supervisor, Hilda Solis’, district.

Presentation | 2017

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Achieving California’s 2030 Renewable Portfolio Standard and Electricity Sector Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Target

A. Fero

Other | 2017

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Structural, geographic, and social factors in urban building energy use: Analysis of aggregated account-level consumption data in a megacity

E. Porse, J. Derenski, H.Gustafson, Z.Elizabeth, S.Pincetl

Published Work | 2016 | Energy Policy

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Fact Sheet: The California Center for Sustainable Communities (CCSC)

Fact Sheet | 2016

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Cities as Novel Biomes: Recognizing Urban Ecosystem Services as Anthropogenic

Pincetl S.

Published Work | 2015 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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The Grid: An informational primer for advocates of distributed renewable energy

Eric Daniel Fournier, M.A. M.E.Sc., Ph.D.

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