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Future360:tv: Capacity – Downtown Los Angeles

Less than 450,000 people currently live in downtown Los Angeles. But what if the population grew 10 times that to 4.5 million? Is that level of growth sustainable?

CAPACITY is a research study produced by Gensler Los Angeles which analyses the maximum population of Downtown Los Angeles. Capacity synthesizes building information, zoning, energy waste, water, traffic, opens spaces and combines it with a rocking sound track.

As downtown Los Angeles is experiencing a resurgence, it’s timely to understand the relationship between resource consumption and population growth. And allowing fore more intelligent future planning for our cities.

For more information, visit gensler.com

03/22/2014 0 comment

Energy Efficiency Green Building

Los Angeles Becomes First Major U.S. City to Adopt Cool Roof Rule

written by Yale Environment 360

The Los Angeles City Council has voted unanimously to require “cool roofs” for all new and refurbished homes, becoming the first major U.S. city to do so. “Cool roofs” incorporate light- and heat-reflecting building materials, which can lower the surface temperature of the roof by up to 50 degrees F on a hot day, according to Climate

12/20/2013 0 comment

Energy Efficiency

Green Street Lighting Projects in Los Angeles

written by Walter Wang

On June 18, 2013, Mayor Villaraigosa of Los Angeles announced the completion the largest Greenshine street lighting program: LED street light replacement program. This is the largest LED replacement program in the world and has retrofitted over 140,000 street lights all over LA with LED fixtures.

07/08/2013 0 comment

Renewable Energy

Los Angeles Flips the Switch on Its First Feed-In Tariff Project

written by Walter Wang

Less than six months after LA launched its largest-in-the-country feed-in tariff (FIT) program, the city is already seeing results. Last week, Mayor Antonio Villaragosa, LADWP General Manager Ron Nichols and a group of solar supporters gathered on the roof of a multi-family apartment building in North Hollywood to to officially “flip the switch” on the first solar panel

07/01/2013 0 comment

Renewable Energy

Freeway Air Pollution Travels Further than Previously Thought

written by Walter Wang

Los Angeles is known not only for its celebrity clientele, but also for its congested roadways and heavy traffic, which consequently has led to severely polluted air, and the title of the “smoggiest city” in the United States. While air quality has improved somewhat in LA, a joint study by UCLA and the California Air Resources Board suggests that nearly a quarter of Angelenos

04/22/2013 0 comment

Renewable Energy

One More Solar Contract for LADWP

written by Walter Wang

Sempra U.S. Gas and Power announced this week that Los Angeles and Burbank are going to buy solar power from a 250 MW plant in Boulder City, NV.

The price? According to the city attorney, via this contract (pdf) LADWP will be getting 1.9% of its power from an emission free, global-warming fighting,

12/13/2012 1 comment

Renewable Energy

Don’t Want to Hear About How Solar is Too Expensive?

written by Walter Wang

The Los Angeles City Council recently approved a contract with a 250 MW PV plant. It’s on tribal land, and according to this article, the tribe is pleased with the economics of the deal.

Ratepayers should also be pleased. This contract adds 2.9% renewables to LADWPs mix, and at a price of 9.1 cents/kWh. Read the details, here (pdf).

11/26/2012 2 comments

Clean Transportation

Auto-Related Pollution in Los Angeles Declined 98 Percent Over 50 Years

written by Yale Environment 360

Levels of some automobile-related pollutants in Los Angeles have plummeted by 98 percent since the 1960s, even as gasoline consumption nearly tripled during the same period, a new study says.

Levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are emitted from the tailpipes of cars and are a key

08/14/2012 0 comment

Renewable Energy

Solar Offers Former LA Gang Members a Bright New Path

written by Walter Wang

Here at Vote Solar we work day in and day out on the policies that help solar thrive. We are passionate about our work – but it’s easy to get buried in a world of regulatory dockets and draft legislation. Which is why we sure appreciate a reminder of what solar power means to the daily lives of those it touches.

05/30/2012 0 comment

Renewable Energy

LA’s Public Utility Plans New Strides on Solar

written by Walter Wang

Vote Solar staff attended meetings last week with staff of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation’s largest publicly-owned utility, serving about 10% of California’s electrical load. California law now requires munis like LADWP to get 33% of their power mix from renewables by 2020,

12/19/2011 1 comment

Renewable Energy

Fostering the New Green Economy

written by Walter Wang

White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley visited Los Angeles to discuss the Obama Administration's commitment to harnessing clean energy opportunities to create American jobs on Friday, July 22. She met with business leaders, city officials and top educators

08/02/2011 0 comment

Clean Transportation

Five Reasons Why EVs Will Love L.A.

written by Walter Wang

Last week, I was fortunate to meet with two of the people driving Los Angeles’ transition to plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). Beth Jines, the Director of Sustainability for the City of Los Angeles, and Sarah Potts, City Director of Los Angeles for the Clinton Climate Initiative, are working together to navigate the

06/06/2011 0 comment

Renewable Energy

LADWP to Halt Solar Incentives Due to High Demand

written by Walter Wang

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) recently announced that it is no longer accepting new reservation requests for its solar incentive. In its announcement, LADWP cited strong demand for rebates which has exceeded their current budget for the program.

04/19/2011 0 comment

Green Building Renewable Energy

Top 10 Reasons Los Angeles is a Leading Cleantech City

written by Shawn Lesser

Los Angeles is known first and foremost for its colossal influence on the entertainment industry but aside from Hollywood, LA is a bustling, massive industrial hub where labor, business and government efforts are working together to make the city’s industries sustainable as well. With access to the ports, a strong, skilled workforce, a robust university presence, and industry

01/20/2011 1 comment

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