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Energy efficiency critical for future, engineers say at Conejo gathering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and IoES Professor Rajit Gadh was quoted in a Ventura County Star article about a technology symposium held October 4th.
Posted: 10/10/2012

New solar panels help power Ackerman

Ackerman Union is the latest building on campus to receive an environmental upgrade.
Posted: 10/5/2012

Second generation of biofuels could give forests a break

A Forests News article about renewable energy cited research by the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability analyzing the energy return on crops like soy that are used for biofuels.
Posted: 10/5/2012

SMERC in the News

Latest press about UCLA's Smart Grid Energy Research Center, led by Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and IoES Professor Rajit Gadh
Posted: 8/2/2012

Greening Business for the Green Consumer: Social Media, Advertising, and Hollywood

Spring 2012 Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Corporate Partners Program Workshop
Posted: 5/16/2012

UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center

IoES Affiliate and Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Professor Rajit Gadh is leading the charge to build and test innovative smart-grid technologies that could lead to major breakthroughs for power infrastructure and reliability.
Posted: 4/23/2012

UCLA Engineering researchers use electricity to generate alternative fuel

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time demonstrated a method for converting carbon dioxide into liquid fuel isobutanol using electricity.
Posted: 4/9/2012

IoES project receives Energy Commission award

The $1.9 million award will be used to develop a new research center.
Posted: 2/8/2012

UCLA Releases Free Software For Energy Efficient Houses

L.A. architects are making the world better.
Posted: 1/13/2012

Does considering the impact of green improvements make sense?

IoES Professor Matthew Kahn, who holds joint appointments in economics and public policy, was quoted in a New Jersey Independent Press article about measuring the impact of "green" home improvements.
Posted: 1/12/2012

New proposal seeks to encourage solar panels on LA rooftops, parking lots

A KPCC-89.3 story about a Los Angeles DWP proposal to increase the city’s solar energy production cited research by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation estimating the number of jobs that could be created if the city instituted a solar feed-in tariff pro
Posted: 1/9/2012

Building the smart grid of the future: UCLA teams with Korea's energy research institute

This collaboration aims to develop technologies that can be utilized on a international level.
Posted: 12/16/2011

Energy Conservation Strategies: What Can We Gain?

Executives met to discuss conservation strategies to improve profit margins while benefiting the environment at the 2011 Fall Quarterly Corporate Partner Workshop.
Posted: 11/8/2011

Japanese respond to national call to save energy

Matthew Kahn, a professor with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the departments of Public Policy and Economics, has written three books: "Green Cities" (Brookings Institution Press); "Heroes and Cowards" (Princeton University Press,
Posted: 8/2/2011

Energy Conservation in Japan, U.S.

A Christian Science Monitor blog column by Matthew Kahn, a professor at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability with joint appointments in economics and public policy, compared energy-conservation efforts in Japan and the U.S.
Posted: 8/1/2011

Researchers test strategies to motivate students to save energy

A new study, Engage, takes the university’s expertise in environmental economics and remote sensing and combines it with campus sustainability efforts and undergraduate support for environmental causes.
Posted: 4/25/2011

California Energy Commission awards $1 million for Institute of the Environment and Sustainability initiated research project

The Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program will create a comprehensive tool that evaluates and analyzes regional energy use and its environmental and socioeconomic impacts.
Posted: 3/2/2011

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