News

Green construction surges at UCLA, cutting energy bills

It’s a big year for green buildings at UCLA, and they’re helping the campus save a bundle.
Posted: 1/19/2012

PBS documentary highlights Elgin’s green activity

IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Dr. Richard Jackson hosts a new PBS series on cleaning up our communities.
Posted: 1/19/2012

Building for Health: Improving our cities, homes, and lives

The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Dr. Richard Jackson.
Posted: 1/17/2012

Green is a big part of the blueprint for Pacific Palisades house

The LA Times reported on a sustainable building workshop hosted by the IoES, Corporate Partner Program company Structure Homes, and Green Builder Media on January 12.
Posted: 1/17/2012

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

Heal the Bay president steps down to take UCLA post

The LA Times reported on Dr. Mark Gold's new appointment as Associate Director at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 1/10/2012

Mark Gold named to UCLA environmental post

Gold will serve as the Institute's Associate Director.
Posted: 1/10/2012

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

Light It Up

So much light, so few panels. Why isn't there more solar power in sun-drenched Los Angeles? The technology is there, but the will is not. But that's changing fast.
Posted: 12/20/2011

The City of Los Angeles Launches Ideas.LA2B.Org

Whether you live, work or play in the City of Los Angeles, everyone agrees – Los Angeles can do better with its transportation system.
Posted: 12/20/2011

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

Alumni Day 2011

IoES graduates visited the Environmental Science Practicum class to talk to current seniors about life after commencement.
Posted: 12/13/2011

Watch the "Science and Art in a Climate of Change: A Dialogue of Nations" presentation & performance

The University of California Television (UCTV) is now broadcasting this program.
Posted: 12/7/2011

Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change

UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change.
Posted: 12/2/2011