UCLA Residential Life’s Sustainable Living Community and the Education for Sustainable Living Program at UCLA have won awards given to honor innovation at UC and CSU campuses.
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Glen MacDonald (Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, department of Geography) writes that rising temperatures, groundwater depletion and a shrinking Colorado River mean the most populous U.S. state will face decades of water shortages and must adapt.
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Sarah Tolbert and Ben Schultz (Chemistry and California Nanosystems Institute) developed a new technology that enables solar cells to store energy for up to several weeks. This technology would help the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge get closer to its goal of 100% renewable energy
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A team led by Yu Huang ( Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science) created a new compound more durable and less expensive to produce. The new technology may have implications for environmental preotection, energy generation and chemical production.
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Dana Cuff, Luskin School of public Affairs’ Professor of Architecture/Urban Design and Urban Planning, along with a team of faculty and students built a prototype dwelling that they designed to shelter people as well as edible plants, bees, birds, lizards and even bat.
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