Rick Kaner (department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and California Nanosystems Institute) discovered a way to make an organic semiconductor more powerful and more efficient. This discovery could lead to improved technologies for capturing solar energy.
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By combining never-before–released data from energy utilities with public data, a database has been created that provides an unprecedented look at the energy-use landscape, This will serve as an incredible source for the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge.
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Gaurav Sant (Henry Samueli Fellow Civil and Environmental Engineering, California NanoSystems Institute) completed research that indicates a path to carbon-neutral cement. This would have a direct impact on the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge because cement is responsible for 7% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.
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A “Thinking L.A.” event, jointly sponsored by UCLA and Zocálo at the RAND Corporation Tuesday evening, explored the roots of the fervor surrounding fracking in California. Aradhna Tripati (department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences) and Edward Parson (UCLA School of Law and Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) weigh in on the conversation.
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Cara Horowitz (UCLA School of Law and Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment) discusses why legal challenges to the EPA Clean Power Plan will end up at the Supreme Court.
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