UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Luskin Center Sponsored Networking Event with Young Professionals in Energy - Los Angeles Chapter
2010-09-28 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served at this networking event, which will be highlighted by a talk from Luskin Center Director J.R. DeShazo. Dr. DeShazo’s recent solar policy report, “Designing an Effective Feed-in Tariff for Greater Los Angeles,” received notable media coverage from the Los Angeles Times, KCRW and other major outlets.
UCLA students will have the opportunity to network with members of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE), which includes executives in the renewable energy and sustainbaility fields, and professionals from Southern California Edison, LADWP, Honda. Students will also learn about opportunities to work with the Luskin Center, which funds graduate student research on issues of environmental sustainability.
RSVP is required.

An Evening with Eric Pooley of Bloomberg Businessweek
2010-09-23 18:00 - 19:00
Eric Pooley is the author of the book “The Climate War”, and the Deputy Editor of Bloomberg Businessweek. He is the former Managing Editor of Fortune, and Chief Political Correspondent for Time. His book “Climate War” examines the history of the climate change debate in Washington, focusing on answering the question of why, after all these years, we still haven’t developed a comprehensive policy.Book sales and signing will be available at the reception following the talk.Parking is $10 in UCLA Structure 2. The event is also available by public transit. Plan your trip using Metro or Big Blue Bus.Sponsors: UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation UCLA Law School-UCLA Emmett Center on Climate Change on the Environment and the UCLA Evan Frankel Environmental Law & Policy Program UCLA Institute of the EnvironmentEvent Partners: Environmental Defense FundCoalition for Clean AirThe Nature Conservancy

Brown to Green: Turning Los Angeles' Brown Power Infrastructure Green through a Feed-in Tariff
2010-09-23 07:30 - 09:30
While the City of Los Angeles stumbles toward greening it’s power infrastructure with renewable sources, a proven method of quickly and affordably reaching this goal has been analyzed for use in Southern California; this method is a feed-in-tariff (FiT).
A proven concept in Germany, Spain and now Italy, feed-in-tariffs are a mechanism for a power utility company, such as the LADWP, to activate the public and private sector to install renewables in excess of their own power needs, selling the balance of power back to the utility. To make the adoption of a FiT even easier here in Los Angeles, Professor JR DeShazo of UCLA’s Luskin School for Innovation, has created a customized FiT for the City of Los Angeles. His study clearly shows that a well design FiT program would jump start the greening of LA’s power grid, would have limited near term costs, and would provide long term savings to the City.
Now all that remains is for leaders of the City of Los Angeles to have the courage to implement a FiT.
Our panel will discuss the general benefits of feed-in-tariffs, the specific plan to implement a FiT through the LADWP, the environmental benefits of distributed power generation, and the architectural implications of this shift from brown to green.
PANEL FRAMER:
Stuart Magruder, AIA LEED | Studio Nova A Architects, Inc.
PANELISTS:
Angie Brooks, AIA | Pugh + Scarpa Architects
Rhonda S. Mills | Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Technologies
J.R. DeShazo | UCLA’s Luskin School For Innovation
MODERATOR:
Craig Lewis | FiT Coalition

L.A. Region Green Economy Think-Tank Day
2010-08-24 08:30 - 16:00
THE GREEN ECONOMY THINK-TANK DAY will convene leaders and decision makers from various private and public sectors to build a more green and sustainable Los Angeles economy. The Luskin Center will help facilitate a break-out session that will help unite scholarship with society to advance the Los Angeles region a clean tech capital. The Luskin Center will also release its recent Clean Technology in Los Angeles report and provide its findings to key stakeholders. UCLA School of Public Affairs students Kristina Bedrossian, Sarah Locher, Frank Lopez and Matthew O’Keef have compiled a report on L.A.’s current status as a city in the clean technology industry. Comparing Los Angeles to other leading cities, the authors make a number of astute observations about LA’s strengths and weaknesses and offer a number of key suggestions for how LA can change its policies to become the nation’s leader in “green” technology. Click here to view the report.

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2010-07-15 21:30
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Luskin Water Event
2010-07-01 17:30
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Matthew Kahn speaks on "Residential Electricity Consumption"
2009-11-23 14:00 - 16:00
UCLA Professor and author of the 2006 BrookingsInstitution book Green Cities Matthew Kahn will share his latest
research on how we use energy at home.

GloSho'15
2026-04-24 08:16
LACI’s Cleantech Global Showcase (GloSho) isan annual summit held in Downtown Los Angeles that convenes an international
group of entrepreneurs, investors, technologists, utility executives, and
policymakers focused on the acceleration of clean technology and the funding of
early stage cleantech entrepreneurs. Join us at GloSho’15 to hear from thought-leaders
including Steve Westly and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla. Tickets
still available!Recieve 10% off your registration by using the Luskin Center’s discount code: partnerUCLARegistration and more information available here: http://glosho.la/

TransportationCamp Los Angeles
2026-04-24 08:16
UCLA Hosts
Meeting of Transportation Professionals and Technologists
Register Now for TransportationCamp Los Angeles 2015
When:
Saturday,October 3rd
Where:
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Registration:
$25 at Eventbrite
More Info: UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
2015 is an exciting time for
transportation innovation in Los Angeles. We have a rapidly-expanding
frequent transit and bicycle network. Technological innovation has
already brought us reliable point-to-point mobility for passengers, real-time
transit arrival and traffic incident information, and even “feeding the
meter” from a phone.
We see more promise on the horizon as
local governments in the Los Angeles area continue to innovate
mobility. The City of Los Angeles and Google currently share traffic
information, and Google’s Waze recently announced a pilot program to allow
app users to ride with each other. Cities and Metro will soon launch
bikeshare on the westside and in downtown, which promises to augment the
transit network and and encourage more people to try our expanding bicycle
network. The City of Los Angeles’s Taxicab Commission is restructuring
regulations to enable innovation in a long-stagnant industry.
We also have innovative plans that seek
to make the transportation system safer and more reliable for those who
aren’t in the driver’s seat while striving to lessen the impacts that traffic
congestion, auto-dependence, and emissions have on public health and quality
of life for all Los Angelenos.
While
the focus of transportation innovation is often on technology, it’s people
who are envisioning, developing and implementing this technology. TransportationCamp brings
together thinkers and doers from the intersection of transportation and
technology: transportation professionals, technologists, and
enthusiasts. As an unconference, the session topics and activities are
proposed by the attendees; every attendee is a participant in shaping and
leading the event.
Come
to TransportationCamp Los Angeles 2015 if
you’re a technologist who aspires to analyze and visualize public open data
or build apps that connect people with mobility options. Come if you’re
a transportation professional with a thorough awareness of the multimodal
transportation system’s shortcomings and a desire to work collaboratively and
creatively to improve it.
We can be low-tech while embracing
high-tech. Technologists and transportation professionals have been
tweeting at each other, but it’s also important for people to come together
in the same room to explore creative new approaches to addressing Los
Angeles’s transportation issues.
Register now

Sustainability and Corporate Leadership: Informed Green Strategies for Your Firm
2026-04-24 08:16
How are changing perceptions, policies and management practices regarding environmental and resource issues such as climate change, green technologies, and sustainability likely to impact your firm and how can you best plan for these changes? This intensive program is designed for professionals who are leaders in their organizations and seek to understand the long-term value of incorporating sustainability and green innovations into their strategy, products, operations, and brand management. This program is not credit-bearing – Each participant will receive a Certificate of Participation

UCLA Institute of the Environment/ Luskin Lunch Research Seminar
2026-04-24 08:16
Matt Kahn, Luskin Scholar
