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SUMMARY:Municipal Green Building Conference & Expo
DESCRIPTION:17th Annual Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo:\nInnovative Cities Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future \n\n\n\n\n\nApril 19\, 2018 from 8am-4:30pm\nSoCalGas Energy Resource Center: 9240 Firestone Blvd. Downey\, CA\nDownload the Schedule and the Program\n#GoTeam #MGBCE2018\n\nWatch highlights from last year’s MGBCE \nEducation and Networking\nSince its inception in 2001\, MGBCE has become the longest-running and largest gathering of leading sustainability and green building advocates within both the public and private sectors in Southern California. Attended by over 550 persons annually\, this conference and trade show provides cutting-edge thought leadership\, education\, and networking opportunities to inform local government agencies\, building industry professionals\, and the general public about the principles\, practices\, and products associated with green building. Over twenty exhibitors will display their sustainability solutions\, and this year will include cleantech start-up companies that are finalists of the Sustainable Cities Tech Challenge. Topics range from Agriculture to Zero Net Energy and support cities to lead the way to a sustainable future. \nMorning Keynote Speaker\nSeleta J. Reynolds \nKeynote Title:\nDrones\, Loops\, and Robotaxis: A Sustainable City Roadmap to Our Hyper-Uber Future \n\n\n\n\nSeleta Reynolds is General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) appointed by the Administration of Mayor Eric Garcetti. Ms. Reynolds is responsible for implementing Great Streets for Los Angeles\, a plan to reduce traffic fatalities\, double the number of people riding bikes\, and expand access to integrated transportation choices for Angelinos and the region. \nMs. Reynolds has over 18 years of transportation experience throughout the United States. She has advised transportation technology companies like WalkScore\, contributed to the state-of-the-practice as an Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals Board Member\, mentored young professionals through Women’s Transportation Seminar\, and nurtured research on Transportation Research Board committees. Ms. Reynolds serves as the President of the National Association for City Transportation Officials. \n  \n\n\n\n\nAfternoon Keynote Speakers\nGary Gero\n \n \nGary Gero was recently appointed to be the first Chief Sustainability Officer for the County of Los Angeles where his duties include creating a countywide sustainability plan that addresses regional environmental\, economic\, and social justice issues. Gary previously served for the past 9 years as the President of the Climate Action Reserve\, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Los Angeles and operating across North America. He now serves on its Board of Directors. Gary’s career includes nearly 20 years of work in local government\, primarily in the City of Los Angeles where he served as Assistant General Manager for the Environmental Affairs Department and at LADWP where he oversaw energy efficiency\, renewable energy\, and distributed generation programs. \nScot Horst \n \nScot Horst serves as President and CEO of Arc Skoru\, Inc.\, a technology company that connects actions that improve quality of life.  The Arc digital platform allows any project – be it a space\, a building\, a community or a city – to measure its performance and improvement. \nPreviously\, Horst was chief product officer for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) where he oversaw LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design\, the world’s most widely used green building rating system. \nHorst spearheaded the performance version of LEED\, which uses building data to provide feedback on actual building performance. The system scores the built environment\, from homes to neighborhoods to cities and is now an integral part of the Arc platform. \nHorst holds dual bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and voice performance from Oberlin College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. \nGet Involved \n\nSubmit an abstract to speak at the conference\nVolunteer on the Abstract Review and Selection Committee\nVolunteer on the Conference Planning Committee\nBe a judge for the Smart Cities Tech Genius Challenge\nBe a collaborating organization by sharing event info with your group\nSign up to be an exhibitor or sponsor\nAttend and enjoy!\nShare your experience on social media using the hashtags #GoTeam #MGBCE2018!\n\n  \nSustainable Cities Tech Challenge\nConnecting Cities to Tech Solutions \n\nLACI and USGBC-LA have launched the Sustainable Cities Tech Challenge\, a global startup competition in the green building industry in conjunction with the 17th annual Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo (MGBCE) on the future of building technology\, smart cities infrastructure\, and efficiency solutions. \n\n\nThe three focus areas of this year’s Challenge and sub-categories are: \n\nSmart Infrastructure – Connecting Buildings\, IoT Devices\, Demand Response\, Energy Storage\nEnergy & Water Efficiency – Lighting\, HVAC\, Building Control Systems\, Smart Irrigation\, Plug Load Monitoring\, Building Envelope\nWaste – Textile Recycling\, Food Waste\, Waste to Energy\, Waste Water Recycling\n\nAll finalists will receive exhibit space and inclusion in the conference at no cost\, as well as the chance to win $15\,000 as the overall Challenge winner\, $3\,000 per category winner\, in-kind support from sponsors and partners\, as well as the opportunity for membership to LACI’s business incubation program\, access to the La Kretz Innovation Campus\, and Advanced Prototyping Center. \nDeadline for the application has been extended to March 26\, 2018.\nIf you are a start-up in this space\, APPLY HERE \n\n  \nAbstract Review Committee \n \nJim Brain\, Webcor Builders \n\n \nRodney Davis\, SoCalGas \n\n \nJed Donaldson\, Johnson Fain \n\n \nVeronica Flores\, RBB Architects \n\n \nKanika Sharma\, Verdical Group \n\n \nGlen Folland\, VCA Green \n\n \nDanny Gleiberman\, SLOAN \n\n \nCris Liban\, Metro LA \n\n \nAmber Richane\, City of Santa Monica \n\n \nTeresa Fait\, Abbott Construction \n\n \nJohn Onderdonk\, Caltech
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/municipal-green-building-conference-expo/
LOCATION:SoCal Gas Energy Resource Center\, 9240 Firestone Blvd\, Downey\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Earth Day Fair at UCLA
DESCRIPTION:Come and check out various tabling organizations and participate in their fun activities! Free food\, fair trade coffee\, cool prizes! \nProudly sponsored by: The Green Initiative Fund and UCLA Undergraduate Students Association
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/earth-day-fair-at-ucla/
LOCATION:Dickson Court North
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SUMMARY:Luskin Center for Innovation: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future
DESCRIPTION:Add to iCal: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\nJoin the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation in welcoming Edward Struzik to discuss his book Firestorm.\nThe evening event will include a reception\, presentation\, panel discussion\, author Q&A\, and book signing. \nFeatured speaker: Edward Struzik \nPanelists: Douglas Bevington\, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (moderator); Beth Burnham\, North Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council; Chad Hanson\, The John Muir Project ; Alex Hall\, UCLA; Chief Ralph Terrazas\, City of Los Angeles \nABOUT THE BOOK\n2017 was marked as the deadliest and most destructive year of wildfires ever in California. Over 9\,000 fires burned throughout the state\, including 950 wildfires in Northern California in October alone. With higher temperatures\, stronger winds\, and drier lands across the globe it shouldn’t be a surprise that Governor Jerry Brown commented on the six wildfires that ravaged Southern California as the “new normal.” \nIn Firestorm\, journalist Edward Struzik visits scorched earth from Alaska to Maine\, and introduces the scientists\, firefighters\, and resource managers making the case for a radically different approach to managing wildfire in the 21st century. Wildfires can no longer be treated as avoidable events because the risk and dangers are becoming too great and costly. Struzik weaves a heart-pumping narrative of science\, economics\, politics\, and human determination and points to the ways that we\, and the wilder inhabitants of the forests around our cities and towns\, might yet flourish in an age of growing megafires. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nEdward Struzik has been writing about scientific and environmental issues for more than 30 years. A fellow at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University in Kingston\, Canada\, his numerous accolades include the prestigious Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and the Sir Sandford Fleming Medal\, awarded for outstanding contributions to the understanding of science. In 1996 he was awarded the Knight Science Journalism Fellowship and spent a year at Harvard and MIT researching environment\, evolutionary biology\, and politics with E.O. Wilson\, Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin. His 2015 book\, Future Arctic\, focuses on the effects of climate change in the Canadian Arctic and the impacts they will have on the rest of the world. His other books include Arctic Icons\, The Big Thaw\, and Northwest Passage. He is an active speaker and lecturer\, and his work as a regular contributor to Yale Environment 360 covers topics such as the effects of climate change and fossil fuel extraction on northern ecosystems and their inhabitants. He is on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee\, a citizens’ organization dedicated to the long-term environmental and social well-being of northern Canada and its peoples. He lives in Edmonton\, Alberta.
URL:https://sustain.ucla.edu/event/luskin-center-for-innovation-how-wildfire-will-shape-our-future/
LOCATION:Luskin School of Public Affairs\, room 2355\, UCLA
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SUMMARY:Young Professionals in Energy: Renewables Go Virtual: Virtual Power Purchase Agreements & Virtual Power Plants
DESCRIPTION:Renewables Go Virtual: \nVirtual Power Purchase Agreements & Virtual Power Plants \nHosted by \nEarlier this month\, Fifth Third Bancorp announced that it has become the first Fortune 500 company and first bank to sign a power purchase agreement to achieve 100% renewable power through a single project. Furthermore\, Fifth Third becomes the first publicly-traded company to commit to purchase 100% renewable energy through solar power alone.  Advanced energy storage companies around the world are also deploying distributed\, dispatchable battery assets across regions\, including Tesla’s most recent residential deployment of Powerwalls in Australia. \nThe event will showcase Virtual (or off-site) Power purchase agreements (PPAs)\, which the industrial\, commercial\, and public sectors are taking advantage of to support development of new clean energy while meeting sustainability goals – such as carbon neutrality or obtaining 100% of their energy from renewable sources\, and reaping financial benefits at the same time.  We will also be discussing Virtual Power Plants (VPPs).  Most lithium-ion battery deployments today come in the form of giant\, centralized battery plants. A virtual power plant is comprised of multiple (hundreds or even thousands) of batteries distributed within a grid (at businesses\, schools\, or even homes)\, but  operate just like a one big system — charging up when demand and electricity rates are low and discharging when demand and prices are high. \nPanelists: \n\nGarrett Sprague\, Business Development Associate\, Customer First Renewables (CFR)\nNurit Katz\, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Officer of Facilities Management\, UCLA\nMark Tucker\, Business Development Director\, Public Sector\, Stem Inc\n\n  \nAgenda: \n5:30pm – Check-in and networking with appetizers and beer/wine \n6:30pm – Welcome Remarks \nIntroduction by GLUMAC \nPanel discussion moderated by Yair Crane\, Co-Chair YPE LA \n7:45pm – Q&A \n8:00pm – Networking \n8:30pm – Adjourn \n  \nLocation: \nGLUMAC Los Angeles \nAON Tower \n707 Wilshire Blvd. 23 rd Floor \nLos  Angeles\, CA 90017 \nRSVP is required\, no walk-ins\, due to building security requirements \nYoung Professionals in Energy (“YPE”) is a non-profit energy industry networking organization with over 15\,000 members worldwide (Tax ID 37-1540101). YPE LA events typically have 75-100 members that include a broader audience of LA professionals in the energy\, policy\, sustainability\, and clean technology fields\, including professionals from utilities\, professional engineers\, energy communications and policy experts\, project developers\, investors\, lawyers in the energy field\, venture capitalists\, solar companies\, as well as local and county officials.
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