This summer, EPA’s Local Climate and Energy Program will be hosting a two-part webcast series on the connections among climate change, the heat island effect, and public health. As temperatures rise due to climate change, the heat island effect (which causes built-up areas to be hotter than surrounding areas) is exacerbated, leading to increases in heat-related illnesses, deaths, and other health problems. This series will address both the short-term response needs that local governments face during heat waves and longer-term strategies for reducing the heat island effect in the future

Pasadena has played host to parades, bike races and music festivals, and for the first time is opening its streets to the largest car-free open streets event in America. CicLAvia – Pasadena Presented by Metrotakes place from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 31. The city will lend its own charm and flair to CicLAvia as participants travel along Colorado Boulevard, and down side streets to parks and historic architecture using foot, pedal and non-motorized wheel power. Go Metro to CicLAvia, the event route will connect to the Memorial and Del Mar the Metro Gold Line Stations enabling participants to have a car-free or car-lite day. 

The Decarbonizing California conference will demonstrate how our state can meet our 2050 targets while simultaneously improving our lives and growing the economy.

The purpose of the following workshops is to gather public input to inform the DRAFT Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program guidelines.

The 3rd Month Forum is a public event series to explore climate action efforts in the Los Angeles region.

The third 3rd Month Forum takes it on the road with a tour of two affordable housing projects to showcase. 

US Green Building Council- Los Angeles is bringing together Los Angeles' building owners, leading political leaders, and technical experts. This action packed event will provide you with access to tools, technologies, and best practices you need to accomplish your goals. Using the Hilton Universal as a case study, you will hear the simple steps they took to make their building more efficient with no money out of pocket.

“Net zero energy buildings” is the latest buzz phrase in the building community, but who has built one and how do we get to zero? This session gathers a stellar panel of speakers (listed below) to share several short 18 minute “TED style” case studies on successful high performance NZE buildings with information shared on the energy conservation measures (ECM’s) employed on each project. Other discussion topics include: curbing consumption, increasing efficiency, driving occupant behavior, and the relationship between NZE buildings and green building rating systems including LEED and the Living Building Challenge.

Join the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Just Add Water: Discussion Series and explore the L.A. River — the vibrant, diverse, concrete and green, watery centerpiece of the new L.A. of the 21st century and its changing relationship to water.

PANELISTS: Lila Higgins, Manager of Citizen Science and Live Animals at NHM,Lewis MacAdams, Co-founder of the Friends of the Los Angeles River (FoLAR),Allison Carruth, Associate Professor in the Department of English at UCLA and author of "Global Appetites: American Power and the Literature of Food"

Join USGBC-LA San Fernando Valley Chapter for a talk with Mika Kim founder of "Work Place of the Future" for her happiness initiative marking the beginning of the happiness movement in LA which will evaluate the city's overall satisfaction with life.  The non-profit organization partners with the Gross National Happiness (GNH) US as part of an ongoing effort across all 88 cities of LA working together to administer the GNH index survey to transform lives through creating happy cities.
 

Join the Partner Energy Team and USGBC LA South Bay Branch as we host a tour and discussion of the recently opened Arbor Green affordable housing project by Affirmed Housing. 

This forum is offered free of charge to California local governments and will feature updates from key state agencies and highlight innovative local energy and climate change programs. Past topics have included energy savings programs, financing, climate action tools, and best practices for reducing energy use and greenhouse gases in your community. Join us the evening before to toast energy leaders from around the state at our Energy Champions Networking Reception.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) invites you to a community open house to hear about alignment alternatives for the 60-mile Palmdale to Los Angeles project section of California’s high-speed rail program.

USGBC-LA is hosting a Ping Pong Tournament at SPIN at The STANDARD in downtown Los Angeles. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Green Apple Day of Service projects in which local schools build native gardens, install recycling stations, and other creative projects to green their schools.

The speaker is Professor and Director Rajit Gadh, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IoES, and the UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) invites you to a community open house to hear about alignment alternatives for the 60-mile Palmdale to Los Angeles project section of California’s high-speed rail program.

The  U.S. Green Building Council, Los Angeles Chapter, San Gabriel Valley branch,
Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee is pleased to extend this invitation to: “WAT-ER YOU WAITING FOR?,” a municipal breakfast forum, covering timely water supply and conservation issues.

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The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) invites you to a community open house to hear about alignment alternatives for the 60-mile Palmdale to Los Angeles project section of California’s high-speed rail program.

The annual USGBC Think Tank event will include timely 5 -10 minute rapid fire updates from Senator Kevin deLeon's Office, City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Better Buildings Challenge, California Sustainability Alliance, BOMA and our EB Committee. 

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) invites you to a community open house to hear about alignment alternatives for the 60-mile Palmdale to Los Angeles project section of California’s high-speed rail program

Come join the San Fernando Valley branch of USGBC LA as they tour this new LEED Gold SF Valley medical facility & have an evening networking event.

The 3rd Month Forum is a public event series to explore climate action efforts in the Los Angeles Region. The event will feature a panel moderated by the Council for Watershed Health as well as an opportunity to provide public comment on the Governor's Draft Environmental Goals and Policy Report. 

The Future is Here. Navigating the Road Ahead: The Guide to Evolving Regulations and Changes to Green Building Standards in 2014

The Municipal Green Building Conference and Expo is Southern California's longest-running and largest sustainability and green building event focusing on the unique needs and concerns of municipalities.

In this webinar learn tax strategies to add value to and lower the costs of energy upgrade projects.

Come learn more about Place of the Future and Bentley Mills.

When landlords and tenants want to work together to enhance their building’s performance, they often seem to be speaking different languages. There is currently little widely accepted green leasing language, and no simple blueprint to bridge the landlord-tenant divide on sustainability. As a result, many firms interested in green leases face difficulty when it comes to implementation.
 

Join the conversation on sustainability and design down at City Hall.