This Week’s News for LA’s Best Buildings
Americans Connect Extreme Heat and Climate Change to their Health, Survey Finds
From higher electricity bills to worsened health, more than half of Americans have felt the impacts of extreme heat, according to a new survey released by NPR, Harvard University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Explainer: How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected
Gender inequality coupled with the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time. It poses threats to ways of life, livelihoods, health, safety and security for women and girls around the world.
Why CRE Companies Should Consider C-PACE Financing Now
It was a great example of how, for real estate owners trying to fill gaps in their capital stack or reduce the cost of more expensive sources of gap financings, C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) is one of the best ways to procure low-cost financing.
The Last Nuclear Plant in California—and the Unexpected Quest to Save It
California is facing steep energy challenges that are only expected to worsen as the climate crisis intensifies. The plant still provides roughly 9% of the state’s energy – the largest single source of electricity and enough to supply more than 3 million residents.
This Immersive Art Experience Resurrects a Historic Olvera Street Tree to Inspire You to Save the Planet
Conceptual artist Glenn Kaino collaborated with the magazine and a team of artists, musicians, tribal leaders, and environmentalists to take elements of those articles and their broader message, putting them into three-dimensional space via this art exhibition.
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2022 Innovation Awards: Industry Leader, Water
Retirement Housing Foundation Achieves Multi-Sector Collaboration that Saves a Million Gallons for Low-Income Senior Housing Community
During an unprecedented drought in California, MacArthur Park Tower, a low-income senior housing community with 183 units just west of Downtown Los Angeles, has saved more than a million gallons of water and roughly $10,000 in water bills just in the last seven or eight months
Female Protestor Holding Time For Change Placard