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Mar 31, 2025

Identifying Resilient, Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Los Angeles: How Might Landlords of Single-Family Homes Meet Indoor Temperature Thresholds?

In this report, the authors consider how the County of Los Angeles might develop its maximum indoor temperature threshold ordinance for single-family rental houses across various types of active and passive cooling.
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Feb 14, 2025

Keeping Los Angeles Renters Cool

In this video, the authors consider how the County of Los Angeles might develop its maximum indoor temperature threshold ordinance for single-family rental houses across various types of active and passive cooling.
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Jan 28, 2025

AI's Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth: Extrapolating AI Data Center Power Demand and Assessing Its Potential Impact on U.S. Competitiveness

The authors provide two extrapolations of recent artificial intelligence trends to assess future power needs, summarize current bottlenecks for data center construction, and discuss what a failure to resolve them could mean for U.S. competitiveness.
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Aug 19, 2024

The Double-Edged Sword of Air Conditioning in a Warming World

Last summer was the hottest on record and 2024 looks to be hotter still. Cranking up the AC can provide temporary relief but it could lead to greater vulnerability to extreme climate events over time. Fortunately, there are strategies that could reduce air conditioning's greenhouse gas emissions.
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May 28, 2024

Proposed Cooling Policy Would Cause Air Conditioning Usage to Rise, Risking Blackouts

Los Angeles County's Board of Supervisors is considering a policy that would establish a temperature threshold for rental units. It's crucial that policymakers assess the impact of the policy on the electrical grid and whether it will actually help the people it intends to help.
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Mar 26, 2024

Extreme Weather and Climate Hazard Impacts on Energy and Water Utilities: Implications for Department of the Air Force Installation Climate Resilience Planning

Researchers developed an approach for estimating utility system exposure to extreme weather- and climate-related hazards to inform at which installations the Department of the Air Force might consider prioritizing deep-dive vulnerability assessments.
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Feb 24, 2023

Puerto Rico's Food Security Must Factor in Planning Energy Security

The tragedy of disaster recovery has unlocked substantial capital for Puerto Rico to rewrite its interdependent security in energy and food. Considering food security in this context could help to ensure the population has access to both power and food.
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Nov 7, 2022

China's Role in the Global Development of Critical Resources: Case Studies in Coal Power, Electricity Transmission, and Seabed Mining

China's foreign investment and financing activities over the past two decades have garnered substantial attention and raised concerns. This report explores Chinese investment and financing activities in energy infrastructure and critical minerals.
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Feb 17, 2022

Equity Metrics for Climate Adaptation in the Electricity Sector

Social equity has become a key concern among public agencies. The authors developed an illustrative set of context-specific equity metrics that Southern California Edison could build on and incorporate into its ongoing work toward climate adaptation.
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Nov 5, 2021

The Role of Mobility Data Hubs in an Integrated Decarbonized Transportation Future

This paper identifies key players and data architectures emerging in a service-based mobility market, explores use cases where data hubs have enabled greater outcomes, and discusses key issues that need to be resolved to leverage emerging hubs towards a sustainable future.
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Jul 14, 2021

Incentivizing Solar: Catalyzing Solar Energy Technology Adoption to Address the Challenge of Climate Change

The authors provide an overview of the U.S. solar energy market and identify federal incentives that can help decarbonize the U.S. economy. They also explore solar reliability, job benefits, and availability to disadvantaged communities.
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Jun 4, 2019

Shift in Seasonal Climate Patterns Likely to Impact Residential Energy Consumption in the United States

This paper presents an ensemble of climate simulations and empirical relationships between weather and household energy consumption to provide detailed estimates for potential climate-driven changes in the United States residential energy demand.

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