http://www.cleantechlosangeles.org CleanTech Los Angeles: Establishing LA as the leader in clean technologies en-us http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/images/clean-tech-la-logo.png http://www.cleantechlosangeles.org Last year, the U.S. government arranged the most financing for clean energy projects, surpassing development banks in Europe and Brazil. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2121 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:21:46 PDT Since 2006, UCLA has certified five of its buildings under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program and now will add nine more projects to be completed this year. UC and UCLA policy now requires that all new buildings and major retrofits meet LEED standards. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2107 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:09:46 PDT InnoCentive is the open innovation and crowdsourcing pioneer that enables organizations to solve their key problems by connecting them to diverse sources of innovation including employees, customers, partners, and the world’s largest problem solving marketplace. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2106 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:45 PDT Challenge.gov is an online challenge platform administered by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in partnership with ChallengePost that empowers the U.S. Government and the public to bring the best ideas and top talent to bear on our nation’s most pressing challenges. This platform is the latest milestone in the Administration’s commitment to use prizes and challenges to promote innovation. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2105 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:47 PDT The world desperately needs innovation in energy technologies — but those innovations are unlikely to happen by themselves. A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has now identified a suite of policy and investment strategies that could accelerate innovation in the United States, helping to meet our growing energy needs affordably and reliably, reducing carbon emissions and alleviating insecurity over energy supplies. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2104 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:46 PDT Enjoy this piece from KCRW's "Which Way, L.A? http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2090 Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:40:46 PDT The U.S. electric grid is a vast physical and human network connecting thousands of electricity generators to millions of consumers— a linked system of public and private enterprises operating within a web of government institutions: federal, regional, state, and municipal. The grid will face a number of serious challenges over the next two decades, while new technologies also present valuable opportunities for meeting these challenges. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2083 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:36:29 PDT This Pike Research white paper analyzes ten key trends that will influence the development of the electric vehicle market in 2012 and beyond. Conclusions and predictions in this paper are drawn from the firm’s ongoing Smart Transportation research coverage, with forecasts included for key market sectors. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2080 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:13:03 PDT Imagine…a world where we power our lives with a cost effective and globally abundant fuel source that produces zero emissions. The world would have less pollution, cleaner air, safer drinking water, and little to worry about global warming. A handful of countries would no longer monopolize the limited supply of the world’s energy, as energy sources would be widely available. Imagine less global conflict, less violence, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and more consistent energy prices. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2058 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:46:14 PDT Re-direct from the White House Blog on a new initiative catering CleanTech Entrepreneurs. We here at CleanTech LA felt that it was important to get this message and opportunity out to our community so that they can hear it first and build on this opportunity fruitfully. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2057 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:51:04 PDT In accordance with the City of Los Angeles - Ordinance No. 181910, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will implement a Local Business Preference Program (LBPP) effective January 1, 2012 for contracts estimated to be in excess of $150,000. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2052 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:50:12 PDT Join us on December 7th at LACI or December 8th at UCLA for a chance to network with fellow CleanTech enthusiasts for a chance to hear from thought leaders on the state of the industry and how LA is leading the way. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2044 Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:48:26 PDT This is a re-direct from The White House Blog, that we here at CleanTech LA thought might be of interest to our community. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2040 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:15:42 PDT This blog posting from a colleague of mine, at the White House (during my USG Days in DC), should be of interest to cleantech entrepreneurs. Also do check out http://green.sba.gov/ for Fed-Funding Opps in the CleanTech space. -n http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2043 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:15:45 PDT The Environment California Research & Policy Center has released a new report documenting that California has installed more than 1 gigawatt of rooftop solar power. To put that figure in perspective, only five other countries worldwide have achieved that amount of rooftop solar power. The study also notes that the state's Million Solar Roofs initiative is on pace to meet its goal of installing its legislatively mandated 3 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2016. http://cleantechla.international.ucla.edu/news/article.asp?parentid=2034 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:13:57 PDT