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December 19, 2011

Energy as Driver of Value: Energy Efficiency and Power Generation Increasingly Relevant to Developers

Excerpts from an Urban Land Institute panel on energy efficiency, power generation, and development. As utilities and energy companies move towards distributed power, how can building owners, businesses, and developers act now?

December 16, 2011

AIA Los Angeles: Political Leadership Could Bolster Green Design

A roundtable discussion hosted by the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, and featuring some of the region's most prominent designers sheds light on the role of the architect in greening the built environment. While design innovations have created energy efficient buildings and have raised awareness, coordinated government action could provide the scale necessary for noticeable change.

December 14, 2011

Irwin Jacobs on Entrepreneurship: 'You Can't Do Everything Yourself'

How does entrepreneurship work? Is a start-up driven by the vision of a hero or by the musings and experiments of a team? The following excerpts of Qualcomm and Linkabit co-founder Irwin Jacobs illustrate how academic ideas transitioned to the business world in 1960s and 1970s Southern California.

December 9, 2011

WindMade Connects Consumer Demand with the Energy Behind Production and Operations

Robyn Beavers explains how clearly branding a company's use of wind energy can increase demand. WindMade, a nonprofit linked to Denmark-based Vestas, has organized corporations from around the world behind this branding effort.

November 10, 2011

Westwood Village Plan Balances Students, Visitors, Businesses, and Public Space

A public symposium held to present the urban design plans for Westwood Village illustrated several debates. Who will take advantage of a redesigned Westwood Village? What role will UCLA have in defining the space? Is a new Metro stop the catalyst for change some claim it to be? A panel of architects, critics, and policy-makers discuss.

November 8, 2011

Sustainable Business Council & UCLA Host Smart Grid Panel

What is the smart grid? Where are the Southern California utilities in working towards its implementation? A Sustainable Business Council of Los Angeles panel examines these questions.

November 7, 2011

Future Ports Conference: Engaging in the Expansion of the 710 Freeway

Goods reaching the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach must reach their destinations across the US, and this creates intense trucking traffic along the I-710 corridor. Jerry Wood of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments describes how local government and community groups have engaged in the planning process for an upgrade to that transportation infrastructure.

November 7, 2011

SoCal’s Air Quality & Transportation: “We Need to Bring Down the Silo Walls”

Air pollution is recognized as a negative externality resulting from California's transportation infrastructure. But with limited fiscal capacity, how can the state enact the structural changes necessary for protecting the air while improving mobility? Panelists at the Air Quality and Transportation Regional Conference in Los Angeles discuss how to bring leaders to the table to solve this issue.

November 4, 2011

Millennium Project Will Reanimate Hollywood & Vine

Philip Aarons tells us about the Capitol Records Tower development at Hollywood and Vine by his firm, Millennium Partners. How can a developers push density in Los Angeles? What's exciting about urbanism in Hollywood?

November 4, 2011

Real Estate Ponders Industry’s Future Trajectory At ULI Conference

The Urban Land Institute's conference in Los Angeles featured a panel around a publication on where the real estate industry in trending. Peter Rummell, Patrick Phillips, Joseph Azrack, Thomas Toomey, and Victor MacFarlane discuss finance, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, and investment uncertainties.

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