Synapse: This Week's News for LA’s Best Buildings
We Need a New Approach to Cooling
Great advances have been made in the affordability of air conditioners (ACs)—enabling large-scale adoption in developed countries around the world, and rapidly accelerating demand in developing countries in the hotter climate zones around the tropics. In our increasingly warming world, the projected growth in room air conditioners alone amounts to 10 new ACs sold every second for the next 30 years!
The Wonders of Weatherization: Improving Equity through Stimulus Funding
COVID-related health impacts and financial hardship have disproportionately affected people of color in the United States. At the same time, the protests over the killing of George Floyd have further emphasized the need to address this country’s systemic racial inequities. Rather than allowing racial inequality to worsen further, Congress can provide money to federal programs in ways that address some of these racial disparities in addition to boosting the economy.
How to Conserve Water for Your Commercial or Multifamily Building
August is National Water Quality Awareness Month - celebrate it by taking advantage of LADWP’s resources for conserving water in Commercial and Multifamily Buildings.
Listen: Crafting California’s Recovery Amid the Pandemic, Heat Wave and Wildfires
Greentech Media’s podcast Political Climate presents the second episode in their "Relief, Rescue, Rebuild" series. Featuring climate activist and co-chair of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s economic recovery task force Tom Steyer, they take a look at California and how the most populous state in the nation with ambitious climate goals is crafting its economic recovery plan in the midst of the pandemic, extreme heat and brutal wildfires.
Webinar: Innovative Technologies Part 1 - Battery Storage, Presented by ENERGY STAR
On-site battery storage systems are becoming a viable option to help commercial buildings manage demand for grid supplied electricity. Join us to hear how two ENERGY STAR partners have implemented battery storage projects at their buildings.
Hines will discuss their battery-storage system which they piloted at a property in California to help efficiently regulate the energy flow from the grid, avoiding peak rates. Additionally, Kilroy Realty Corporation, and LABBC Partner, will discuss how they’ve implemented 9 battery storage system projects with a total capacity of 4.6 MW. KRC installed the batteries to ease strain on the grid as California moves to an all-renewable electric energy portfolio, as well as increase Net Operating Income at their buildings.
When: September 10, 10am PDT
