When the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) launched a $1.2 billion building program in 2001, green building and sustainability were not nearly the industry buzz words that they are today. Now, with LACCD’s program continuing through 2015 and spending $6 billion, LACCD has consistently set the market for green products and can claim game-changing impacts on sustainability practices in the building industry.
With its headquarters in California, ZAP Electric Vehicles made business history last month when it announced that it had gained approval from the Chinese government to acquire Jonway Automotive, becoming the first American company to have controlling interest in a Chinese automotive manufacturer. With this powerful foothold into the Chinese market, ZAP Electric Vehicles, whose stock price has soared since, is revolutionizing the automotive market by delivering a variety of affordable electric cars to the market.
With the November election in the rear view mirror and a new governor set to take office, VerdeX presents the following Clean Energy Jobs Plan, which was released recently by Jerry Brown, the current state attorney general and the governor-elect.
Since arriving as the dean of the USC School of Architecture in 2007, Qingyun Ma has set an aggressive agenda for expanding the scope and skill set of the students and faculty of the architectural school. Three years later, Dean Ma continues to focus on integrating technology and sustainability, while organizing workshops around the world—establishing USC as a world class school of architecture.
Andy Lipkis, founder and president of TreePeople, details one of his projects, the Elmer Avenue Project in Los Angeles, which blueprints TreePeople’s 40-year history of proving the feasibility of new types of infrastructure development that simultaneously mimic natural processes and benefit the environment.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomed the world to the Governors' Climate Summit 3 at UC Davis this morning, gathering a diverse global coalition of likeminded business and political leaders working to make the green market a reality.
The proceedings at a press conference welcoming BYD-America to Los Angeles were celebratory.
Renewable energy advocate Paul Gipe details the incentives, such as feed-in tariffs, that are driving renewable energy development in other countries. California will need similar incentives if it wishes to achieve its ambitious renewable energy portfolio targets.
Policy leaders from Canada, Germany, and Japan detail the government incentives that are paving the way for renewable energy development in their countries.
Electric car manufacturers have provided good news to the state economy this month. Santa Monica-based CODA Automotive can bring more good news if local and state officials help keep them local.
AECOM, recently voted the world's leading design firm by an industry publication, is building some of the world's most ambitious projects in environment and infrastructure.
A member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Rep. Blumenauer (D-Oregon) is working for progressive legislation.
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An expert panel discusses the California High Speed Rail project at VX2010: The VERDEXCHANGE Green Marketmakers Conference, held January 25, 2010, in Los Angeles, California.
oat-left">VX2010 was held this week in Los Angeles. Over 400 business and political leaders gathered to explore the cutting edge of green technology and policy.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to the U.N. Copenhagen Climate Change Conference on December 15, presenting an argument for the importance of subnational work on carbon emission reduction.