Kelly Sanders

professor of civil and environmental engineering at USC

Associate Professor in the University of Southern California’s Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Kelly Sanders on KCRW

As a heat wave continues in California, policies about air conditioning access are distorted, says a USC professor. And 20% of LA households don’t have AC.

Universal AC access? CA’s power grid likely can’t handle it

As a heat wave continues in California, policies about air conditioning access are distorted, says a USC professor. And 20% of LA households don’t have AC.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Warren Olney talks about the blackout during the Texas deep freeze with meteorologist John Morales and USC energy expert Kelly Sanders.

Texas blames blackouts on the Green New Deal, and Joe Biden says ‘America’s back’

Warren Olney talks about the blackout during the Texas deep freeze with meteorologist John Morales and USC energy expert Kelly Sanders.

from To the Point

This Labor Day weekend might be the hottest on record in LA. Temperatures may climb as high as 15 to 20 degrees above normal. It’s being called a “heat storm.”

Triple digit heat in LA this Labor Day weekend — what that means for the most vulnerable residents

This Labor Day weekend might be the hottest on record in LA. Temperatures may climb as high as 15 to 20 degrees above normal. It’s being called a “heat storm.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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