DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
ДеАндреа Салвадор: Как да направим енергията по-достъпна за бедните семейства
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
I would dash across the floor
her only air conditioner.
that that simple experience,
having to set up fake energy accounts
трябвало да създават фалшиви енергийни сметки
but to bypass the meter
бяха изключени,
comfortable for one more day.
в комфортни условия за още един ден.
incidents can take root
може да се случи,
with impossible choices.
невъзможни решения.
three percent of their income on energy.
3 процента от своя приход за енергия.
and rural populations
и селски популации
of their income on energy.
от техния приход за енергия.
25 million people to skip meals
души да пропускат дневните хранения,
than just a number.
повече от просто едно число.
and perilous choices:
to get her flu medicine,
против настинка
between medicine and energy.
лекарства и енергия.
and systemic issue.
и системен проблем.
are disproportionately people of color,
непропорционално хора от цвят,
than their white counterparts.
метър от техните бели съседи.
and even schoolteachers
ветерани и учители,
of 37 million people a year
души годишно,
for their most basic needs.
за основните си нужди.
high energy burdens
с енергийни трудности
like heart disease and asthma.
and our pocket-sized AI,
изкуствен интелект с размер на джоб,
these systemic inequities.
адресираме тези системни неравенства.
microgrids and smart home technology
източници, изолация, микрогридс и
към паритета на разходите,
earn much more than the average American.
печелят много повече от средния американец.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
организацията с нестопанска цел RETI.
by working with communities,
трудности като работим с общностите,
агенции заедно,
to clean energy,
до чиста енергия,
енергийна технология.
да разрешим това.
of local communities,
of relationships.
на взаимоотношенията.
with the communities
работим с общностите,
and events for communities
и събития за общностите
updates to their homes
малки подобрения в дома си,
and water heaters
и нагреватели за вода,
до максималната ефективност.
to community solar
обществен соларен панел
smart home research
домашни проучвания и
ръководени от общността,
their energy bills.
сметките си за енергия.
with elected officials,
с избрани служители
по-равнопоставени такси,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
енергийно равенство и жилавост успешна,
over three billion a year
от 3 милиарда годишно
millions of people,
на милиони души,
a fraction of those in need.
малка част от нуждаещите се.
home-energy affordability gap,
достъпността на домашната енергия,
and resilience into our communities,
и устойчивост в нашите общности,
безпристрастен достъп
reliable and affordable.
сигурна и достъпна.
clean technology and energy efficiency
и достъпна тегнология
20 percent of their income --
20 процента от своя приход-
who's struggling to make ends meet.
който не успява да свърже двата края.
for families to use their energy savings
използват техните енергийни спестявания
and her neighbors,
that they had to make
които трябвало да вземат,
on our whole community.
цялата ни общност.
to make the same impossible choices today.
да направят тези избори, по целия свят.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
огромна бариера за прескачане,
with communities and technology,
с общностите и технологията,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
DeAndrea Salvador - Environmental justice advocateDeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy.
Why you should listen
DeAndrea Newman Salvador is an energy expert with a background in economics, an entrepreneur and a founder of two groundbreaking organizations, Renewable Energy Transition Initiative (RETI) and JouleScout. She works to create seamless integration of low-income families into a world of energy abundance.
Witnessing neighbors in her home state of North Carolina struggle to keep up with energy expenses, Salvador took action in 2013 and founded RETI, a nonprofit focused on helping low-income families sustainably reduce energy costs and gain access to cutting-edge technology. Through RETI, Salvador is partnering with Duke Energy (one of the nation's largest utilities) to launch a low- to moderate-income shared solar program in South Carolina. RETI also worked with the City of Charlotte to create a Smart Home Kick Start for the city's residents.
Furthering her mission to create energy equity in the new energy economy, Salvador founded JouleScout in 2018. JouleScout is a social enterprise focused on helping energy providers incentivize customers to use less energy at key times without sacrificing comfort, thereby ensuring grid reliability, fewer blackouts and more renewables on the grid with a cost savings to customers.
As a social entrepreneur and advocate, Salvador has been featured by The Atlantic, Fast Company, the BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Utility Drive and the Charlotte Observer. Her own articles are published in Pacific Standard Magazine, GOOD, The Development Set, BRIGHT Magazine and on TheWeek.com.
Salvador is a TED2018 Fellow, a recipient of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Young Alumna of the Year Award and was recognized as one of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Black Chamber of Commerce's 30 under 30. She is a member of the Mecklenburg County Air Quality Commission and sits on the Board of Directors for Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!).
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