DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
DeAndrea Salvador: Wie wir Energie für einkommensschwache Familien erschwinglicher machen können
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
im Haus meiner Uroma.
I would dash across the floor
flitzte ich immer über den Boden
her only air conditioner.
vor ihre einzige Klimaanlage.
that that simple experience,
dass diese einfache,
having to set up fake energy accounts
Geschichten von Nachbarn,
oder Energie stehlen mussten,
but to bypass the meter
ihre Zähler umgehen,
abgestellt wurden,
comfortable for one more day.
länger warmzuhalten.
incidents can take root
können entstehen,
Entscheidungen gestellt werden.
with impossible choices.
three percent of their income on energy.
3 % seines Einkommens für Energie aus.
and rural populations
und jene aus ländlichen Gebieten
of their income on energy.
ihres Einkommens für Energie aus.
25 million people to skip meals
Menschen Mahlzeiten auslassen mussten,
than just a number.
ist viel mehr als nur eine Zahl.
and perilous choices:
gefährlichen Entscheidungen einher:
to get her flu medicine,
between medicine and energy.
zwischen Medizin und Energie.
and systemic issue.
viel weitreichender und systembedingt.
unverhältnismäßig viele farbige Familien,
are disproportionately people of color,
than their white counterparts.
viel mehr pro Quadratmeter zahlen.
and even schoolteachers
Veteranen oder sogar Lehrer zählen
of 37 million people a year
for their most basic needs.
Bedürfnisse nicht zahlen können.
high energy burdens
mit hohen Energielasten
like heart disease and asthma.
oder Herzkrankheiten.
and our pocket-sized AI,
Raketen zum Mars und winzigen AI-Geräten
systembedingten Ungleichheiten zu beheben.
these systemic inequities.
microgrids and smart home technology
Microgrids und Smart-Home-Technologien
bald Kostenparität erreichen,
earn much more than the average American.
mehr Geld als der Durchschnittsamerikaner.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
die Non-Profit-Organisation RETI.
by working with communities,
indem wir mit Gemeinden zusammenarbeiten,
to clean energy,
zu sauberer Energie, Energieeffizienz
of local communities,
der örtlichen Gemeinden,
of relationships.
with the communities
and events for communities
mit dem Thema Energiearmut
updates to their homes
wie kleine Veränderungen zu Hause,
and water heaters
für Fenster und Wasserboiler,
to community solar
kommunalen Solaranlagen
smart home research
Smart-Home-Forschungs-
their energy bills.
Stromkosten zu senken.
with elected officials,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
Versorgungssicherheit zu erreichen,
over three billion a year
über 3 Mrd. Dollar jährlich
millions of people,
bereits Millionen von Menschen,
a fraction of those in need.
derer, die in Not sind.
home-energy affordability gap,
der Haushalte 47 Mrd. Dollar,
allein nicht nachhaltig ist.
and resilience into our communities,
in die Gemeinden bringen,
und erschwinglichen Zugang
bezahlbarer Energie sichern.
reliable and affordable.
clean technology and energy efficiency
saubere Technologien und Energieeffizienz
20 percent of their income --
20 % ihres Einkommens zu sparen --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
der gerade so über die Runden kommt.
for families to use their energy savings
ihre Ersparnisse durch Energie
and her neighbors,
und ihre Nachbarn zurück,
that they had to make
vor die sie gestellt wurden,
on our whole community.
to make the same impossible choices today.
die heute entscheiden müssen.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
eine riesige Herausforderung sind,
with communities and technology,
und mithilfe von Technologien
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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