DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
DeAndrea Salvador: Comment rendre l'énergie plus abordable pour les familles à faible revenu
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
chez mon arrière-grand-mère.
I would dash across the floor
chaudes et humides, je courais
her only air conditioner.
devant son seul climatiseur.
that that simple experience,
que cette expérience simple,
les histoires de voisins
having to set up fake energy accounts
des faux comptes d'énergie
me semblaient normales.
pour se réchauffer,
que de détourner le compteur
but to bypass the meter
comfortable for one more day.
familial un jour de plus.
incidents can take root
with impossible choices.
à des choix impossibles.
three percent of their income on energy.
dépense 3% de son revenu en énergie.
and rural populations
rurales et celles à faible revenu
of their income on energy.
30% de leurs revenus en énergie.
25 million people to skip meals
millions de personnes à sauter des repas
sont bien plus qu'un chiffre.
than just a number.
and perilous choices:
impossibles et périlleux :
to get her flu medicine,
votre fille de la grippe
between medicine and energy.
entre la médecine et l'énergie.
and systemic issue.
systémique de plus grande ampleur.
are disproportionately people of color,
d'énergie élevées
des familles de couleur,
than their white counterparts.
que les leurs homologues blancs.
and even schoolteachers
les vétérans et même les enseignants
of 37 million people a year
de personnes qui, chaque année,
énergétiques les plus fondamentaux.
for their most basic needs.
high energy burdens
énergétiques élevées
like heart disease and asthma.
aux maladies cardiaques et à l'asthme.
and our pocket-sized AI,
et nous avons l'IA dans notre poche,
à ces inégalités systémiques.
these systemic inequities.
microgrids and smart home technology
l'isolation, les micro-réseaux
deviennent moins chers.
earn much more than the average American.
qui ont l'énergie solaire
fondé l'association non-lucrative RETI.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
by working with communities,
les fardeaux énergétiques en travaillant
et les organismes gouvernementaux
to clean energy,
équitable à l'énergie propre,
à la technologie de l'énergie.
of local communities,
des communautés locales,
of relationships.
with the communities
avec les communautés
énergétiques les plus élevés.
and events for communities
et des événements
updates to their homes
des fenêtres et des chauffe-eaux,
and water heaters
to community solar
au solaire communautaire
smart home research
pour des maisons intelligentes
their energy bills.
à réduire ces dépenses.
with elected officials,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
d'équité et de résilience énergétique,
ensemble de manière durable.
de 3 milliards chaque année
over three billion a year
leurs factures énergétiques.
millions of people,
des millions de personnes,
a fraction of those in need.
de ceux qui en ont besoin.
home-energy affordability gap,
énergétiques de 47 milliards de dollars.
une solution durable en soi.
and resilience into our communities,
dans nos communautés,
un accès juste et impartial
reliable and affordable.
fiable et abordable.
d'énergie propre, d'efficacité énergétique
clean technology and energy efficiency
la santé publique.
énergétiques élevées
20 percent of their income --
20% de leurs revenus --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
qui a du mal à joindre les deux bouts.
d'utiliser leurs économies énergétiques
for families to use their energy savings
and her neighbors,
et à ses voisins,
that they had to make
qu'ils devaient faire
on our whole community.
to make the same impossible choices today.
impossibles aujourd'hui.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
communautés et technologies,
with communities and technology,
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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