DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
डीएंड्रिया साल्वाडोर: गरीबों के लिए सस्ती उर्जा कैसे बनाएँ
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
परदादी जी के घर बिताती थी।
I would dash across the floor
her only air conditioner.
के सामने जाकर बैठ जाती।
that that simple experience,
having to set up fake energy accounts
उन्हें ऊर्जा के लिए नकली एकाउंट बनाने पड़ते
but to bypass the meter
comfortable for one more day.
incidents can take root
with impossible choices.
three percent of their income on energy.
तीन प्रतिशत ऊर्जा पर खर्च करता है।
and rural populations
और ग्रामीण निवासी
of their income on energy.
भी ऊर्जा पर खर्च कर देते हैं।
25 million people to skip meals
अपना भोजन भी कम कर जाते
than just a number.
केवल संख्या की बात नहीं।
and perilous choices:
वे कठिन और नामुमकिन से हैं:
to get her flu medicine,
इलाज कराएँगे,
between medicine and energy.
के बीच चुनते हैं।
and systemic issue.
बड़ा मुद्दा खड़ा होता है।
are disproportionately people of color,
दूसरे लोगों पर पड़ता है
than their white counterparts.
and even schoolteachers
वाले अध्यापक भी प्रति वर्ष
of 37 million people a year
जिनके लिए बिजली
for their most basic needs.
होने के बावजूद भी महंगी है।
high energy burdens
जिन पर ऊर्जा का बोझ ज़्यादा है,
like heart disease and asthma.
अधिकतम रूप से संभव है।
and our pocket-sized AI,
नए नए स्मार्टफोन आते हैं,
these systemic inequities.
इन मुद्दों को सुलझा सकते हैं।
microgrids and smart home technology
स्मार्ट घरेलू तकनीक के दाम
earn much more than the average American.
वे एक आम अमरीकी से ज़्यादा कमाते हैं।
मैंने गैर-लाभकारी रेटि का निर्माण किया।
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
by working with communities,
और सरकारी एजेंसी के साथ काम करें,
to clean energy,
सही ऊर्जा तकनीक
of local communities,
of relationships.
with the communities
ऊर्जा की गरीबी के बारे में
and events for communities
updates to their homes
and water heaters
पर बेहतर रोधन से
to community solar
smart home research
their energy bills.
with elected officials,
काम कर रहे हैं,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
over three billion a year
millions of people,
a fraction of those in need.
कुछ भाग के लिए ही।
home-energy affordability gap,
470 करोड़ का है,
and resilience into our communities,
ऊर्जा का निर्माण करने से,
से पहुँचा सकते हैं,
reliable and affordable.
clean technology and energy efficiency
साफ़ तकनीक, और ऊर्जा दक्षता से
20 percent of their income --
20 प्रतिशत हो सकती है --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
आदमी की आमदनी में।
for families to use their energy savings
बहुत से परिवार
and her neighbors,
पड़ोसियों के बारे में सोचती हूँ,
that they had to make
on our whole community.
to make the same impossible choices today.
ऐसे निर्णय लेने पड़ते हैं।
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
को घटाना बहुत कठिन है,
with communities and technology,
सही तकनीक के साथ काम करें,
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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