DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
DeAndrea Salvador: Como podemos tornar a energia mais acessível para famílias de baixa renda
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
na casa da minha bisavó.
I would dash across the floor
eu deslisava pelo chão
her only air conditioner.
do único ar-condicionado dela.
que essa simples experiência,
that that simple experience,
having to set up fake energy accounts
tendo que criar contas falsas de energia
a não ser ignorar o medidor
but to bypass the meter
comfortable for one more day.
confortável por mais um dia.
incidents can take root
pode criar raízes
with impossible choices.
com escolhas impossíveis.
three percent of their income on energy.
gasta 3% da renda em energia.
and rural populations
e de baixa renda
of their income on energy.
da renda deles em energia.
25 million people to skip meals
de pessoas pularem refeições
than just a number.
muito mais do que um número.
and perilous choices:
impossíveis e perigosas:
to get her flu medicine,
between medicine and energy.
entre medicina e energia.
and systemic issue.
muito maior e sistêmico.
are disproportionately people of color,
são desproporcionalmente pessoas de cor,
than their white counterparts.
do que os equivalentes brancos.
and even schoolteachers
veteranos e até professores
de 37 milhões de pessoas por ano
of 37 million people a year
for their most basic needs.
para as necessidades mais básicas.
com altas cargas de energia
high energy burdens
de doença cardíaca e asma.
like heart disease and asthma.
and our pocket-sized AI,
à Marte e nossa IA de bolso,
these systemic inequities.
com essas desigualdades sistêmicas.
microgrids and smart home technology
isolamento, microrredes e casa inteligente
aproximamos da paridade de custo,
earn much more than the average American.
muito mais do que o norte-americano médio.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
fundei o "RETI" sem fins lucrativos.
by working with communities,
trabalhando com as comunidades,
to clean energy,
à energia limpa,
of local communities,
of relationships.
dos relacionamentos.
with the communities
diretamente com as comunidades
e eventos para comunidades
and events for communities
updates to their homes
atualizações nas casas,
e aquecedores de água,
and water heaters
e maximizar a eficiência.
to community solar
à comunidade solar,
pela comunidade sobre casas inteligentes
smart home research
a reduzir as contas de energia.
their energy bills.
with elected officials,
com representantes eleitos,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
e resiliência da energia ter sucesso,
de forma sustentável.
over three billion a year
millions of people,
a fraction of those in need.
uma fração daqueles que precisam.
home-energy affordability gap,
da energia doméstica de US$ 47 bilhões,
não é sustentável.
and resilience into our communities,
e a resiliência em nossas comunidades,
reliable and affordable.
clean technology and energy efficiency
tecnologia limpa e eficiência energética
encargos de energia,
20 percent of their income --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
que está lutando para pagar as contas.
for families to use their energy savings
usarem as economias de energia
and her neighbors,
that they had to make
que eles tinham que fazer
on our whole community.
em toda a comunidade.
to make the same impossible choices today.
as mesmas escolhas impossíveis hoje.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
são uma tremenda barreira para superar,
with communities and technology,
com comunidades e tecnologia,
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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