DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
ДеАндреа Сальвадор: Как сделать энергию доступнее нуждающимся
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
я бежала через комнату
her only air conditioner.
воздуха от единственного кондиционера.
that that simple experience,
having to set up fake energy accounts
нормальными истории о том,
подделывали счета за электричество
but to bypass the meter
кроме как обходить счётчик,
comfortable for one more day.
сохранить тепло для своей семьи.
incidents can take root
with impossible choices.
перед невозможным выбором.
three percent of their income on energy.
3% дохода на оплату электричества.
and rural populations
живущих в сельской местности,
of their income on energy.
от 20 до 30 процентов доходов.
25 million people to skip meals
человек недоедали,
становится бременем.
than just a number.
это не только цифры.
and perilous choices:
и опасный выбор:
to get her flu medicine,
between medicine and energy.
между лекарством и энергией.
and systemic issue.
системной проблеме.
are disproportionately people of color,
по большей части цветные,
than their white counterparts.
чем белые семьи.
and even schoolteachers
даже школьных учителей —
of 37 million people a year
for their most basic needs.
минимально необходимую электроэнергию.
high energy burdens
like heart disease and asthma.
and our pocket-sized AI,
и портативные ИИ,
these systemic inequities.
этой системной несправедливости.
microgrids and smart home technology
теплоизоляции, микросетей и «умных» домов
earn much more than the average American.
среднего американца.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
я основала некоммерческую компанию RETI.
by working with communities,
работая с людьми,
организациями,
to clean energy,
к чистой энергии,
of local communities,
of relationships.
with the communities
and events for communities
updates to their homes
and water heaters
энергоэффективность.
to community solar
кто занимается солнечной энергией,
smart home research
their energy bills.
with elected officials,
с выборными властями,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
справедливого энергоснабжения
over three billion a year
millions of people,
помогают миллионам людей,
a fraction of those in need.
всех нуждающихся.
home-energy affordability gap,
энергии, необходимы 47 млрд долларов,
не решит проблему.
and resilience into our communities,
и повысив жизнеспособность в сообществах,
равного доступа
reliable and affordable.
clean technology and energy efficiency
и энергоэффективность
20 percent of their income --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
концы с концами.
for families to use their energy savings
сбережения от электроэнергии
and her neighbors,
that they had to make
on our whole community.
на всех наших соседях.
to make the same impossible choices today.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
справиться очень сложно,
with communities and technology,
в местных сообществах и технологий
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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