DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
دیآندریا سالوادور: چگونه انرژی را برای خانوادههای کم درآمد دست یافتنیتر کنیم
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
مادربزرگم میگذراندم.
I would dash across the floor
میپردیم به آن طرف اتاق
her only air conditioner.
هوای آنجا میچسباندم.
that that simple experience,
having to set up fake energy accounts
ساختن حسابهای انرژی دروغین
but to bypass the meter
دستکاری کردن کنتر نداشتند
comfortable for one more day.
خانوادهشان آسایش داشته باشد.
incidents can take root
زمانی شکل میگیرد
with impossible choices.
three percent of their income on energy.
سه درصد از درآمدش را خرج انرژی میکند.
and rural populations
of their income on energy.
را خرج انرژی میکنند.
25 million people to skip meals
از وعدههای غذایی خود بزنند
than just a number.
and perilous choices:
و غیرممکن ارائه میدهند.
to get her flu medicine,
کودکتان را برایش میگیرید،
between medicine and energy.
انرژی و دارو انتخاب میکنند.
and systemic issue.
و سیستماتیک است.
are disproportionately people of color,
بطور نامتناسبی رنگین پوست هستند،
than their white counterparts.
بیشتری در هر مترمربع میپردازند.
and even schoolteachers
و حتی معلمان مدرسه هم
of 37 million people a year
قرار میگیرند که در سال
for their most basic needs.
اکثر نیازهای اولیه خود برنمیآیند.
high energy burdens
مشکل انرژی
like heart disease and asthma.
و مرض قلبی قرار میگیرند.
and our pocket-sized AI,
مریخ فرستاده میشوند یا هوش مصنوعی جیبی،
these systemic inequities.
نابرابریهای سیستماتیک برخورداریم.
microgrids and smart home technology
شبکه برق میکرو و فناوری خانگی هوشمند
به این توازن هزینه،
earn much more than the average American.
درآمد بیشتری از آمریکایی متوسط دارند.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
غیرانتفاعی RETI را بنا نهام.
by working with communities,
از طریق کار کردن با جوامع کوچک،
to clean energy,
of local communities,
of relationships.
with the communities
کوچکی شروع میکنیم
and events for communities
برای جوامع کوچکیم
updates to their homes
کوچک در منازلشان
and water heaters
to community solar
محلی وصل میکنیم
smart home research
their energy bills.
خانوادهها کمک کنیم.
with elected officials,
مستقیما کار میکنیم،
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
انرژی مساوی و بهبود موفقیت،
over three billion a year
۳ میلیارد دلار در سال
millions of people,
a fraction of those in need.
به کسری از افرار نیازمند است.
home-energy affordability gap,
۴۷ میلیارد دلار است،
and resilience into our communities,
بهبودپذیری در جوامع خویش،
reliable and affordable.
و به قیمت را تضمین کنیم.
clean technology and energy efficiency
فناوری تمیز و بهرهوری انرزی
20 percent of their income --
باز پس بگیرند --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
خود درمانده است.
for families to use their energy savings
تا از پسنداز خود از انرژی
and her neighbors,
و همسایگان او فکر میکنم،
that they had to make
مجبور بودند داشته باشند
on our whole community.
to make the same impossible choices today.
این انتخابهای غیرممکن هستند.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
عظیمی برای فائق آمدن است،
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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