DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
德安迪亚 · 萨尔瓦多: 如何让低收入家庭负担得起能源费用
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
我会小跑到房间另一端,
I would dash across the floor
her only air conditioner.
that that simple experience,
邻居捏造假能源帐户
having to set up fake energy accounts
but to bypass the meter
comfortable for one more day.
incidents can take root
with impossible choices.
three percent of their income on energy.
and rural populations
of their income on energy.
收入来缴能源费。
为了不耗尽家中的能源
25 million people to skip meals
than just a number.
and perilous choices:
艰难甚至危及生命的抉择:
to get her flu medicine,
药物还是能源这样的难题。
between medicine and energy.
and systemic issue.
都是一些有色人种,
are disproportionately people of color,
白人负担更多的能源开销。
than their white counterparts.
and even schoolteachers
of 37 million people a year
for their most basic needs.
high energy burdens
like heart disease and asthma.
制造能放进口袋的人工智能设备,
and our pocket-sized AI,
these systemic inequities.
microgrids and smart home technology
微电网和智能家居的造价
earn much more than the average American.
都比普通的美国人富裕。
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
创立了非营利组织RETI。
by working with communities,
to clean energy,
of local communities,
of relationships.
with the communities
and events for communities
updates to their homes
and water heaters
to community solar
智能家居研究
smart home research
their energy bills.
with elected officials,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
over three billion a year
millions of people,
a fraction of those in need.
home-energy affordability gap,
缺口将近470亿美元,
and resilience into our communities,
reliable and affordable.
清洁技术和能源效率
clean technology and energy efficiency
20 percent of their income --
who's struggling to make ends meet.
for families to use their energy savings
和她的邻居们需要做出的
and her neighbors,
that they had to make
on our whole community.
面临着同样艰难的选择。
to make the same impossible choices today.
需要克服的巨大障碍,
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
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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