On May 29, Dr. Miriam Aczel, with support from Dr. Phillippe Phanivong, presented the Oakland EcoBlock as part of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)’s Science Talk series. Miriam shared lessons learned from the project, which aims to achieve communal ownership and management of shared energy resources for an underserved neighborhood in Oakland, CA.
“Change Moves at the Speed of Trust”: EcoBlock at DAC Weatherization Conference
EcoBlock’s Dr. Therese Peffer and Rich Brown highlighted strategies for effective community-scale decarbonization, including: sustained resident engagement, bundling home performance and low-power electrification upgrades, and leveraging the economies of scale associated with block-level retrofits.