Is Local Energy the Key to Energy Equity?
Don’t miss the recording of EcoBlock Project Advisor Michael Ginsberg’s panel at the 2022 Microgrid Knowledge Conference!
Category: EcoBlock in the News
EcoBlock PI Speaks at USGBC Smart Building Summit
EcoBlock PI and Energy team co-lead Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier joined industry experts at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)’s inaugural Smart Building Summit to discuss the role of smart building technologies in advancing decarbonization and the challenges of integrating renewable energy resources with the electric grid.
Opinion: Denser Housing at BART Stations is Climate-Smart
EcoBlock co-PI and UC Berkeley professor Dan Kammen, alongside Charles Koven of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, discuss why maximizing housing density near transit hubs would be a win for the climate and for the community.
The Role of Microgrids in Providing Reliable and Equitable Access to Electricity
EcoBlock PI and Energy team co-lead Dr. Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier participated in a California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) expert briefing on the role of community microgrids in California.
Bringing Digitalization Home: How Can Technology Address Housing Challenges?
EcoBlock Project Manager Dr. Therese Peffer recently participated in a Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies symposium from March 24–26, 2022. Titled Bringing Digitalization Home: How Can Technology Address Housing Challenges?, the three-day event focused on digitalization and how it is spurring a fundamental change in the way housing is produced, marketed, sold, financed, managed, and lived in.
22 Intriguing Microgrid Projects to Watch in 2022
Microgrid Knowledge: The Oakland EcoBlock was selected as one of 22 microgrid projects to watch in 2022 in a Microgrid Knowledge feature piece published on January 11, 2022. The projects […]
More Communities Now Eligible to Pursue Microgrids as a Part of PG&E’s Efforts to Build a Stronger, More Resilient Electric Grid
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approves PG&E’s proposal to expand eligibility requirements for community-proposed microgrids. The Oakland EcoBlock is featured as an example of how PG&E can collaborate on community resilience.
The Oakland EcoBlock: Building Energy and Social Justice into the Innovation and Planning Process
On July 16, 2021, EcoBlock co-PI Dan Kammen testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on how to foster equity in energy innovation. In […]
The Butterfly Effect: Retrofitting Low-Income Housing
Archinect: The Oakland EcoBlock project was highlighted as an example of community-led, residential retrofitting in an Archinect feature piece published on May 27, 2021. Read the full story here.
How the Rich Can Escape America’s Unreliable Power Grid
Bloomberg Green: EcoBlock Energy team co-lead and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab research scientist Rich Brown discusses the future of microgrids and securing equitable access to clean energy in a Bloomberg […]