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The Future of Community Resilience: Resilience Hubs
It’s the final part of our Resilience Series, and this time we’re talking about resilience hubs. Keeping the power on in emergencies is a must, and it’s also important to consider the food, shelter, and well-being of a community. Read more to learn all about community resilience!
Microgrids & Energy Resilience
In Part 2 of our Resilience Series, we’re talking all things energy resilience and microgrids. Keeping the power on in times of emergencies is more important than ever, and microgrids are an exciting technology that can be reliable AND clean!
Distilling the Inflation Reduction Act
We are taking a little break from our series on air conditioning and its environmental impacts to bring you some important intel on recent federal legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act passed in the Senate, the House, and President Biden just made it all official by signing it into law! What does it mean for the Planet? Read on to find out!
An Update on The Power of Heat Pumps: Bringing Peace & Freedom to Ukraine
In our last blog, we discussed how heat pumps can be a force against Putin’s power stemming from the Russian oil and gas sector. In this follow-up blog, we will continue to discuss heat pumps and how the world is responding to calls to transition off oil and gas to support Ukraine.
The Power of Heat Pumps: Bringing Peace & Freedom to Ukraine
Read about how heat pumps are supporting the people of Ukraine through the impact’s of Russia’s invasion.
Microgrids in Refugee Camps: Improving People's Lives (Part 2)
Electricity is a basic human need. In the second post of our 2-part blog, we are exploring the possibilities for microgrids to better and brighten the lives of refugees in Rwanda. Providing reliable energy empowers communities and creates economic in order to lift refugees out from under the poverty trap.
Microgrids in Refugee Camps: Improving People's Lives
Energy poverty is a struggle faced by people around the world and a barrier to prosperity and health in refugee camps. Recent advancements in microgrid technology can provide sustainable electricity and clean water, which gives refugees the resources to work, study, run a business and avoid harmful cooking fumes. In this 2-part blog, we are exploring Rwanda and sub-Saharan Africa to address disparities in refugee camps and dive into the solutions that microgrids can provide in these communities and beyond.
Meet the New Microgrid Manager
Hopefully you’ve seen RUN-GJC partners in the news and heard about the clean, community microgrids the team has been working on since 2016. The microgrids have come a loooong way since then and recently hit a big milestone: staff was hired! Sari Kayyali is the new Microgrid Manager for GreenRoots and Chinatown Power, Inc., the organizations anchoring each project. Tune in as we get to hear from Sari himself!
