Ecoblock: A New Model for Multi-Customer Microgrids With Alexandra von Meier and Therese Peffer

This presentation, from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, is from the BEST Center's 2022 Annual Institute. Presenters Alexandra von Meier and Therese Peffer discuss the Ecoblock project, which aims to combine energy efficiency with a 100% solar microgrid at the block-level in Oakland, California. The primary goal is to make clean energy accessible in lower-income areas while granting community members control over their own energy systems, increasing community resiliency against grid outages. Discussed in the presentation are the many challenges the project faces, such as economic issues and the need to gain the community's trust, ways to begin scaling-up the project in scope, and more.

This video runs 47:02 minutes in length. Additional videos from the BEST 2022 Institute are available to view separately.