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Pecan Street Inc.
Climate Data and Analytics
AUSTIN, TX 946 followers
Better data, better tech, a better world - we're making it happen.
About us
Pecan Street Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization that conducts groundbreaking research, big data development, and product testing to accelerate innovation in energy, climate and conservation solutions.
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http://www.pecanstreet.org
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- Climate Data and Analytics
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- 11-50 employees
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- AUSTIN, TX
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2009
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Our NSF CIVIC Innovation Team had the opportunity to present at the CIVIC Innovation Forum in Washington DC to share progress and ideas with fellow program participants. It was inspiring to see so many passionate individuals working to build climate-resilient communities with small projects destined to have large impacts. Pecan Street is teaming up with the University of Michigan, Jefferson East and The Green and Healthy Homes Initiative to design a decarbonization ready common home assessment and we’re partnering with the Detroit Home Repair Fund to help LMI households in Detroit repair and decarbonize their homes. A special thank you to Katrina Rinehart of Jefferson East and Michael McKnight of Green and Healthy Homes for presenting at the forum! Check out a video showing more about our project below! https://lnkd.in/e8HyNCGK
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Over the next two weeks, our CTO, Scott Hinson, will be posting a blog series about some of the big grid challenges Texas has faced recently and how leaders have responded. Not to spoil the ending, but it should be a clarion call for the rest of the country to think strategically and urgently about the grid. It’s been a tough few years for the Texas grid, and it doesn’t look like the next few years will be any easier. We still haven’t addressed some fundamental issues, and demand and extreme weather events will add even more pressure. Before folks jump on the “that’s what Texas deserves” bandwagon, the rest of the country isn’t faring much better. We need a transparent, economically and environmentally sound plan. Here are the first two posts. Let us know what you think. Part One - https://lnkd.in/gcPUJc2N Part Two - https://lnkd.in/g7CGyef3
A Plan for a 21st Century Grid – Part 1: Our Historic Hands-off Approach Isn’t a Plan.
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We're proud to announce our CEO Anissa Rodriguez Dickerman, Ph.D. has joined the UT Energy Institute Advisory Board. A great match of leading energy voices. https://lnkd.in/gqhG8Qhc
We proudly announce that Anissa Rodriguez Dickerman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer for Pecan Street Inc., has joined the Energy Institute Advisory Board! As a leader at the intersection of climate solutions, technology innovation, and social justice, Dr. Dickerman will bring invaluable insight and experience to our board. We are excited for her to apply her equity-centered research and policy approaches to our shared effort toward designing an equitable climate transition. Welcome, Anissa!
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Climate justice and energy equity are core to Pecan Street's mission, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has been integral in helping us push these issues forward. Please join our CEO, Anissa Rodriguez Dickerman, the NY Department of Environmental Conservation’s Deputy Commissioner for Climate Change, Air Resources, and Energy and other Sloan grant recipients for a webinar next week at NYU's Institute for Policy Integrity. 5/13 - 2pm ET -- Energy Access and Equity Research See you there!
💻 5/13 WEBINAR (2pm ET): Energy Access and Equity Research The energy transition is an economy-wide undertaking, and it will have wide-ranging impacts on supply chains, energy prices, and the job market. Researchers are currently working to better understand the distributional impacts of our changing energy system and how we can avoid placing disproportionate burdens on certain communities already bearing the brunt of harmful pollution and climate change. At this event, several researchers will discuss their ongoing projects in this area and their initial findings. We will also hear from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Deputy Commissioner for Climate Change, Air Resources, and Energy about his current work and his views on what kind of equity-focused research is most helpful and necessary for policymakers at this moment. This webinar is part of a series highlighting environmental and energy research projects funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Panelists: Jon Binder - NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Jonathan Colmer - University of Virginia Anissa Rodriguez Dickerman, Ph.D. - Pecan Street Inc. Diana Hernández - Columbia University Benjamin Sovacool - Boston University Register here: https://lnkd.in/gP9xGKnt
WEBINAR: Energy Access and Equity Research
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