Therese Peffer, associate director of CITRIS Climate and the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE), is the principal investigator of the Oakland EcoBlock, a pilot project to retrofit an older neighborhood block in East Oakland with shared water- and energy-efficient technologies.
Beginning in 2019, the EcoBlock team has charted a long journey from choosing a location to weathering the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
How has the EcoBlock project progressed? As Peffer writes, “Four and a half years later, we’ve seen team members come and go, babies being born on the block, and more EVs driving around Oakland. We’ve learned a great deal about working with an amazing community and new technologies, and look forward to sharing our lessons learned!”
She shares some of the latest milestones in a recent update in the EcoBlock blog.