If you're interested in how the future of energy may be shaped by economic inequalities, come to the Energy Club's chat with Dr. Marilyn Brown! This event is hosted in-person as well as virtually through Teams. Here's the link:

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This event is open to all Georgia Tech students - feel free to show up and grab a slice of pizza!

Energy poverty - When access to energy becomes difficult, the burden is felt in every facet of life.

This is a mystifying problem in today’s age of abundant and low-priced electricity and fossil fuels. After decades of energy-efficiency programs and targeted policies, the average low-income household still spends a disproportionately large percentage of its income on energy bills. Issues of equity, race and justice are increasingly linked to the problem of persistent energy burdens.

Dr. Marilyn Brown

Marilyn Brown is a Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy. She joined Georgia Tech in 2006 after a distinguished career at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she led several national climate change mitigation studies and became a leader in the analysis and interpretation of energy futures in the United States. 

Her research focuses on the design and impact of policies aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of sustainable energy technologies, with an emphasis on the electric utility industry, the integration of energy efficiency, demand response, and solar resources, and ways of improving resiliency to disruptions.