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Paula Friedrich

side view of the red brick Victorian building that once housed the Armour Institute of Technology

Paula Friedrich

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

How one of the nation’s first microgrids powers IIT in Bronzeville

IIT’s grid is a self-sufficient energy system that can disconnect from the larger power grid in case of emergency, such as severe weather or a cyber attack. Reset explores how the school’s microgrid works and what the environmental and other benefits are for the school and surrounding community. GUESTS: Mohammad Shahidehpour, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois Tech, director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

Paula Friedrich
By Brenda Ruiz Lynnea Domienik
   

IIT’s grid is a self-sufficient energy system that can disconnect from the larger power grid in case of emergency, such as severe weather or a cyber attack.

Reset explores how the school’s microgrid works and what the environmental and other benefits are for the school and surrounding community.

GUESTS: Mohammad Shahidehpour, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois Tech, director of the Robert W. Galvin Center for Electricity Innovation

Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

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