How one of the nation’s first microgrids powers IIT in Bronzeville
The Illinois Institute of Technology is practicing what it preaches with a state-of-the-art microgrid that powers and protects the campus.
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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How one of the nation’s first microgrids powers IIT in Bronzeville
The Illinois Institute of Technology is practicing what it preaches with a state-of-the-art microgrid that powers and protects the campus.
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