LOCATION

PC+1 (Production Club HQ)

PARTNERS

Production Club and DER Task Force

CONCEPT

ecothèque is a series of fully renewably-powered gatherings charged by our creative community microgrid. We bring artists, civic leaders, brand representatives, technologists, community members and more together in a collective effort to ditch fossil fuels & inspire regenerative practices.

Our inaugural event featured:

  • solar-powered music (durante, starya, jesse sachs, rohaina hassan, dj ÿ, dj electron, alex rose)

  • renewably powered video art gallery of solarpunks art

  • solar-powered light art installation (astrothebaptist)

  • audio-visual art installations (the öther)

  • live screen printing on secondhand garments (tried & true)

  • native plant potting & art station (solarpunk park)

  • limited-edition solarpunks ecothèque chocolate bar (tony’s chocolonely)

  • observational bee hive (bee wild collective)

  • seed gifting & ecology game (treepeople)

  • upcycled & vintage bazaar (tried & true, mauvais garçon, in sheep’s clothing, asaka fushimi, buttery pat, search studios, and baby shine kids)

  • tasty drinks (keep coming back bar, guayaki, onda, stella artois, boisson, ever & ever)

  • local vegan food (avocadamama & white label creamery)

  • solar-powered trikes (the sun trip)

  • repurposed tote bag giveaways (cotopaxi)

  • composting (compostable la)

  • distributed energy resources (DERs) installation

We used our creative community microgrid to convert photons into power for festival grade lighting & audio, as well as video screens, live screen printing, audio-visual art installations, uplighting & festoons, fridges, freezer, and more.

SYSTEMS PROVIDED

(1) 240V split-phase 30kW inverter/mppt + 122.9 kWh battery storage

(1) 120V single-phase 6kW inverter/mppt + 24.6 kWh battery storage

(5) 120V single-phase 3kW inverter/mppt + 12.3 kWh battery storage

(1) 6.1 kWh battery storage (swap-out)

4.8kW photovoltaic panel array

photos by Brandon Parker, Jay Martinovich and Jeremy Raskin; video by Jay Parada

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