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
