By Katie Bolton
Alabama Power’s cutting-edge Smart Neighborhood™ project is getting the attention of the building industry at the world’s biggest construction conference.
The Smart Neighborhood team will present next week at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, Florida, about the project, now under construction in Hoover.
The International Builders’ Show is the largest annual light construction show in the world, attracting 60,000 visitors from 100 countries.Smart Neighborhood is a state-of-the-art community of 62 homes equipped with emerging energy-efficient technologies, materials and appliances, all connected to the Southeast’s first community-scale microgrid. Performance data and energy usage gathered from the homes’ innovative features will provide insight into how neighborhoods of the future will function, and which programs and services can provide energy solutions for customers.
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