Alabama Power’s Smart Neighborhood is a future-focused, energy-efficient community with homes that are rated 35 percent more efficient than standard Alabama homes being built today. Located in Alabama, smart Neighborhood integrates high-performance homes, energy efficient systems and appliances, connected devices and a microgrid on a community-wide scale for the first time in the Southeast.
Smart Neighborhood uses leading-edge microgrid technology to support the community’s energy needs. Made up of solar panels, battery storage and a backup natural gas generator, the microgrid is to support a residential community.
