Alabama Power, Partners Unveil First Smart Neighborhood

By Katie Bolton

Alabama’s first Smart Neighborhood at Reynolds Landing in Hoover was unveiled Tuesday by Alabama Power, its partners in creating the cutting-edge neighborhood, and local and national officials.

The project includes the first microgrid in the Southeast to support an entire residential community. Its homes, built by Signature Homes, are models of energy-efficient features and high technology.

“Over the years we’ve tried to create high energy-efficient homes and it’s hard to do,” said Signature Homes CEO Dwight Sandlin. “We’ve made great progress, but the standards they wanted to accomplish in this neighborhood were way beyond our abilities. For those who understand it, they wanted a mid-40s HERS rating, which I thought was impossible, but in fact we’ve accomplished that.”They HERS rating system measures a home’s energy efficiency.

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