The Department of Energy is using a new “smart neighborhood” in Atlanta as a living laboratory to evaluate how homeowners are using energy in a real-world, smart home environment. The “Altus at The Quarter” development consists of 46 smart townhomes.
The neighborhood will be “instrumental to understanding how emerging smart technologies and distributed energy resources can impact energy efficiency, energy management, and resiliency,” according to DOE. The homes have been outfitted with photovoltaic panels; batteries; and grid-connective, energy-efficient building components and appliances such as heat pump water heaters.
The components will be managed and optimized by a grid-interactive control system.
Advertisement
Related Stories
Codes + Standards
Public Comment Period Opens for National Green Building Standard Updates
The 45-day public comment period for draft 2 of the 2024 NGBS begins on April 12, 2024
Codes + Standards
Public Comment Period Opens for 2024 National Green Building Standard Update
The 45-day public comment period opened Aug. 18, and comments must be submitted by Oct. 2, 2023
Codes + Standards
The Inefficiencies of the Latest Energy Code
The 2021 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) hampers the return on investment for builders and homebuyers