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Microgrid for multifamily?

Posted on October 1, 2018

What the heck is a microgrid?  Could your multifamily community benefit from one? According to Utility Dive, “Microgrids are an old concept, but recently they’ve garnered renewed interest within the power sector. For years, utilities have invested in centralized plants, building miles and miles of transmission lines to ship power where it needs to go. But lately, that has changed.”  Read more

Kent McDonald

Kent works at RealPage and helps apartment firms reduce operating costs related to utilities. You can connect with Kent at LinkedIn.com/in/kentmcd or Twitter.com/AptsKent.

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