Roderick Jackson leads the strategic agenda for NREL's building technologies
research. He has been recognized as an NREL Distinguished Member of Research
Staff, is appointed to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Research Advisory Board, and is a current U.S. Department of Energy Oppenheimer Fellow.
Prior to NREL, Jackson was the group manager for Building Envelope Systems
Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was at the forefront of connected
communities research, leading an effort that established Alabama Power’s Smart
Neighborhood. Working with Southern Company and the U.S. Department of Energy, it was the first project in the southeastern United States to connect high-performance homes with a community microgrid, deploying a transactive microgrid approach.