During outages, apartment buildings lose their lifts, the pumps that push water to upper floors and the lights in stairwells. A building's own plant with storage solves exactly these problems.
What it can power
- A lift, or at least one lift per entrance.
- Water pressure booster pumps.
- Lighting in entrances, stairs and doorways.
- Intercoms, CCTV and routers in the shelter.
Where to place the plant
The flat roofs of apartment blocks suit panels well: they are large and unshaded. Batteries go in a technical room with a normal temperature.
How we size it
We survey the building, measure the real consumption of shared systems and work out what is needed to get through a typical outage. By day the plant also lowers the association's electricity bills for common areas.
Financing
Homeowners' associations can use energy-efficiency loan programmes, and some projects can get support from international partners and local authorities. We help prepare the calculations and documents for these programmes.
Where to start
The decision is made by the general meeting of co-owners. We can prepare a clear presentation for the meeting: what the building gets, what it costs and when it pays back.