The EV Revolution and challenging conventional thinking, many more options come to light.
ing overall remains within the existing electrical system capacity.
Smart chargers combine with any conventional approach, simply extending the service to a greater number of units. The possible configurations are virtually endless, and customizable to the needs of any community. This smart approach would also be suited to townhomes, should there not exist sufficient electrical panel capacity in a conventional approach.
This methodology does not mean making direct connections between parking stalls and individual unit electrical panels. Rather, connections would be made to nearby garage common electrical rooms, with communication devices installed at individual EVCs and the unit electrical panels receiving the service to determine available electrical capacity at a given time. Individual owners are still using “their” electricity, just making use of the “common areas” infrastructure to deliver it to their charging station.
The Even “Smarter” Approach Taking the “smart” approach a step further – by using smart chargers that communicate with individual suite electrical panels, available charging capacity at a given time is limited to the remaining capacity of the in-suite panels regardless of total system availability. In this way, unit owners are in full control of their EVC capacity without exceeding their equitable share of electricity, while the build-
would of course still be some leadership required from BODs, as well as related logistics, including potentially some nominal, new infrastructure installations. Overall cost, and philosophical considerations not discussed here also need to be taken into account.
Technologies are emerging to take this kind of approach, and in doing so, almost every building is already “future proofed” in this way and available to everyone.
In addition to obvious expert technical guidance that should be sought, some sort of EV policy should certainly be developed for every community, with corresponding legal advice, and by-laws passed as needed. In some older, bulk metered communities, there are additional administrative and equity challenges to be resolved (requiring further legal guidance, as it can easily be seen as unfair when an individual is able to use common element electricity to charge their private EV). Overall community desires should be considered, along with a long-term vision. There may be marketing considerations in relation to salability and/or rental of individual units, as well as any number of other community specific factors. C V
Other Considerations Regardless of the approach taken, there
Whatever the current course of any community, the EV revolution is closer than you think.
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