New Ability Energy
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New builds and multi-residential
Solar, storage, charging and switchboards designed into the building from plan stage, not added after handover.
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Developments and strata
Design, supply, installation, commissioning, documentation and maintenance for the whole of it, common property and individual lots alike.
The problem
A development has one energy system, and it usually arrives as twelve trades' worth of parts with no one accountable for the whole.
A development has one energy system, not twelve trades' worth of parts. We design, supply, install, commission, document and maintain the whole of it, common property and individual lots alike, from solar and storage to EV charging, lighting, switchboards and sub-mains.
What the scope covers.
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Bodies corporate and common property
Common property systems metered and allocated, so the owners corporation and each lot pay their share.
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Design through to documentation
Design, approvals, installation, and the handover documents an owners corporation needs to maintain it.
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One accountable contract
One contract covers the whole energy system, so a defect has one owner.
What it usually looks like
Typical range on a development.
Indicative ranges for a development. Your programme and lot count set the real figures.
Typical range on a development
20 – 300
Lots covered under one system
1
Contract instead of many trades
6 – 18mths
Programme from plan stage
20 – 25yrs
Design life of the installed system
Indicative ranges for scoping only, not measurements from a specific job.
How it runs, start to finish.
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Join at plan stage
The energy system is designed with the architect and builder, while changes still cost little.
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Design one system
Solar, storage, charging, lighting and switchboards are designed together, across common property and lots.
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Build to the programme
Rough-in, fit-off and commissioning follow the builder's programme, stage by stage.
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Hand over and maintain
The owners corporation receives the documents, and a maintenance schedule keeps the system to its design.
Before you ask us.
When should a developer bring in the energy contractor?
At plan stage, while switchboard space, cable routes and roof layout can still change at little cost.
Can solar on common property benefit individual lots?
It depends on how the system is metered. The options and their trade-offs are set out at design, before anything is built.
Who maintains the system after handover?
We can. The owners corporation receives the documents either way, and a service agreement keeps the system performing to its design.
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