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Strata Energy Made Simple

Wattblock has provided independent advice to apartment buildings and aged care facilities housing over 75,000 residents with solar and battery feasibility studies, electric vehicle charging reports, hot water, lighting and ventilation efficiency measures and benchmark ratings. We have a fee-for-advice model and do not receive any commissions from any product suppliers, installers or energy retailers ensuring we give advice which you can trust.

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"Wattblock's report and recommendations provided the initiative to drive some change in the building, which wouldn't have occurred without this impetus. Very impressed with the report & support you provided. A kickstart to this work. "
Greg Norvill, Strata Committee Member

Strata Case Studies

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Community Solar System using Solar Sharing Gateway - 25kW
Electricity bill reduction in individual apartments:  38%
17 Apartments
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strata_solar_pv_solar_sharing.pdf
File Size: 2958 kb
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Common Area Solar System - 31kW
Futureproofing with a larger solar system than required today
A large strata complex consisting of apartment block & townhouses
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strata_common_area_solar.pdf
File Size: 861 kb
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Flexible Solar Panels Installed Vertically
87 Flexible Solar panels installed using side of rooftop plant room
Generating enough solar to power equivalent of 11 apartments
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strata_solar_pv_vertical.pdf
File Size: 926 kb
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Solar and Batteries for apartments
30kW solar system and 42kWh of batteries installed into first multi-tenant residential building in Australia in 2015
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apartment_block_battery.pdf
File Size: 1244 kb
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Electric Vehicle Charging Roadmap
Assisted strata committee & facilities management with an EV plan
1st Tesla Model S Owner charging in strata basement carpark
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strata_ev_charging_roadmap.pdf
File Size: 2069 kb
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Electricity Monitoring Device on Common Area meter
Realtime electricity monitoring device clamped behind common area
meter independently measuring electricity with a web interface
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strata_electricity_monitoring.pdf
File Size: 1025 kb
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NABERS for Apartment Buildings Rating
Formal star ratings under a national energy & water rating benchmark
4.5 Stars for Energy and 4 Stars for Water
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nabers_for_apartment_buildings_rating_-_nexus.pdf
File Size: 380 kb
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Common Gas Hot Water converted to Electric Heat Pumps
~5 years payback and escaped gas meter reading monopoly
2 blocks with 15 apartments in total
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strata_gas_hot_water_to_heat_pump_retrofit.pdf
File Size: 4484 kb
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LED Lighting in Carpark and Firestairs with NSW ESS
Replace 131 fluorescent lights with motion sensored LED's
4 apartment buildings with 1 level of shared basement carpark
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strata_led_lighting_carpark_firestairs.pdf
File Size: 995 kb
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Retrofit Variable Speed Drives to Water Pumps
Energy savings from VSD's create a payback in under 1 year
2 apartment buildings with 47 apartments in total
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strata_variable_speed_drives.pdf
File Size: 2399 kb
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​* Case studies show indicative savings and payback where relevant
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    • Buying an Eco Apartment in Sydney
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