Stratasphere: Wattblock assisting Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick Councils to provide energy advice to strata

Wattblock has been engaged by Eastern Suburbs councils to assist them with a new program to drive electrification and sustainability into residential strata buildings....

Stratasphere is a great name for a new program to help strata buildings move forward with sustainability and electrification.

Wattblock is one of a number of vendors selected to assist the 'tri-councils' - Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick to help strata schemes move forward.

Here is a link to a recent Solar for Strata webinar conducted by Waverley council and featuring the NSW Government talking about the NSW Solar for Apartment Residents (SoAR) rebate, Wattblock talking about Federal battery rebates and NSW strata law changes, Allume Energy and a case study of "The Duke" apartment building which was a recipient of a NSW EV charging grant and a NSW SoAR grant. Read more about Solar for Apartment Residents (SoAR) grants here.

Wattblock is providing:
​- Whatsapp group with over 250 members providing peer support to Stratasphere participants here.
- education such as webinars. See full list of webinars here.
- tracking/progress maps of strata buildings in Waverley (see 42 solar on strata installs), Woollahra (see 31 solar on strata installs) and Randwick (see 75 solar on strata installs) 
- sustainability reports as allocated by Stratasphere program with reliable cost and payback estimates by qualified renewable energy engineers
- vendor quote evaluation as allocated by Stratasphere program by qualified renewable energy engineers
- solar training course for strata
- EV charging training course for strata
- installer lists for solar, EV charging and heat pumps to help strata committees research their best suppliers. Search over 300 installers geographically here.

However, there are many, many companies which are being engaged by these three councils. The other companies include:
Nox Energy - double dip on federal ARENA subsidy and get up to $10k rebate on low power QR code activated EV charging here
Alchemy Charge - get up to $10k rebate on low power QR code activated EV charging here
Ready Steady Plug - get up to $10k rebate on low power QR code activated EV charging here
Combined Energy - get up to $10k rebate on low power QR code activated EV charging here
Strata Answers - get help evaluating complete roof replacements as a precursor to solar
GSES - for reviews of existing solar systems to ensure that they are working optimally

It is fantastic to see 3 councils combining forces to increase the uptake of solar, low power ev charging, heat pumps into over 6,000 residential strata schemes and assembling all the teams to help accelerate adoption.

Brent Clark
​Wattblock