Wattblock and services to help councils with strata sustainability

Over the past 12 years Wattblock has been working for 20 different local councils on strata sustainability programs. Here are some different types of services which have been provided to different councils....

Council	Strata Sustainability Report (Common areas)	Solar Feasibility Study	Solar Quote Evaluation Report	EV Charging Feasibility/ EV Charging Survey	NABERS Rating
City of Sydney	Yes ​(100+)	Yes		Yes	Yes
North Sydney	Yes ​(300+)	Yes	Yes. ​For NSW SoAR, co-funded 50% by strata scheme		Yes
Inner West Council		Yes ​(75)
Woollahra Council	Yes (40+)	Yes
Lane Cove Council	Yes ​(40+)	Yes
Mosman Council	Yes ​(30+)	Yes
Canada Bay	Yes ​(30+)	Yes
Waverley Council	via Stratasphere
Randwick	via Stratasphere
Ryde Council	Yes

Wattblock has also assisted with sustainability education for a number of different councils:

Council	Face to Face Training	Webinar	Sustainability Fact Sheets	Case Studies	Chat Group Support	Ask an Expert
City of Sydney	EV Charging for Smart Green Apartments Roundtable			Climate Action Week SYD24 (Zinc Apartments), Climate Action Week SYD25  (Galleria Apartments)	Sustainable Apartments Facebook Group	Speed Date a Sustainability Expert
North Sydney Council	Solar & Batteries For Strata Apartment Building Electrification for Federal MP Zali Steggall as part of Climate Action Week SYD26 ​Solar for Strata with Zero Emissions Solar and Batteries for Strata 2026 (upcoming) All Electric Apartments 2026 (upcoming) Strata Committees and Community Building (upcoming)	Heat Pumps for Strata. Tech Solutions to Benefit your Building. All Electric Apartments. ​ ​Grants and Rebates for Strata.	Heat Pumps	Common Gas hot water to heat pump.   Common electric hot water to heat pump.   EV Charging off individual apartment meter.	Yes. Electrify Strata Whatsapp group.	Smart Expo (2). Living Futures Festival (with Costa Georgiadis) ​ Strata Social.
Inner West Council		Solar on Strata ​(2)	Solar
Woollahra Council	Solar for Strata. EV Charging for Strata. ​ EV Charging (2) with Rotary Club Solar for Strata (2) with Rotary Club (upcoming)	Sustainability For Strata  ​Solar for Strata				Yes. 1/2 hour online sessions on solar and heat pumps. ​
Lane Cove Council	Solar for Strata	Solar for strata Lighting for strata. Heat Pumps for strata. Ventilation for strata. NSW Solar for Apartment Residents (SoAR) Rebate (Upcoming)				Yes. 1/2 hour online sessions ​Sustainability Lane as part of Lane Cove fair
Mosman Council	Solar for Strata	Solar for strata Lighting for strata. Heat Pumps for strata. Ventilation for strata.				Yes. Christmas Fair
Canada Bay Council	Building Network Meeting (Energy Efficiency, NSW SoAR Grant) ​Solar for Strata with Inner West Community Energy (2) with Federal MP Sally Sitou	Solar for Strata ​EV Charging for Strata (Part 1) EV Charging for Strata (Part II)				Ferragusto. ​ Sustainability Day
Waverley Council		Federal Cheaper Home Batteries & Strata Sustainability Law Changes 1st July 2025 ​EV Charging in Strata				Yes. Speed date a sustainability expert.
Randwick Council	EV Charging for Strata (Little Bay)	EV Charging in Strata
Blacktown Council		Solar for Strata
Northern Beaches Council	Net Zero Fair (with Craig Reucassel)	Solar for Strata with Cr Joelene Hackman				Net Zero Fair
Ryde Council		​Solar for strata Lighting for strata. Heat Pumps for strata. Ventilation for strata. EV Charging for Strata (with Jerome Laxale) ​Go Solar and All Electric Apartments
Kur ring gai Council		Solar and NABERS for Strata
Newcastle Council			Solar for Strata for Saul Griffiths Town Hall
Noosa Council	Solar for Strata Masterclass: With Tourism Noosa
Willoughby Council		Tech Solutions to Benefit your Building.​ Powering Better Apartments: EV Charging & Energy Efficiency in Action (Climate Action Week SYD26) ​EV Charging in Strata
Hunters Hill Council	Solar for Strata
Alldis & Cox ​(Strata Manager)			EV Charging in Strata
Capitol BCA ​(Strata Manager)			LED Lighting in Strata Heat Pumps for Strata ​Solar for Strata ​Ventilation for Strata
Parramatta Council	Apartment Building Electrification with Parents for Climate for Climate Action Week SYD25
Wollongong Postcode 2515	Apartment Building Electrification with Rewiring Australia
Hornsby Shire Council	Solar for Strata (Upcoming) ​EV Charging for Strata (Upcoming)		Solar for Strata EV Charging for Strata ​Energy Efficiency for Strata

Wattblock has also done reporting across entire local government area populations of strata buildings for some councils:

Council	Top Strata Solar Candidate Identification	Solar for Strata Audit with solar estimates for every strata in LGA	Innovation Grant
City of Sydney			Virtual Energy Assessments ​EV Charging in Strata
Inner West Council	Top 200 list
Canada Bay Council	Top 100 list	853 solar estimates of cost, savings, payback and CO2 emissions for every strata building within the LGA.

Additional Strata Engagement by Wattblock which has benefitted Local Councils:
Assisted strata schemes in Kur ring gai, North Sydney, Lane Cove and Woollahra to make use of local council rebates for LED Lighting, heat pumps, main switchboard upgrade, shared ev chargepoint and low power QR code activated power outlets.
 
Assisted strata schemes in City of Sydney, North Sydney with NSW EV Charging Infrastructure grants.
 
Assisted strata schemes in City of Sydney, North Sydney, Lane Cove to get ARENA electricity monitoring device subsidy.
 
Assisted strata schemes in Willoughby to get ARENA low power ev charging subsidy.
 
Assisted strata schemes in North Sydney, Inner West with NSW Solar for Apartment Resident (SoAR) grants. This led to these two areas being the two most successful areas of NSW applying for the NSW SoAR grant according to the NSW Government.
 
North Sydney Council, Mosman Council, Lane Cove Council, Canada Bay Council, Ryde Council, Woollahra Council, Randwick Council have all used a similar format sustainability report for strata buildings from Wattblock. This has assisted these councils to lower the cost of sustainability report delivery as they are all leveraging off the same format report and incremental changes to a sustainability report format in one council area get reflected into sustainability reports for stratas in other LGA's. The average cost of a sustainability report using this common strata sustainability report format is 64% cheaper than the average Green Building Grant amount given by the City of Sydney (which includes a NABERS for Apartment Buildings rating) on a per lot adjusted basis. Wattblock has been able to provide cross-LGA efficiency, compared with a local council which tries to develop its own sustainability for strata program.

Wattblock has also assisted the following state and terriroty governments and these engagements also assist Wattblock with its work in the local government sector.

State Government	Year
NSW Office of Environment & Heritage	2017	Data provision for development of NABERS for Apartment Buildings Energy Ratings
Advance Queensland	2017	Knowledge Transfer Partnership program for EV charging in strata
ACT  (Climate Change and Energy, Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate)	2023	Strategy to assist strata schemes "get off gas"
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water (DCCEEW)	2025	Data provision for NSW Residential Apartment Energy Performance Baseline and Modelling program.
Distributed Energy Resources, Energy Policy, Western Australia	2026	Provision of legal advice in relation to Balcony Solar systems for strata schemes

​Contributor:
Brent Clark