Solar power, electric car charging and smart water monitoring can each bring real value to a scheme when they are planned properly. Clearview treats every one of them as an investment that must pay for itself, and plans it around the building as a whole.
Solar for the common areas
A building’s common areas use far more power than a house, from lift motors and basement lighting to pumps and air conditioning. Clearview studies how the building uses power across the whole day, so a system is sized to the load it will actually carry.
The system is matched to the building’s real daytime demand, so the power it makes is used where it saves the most.
Mounting is chosen to protect the roof membrane, so a solar array never becomes the cause of a waterproofing failure.
Where it suits the scheme, an embedded network can share solar power with residents and return income to the body corporate.
Inverter replacement, panel cleaning and mid-life checks are built into the sinking fund forecast from the start.
The savings appear in the administrative fund, where every owner can see them.
Getting ready for electric cars
More owners are buying electric cars every year. Chargers installed one at a time can overload the main switchboard, crowd the car park with cabling and create fire safety and insurance risks. Clearview helps the committee plan charging for the whole building instead.
The plan begins with the main switchboard, to find exactly how much power is available for charging.
Load management shares the available power between chargers, so many more cars can charge on the same supply.
One planned cable route serves every bay, ready for owners to connect as they need.
Each user pays for the power they use, measured by a smart meter, so no owner pays for another’s charging.
Smart water monitoring
Water leaks are among the most costly and least visible problems a building can have. A leaking pipe in a pool or a common area can run for months before the bill reveals it. Smart monitoring finds it within days.
Water use is watched through the night, when it should be close to zero, so a hidden leak shows up quickly.
Sub-metering shows where water is used, so each lot can pay its fair share.
Sensors read the flow accurately without cutting into the pipes.
Where it suits the building, a valve can close automatically when a major leak is detected, limiting damage.
What it costs and what it saves
Every proposal is put to the committee with its cost, its expected savings and the time it takes to pay back, using figures for your building. Example figures are always marked as illustrations, and the owners decide what to do with every saving.