Strata EV Charging · Apartments · Melbourne East & Inner East
Carbon Group Electrical helps owners corporations, unit blocks and townhouse complexes plan, install and bill EV charging without creating switchboard, metering or common-property problems. Feasibility reports, pilot charger installs, staged rollout planning, and resident billing management across Melbourne's east and inner east.
Why strata EV is different
Apartment and strata charging is not just a charger on a wall. The hard part is shared electrical infrastructure, body corporate approval, cable runs through common property, metering, billing, and planning for the next residents who will want chargers later.
Written reports for owners corporations covering switchboard capacity, cable routes, metering options, charger locations and staged upgrade recommendations.
Install one or more chargers for early residents while keeping layout sensible for future expansion and committee documentation.
EV charging for smaller strata sites and townhouse complexes where power, parking and ownership boundaries need to be checked first.
Avoid one-off installs that block future residents. Practical first stage with a clean path for later chargers.
Resident billing
One of the hardest parts of strata EV charging isn't the electrical work — it's making sure each resident pays only for the power they use. Carbon Group Electrical can act as the billing portal for your building, so the owners corporation doesn't have to manage kWh calculations, invoices or chasing payments.
Smart chargers log the exact energy used by each resident. No guesswork, no shared bill splitting, no arguments at committee meetings.
We calculate each resident's usage and tariff, issue itemised invoices, and collect payment via card or direct debit — so the owners corporation isn't stuck doing admin.
The owners corporation decides the rate — cost-recovery only, or a small admin margin to fund future chargers. We apply it cleanly and transparently.
Monthly reports showing total building consumption, per-resident usage, load patterns and recommendations when it's time to add more chargers.
How it works in practice: We install OCPP-compatible smart chargers connected to a secure back-end. Each resident has a unique RFID tag or app login. Every charging session is logged, calculated and billed automatically — with the owners corporation receiving a clean monthly summary and zero admin load.
Where we work
Based in Croydon, Carbon Group Electrical services apartments, units and townhouse complexes across Melbourne's eastern and inner-eastern suburbs.
Apartments · period conversions
Unit blocks · townhouse complexes
Strata chargers · pilot installs
Owners corporation projects
High-density apartments
EV chargers · strata parking
Unit blocks · complexes
Local response · fastest
Blackburn · Glen Iris
Mitcham · Vermont · Forest Hill
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Suburb, number of parking spaces, whether it is for one resident or the whole building, and approval status.
We inspect switchboard, meter area, parking layout, access and constraints.
Either a committee-ready feasibility report or a fixed-price install quote, with optional billing portal add-on.
Electrical work completed and certified under REC 35801. If selected, billing portal is activated for residents.
Customer stories
Common questions
Sometimes, but strata sites usually need approval because cable routes and electrical infrastructure may involve common property. We can assess the site and advise the resident or owners corporation.
Useful when the committee needs to understand electrical capacity, cable routes, metering options and staged costs before approving work.
Yes. We can act as the billing portal for the building — tracking each resident's kWh usage via smart OCPP chargers, applying the tariff set by the owners corporation, and issuing itemised monthly invoices. The committee receives a summary report and doesn't need to manage any of the admin.
Each smart charger logs every charging session to the nearest watt-hour, tagged to a specific RFID card or app login. The back-end calculates usage per resident and applies the tariff set by the owners corporation, so there's no manual calculation or dispute.
The owners corporation. Most buildings choose either straight cost recovery (matching the building's electricity tariff) or a small admin margin that funds future chargers and infrastructure. We apply whatever rate the committee approves.
Yes. A pilot install should be designed so future residents are not blocked. The billing portal scales as more chargers are added.
Yes. Every job certified under REC 35801.
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