Left to Rright: Association Professor Huadong Mo (UNSW), Jason Yat-Sen Li (NSW MP), Robert Gordon (TRaCE), Steve Doyle (Voltval), Mathew Wilkinson (DoE), and Jason Jiangang Xiao (JT Solar). Image courtesy of Isabella Wild.
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There’s no doubt about it — one of the toughest places to increase cleantech adoption is apartment buildings. Well, maybe.
The problem is that people living in apartments don’t have the roof space for installing solar, often don’t have the ownership incentives to do so, and also often don’t have dedicated parking spaces for installing EV chargers — and again don’t have the long-term commitment that often comes with home ownership. However, there are always solutions if you look hard enough. Maybe.
A pilot study in Sydney, Australia, is trying to help crack this apartment nut when it comes to deploying more solar power and batteries. Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra as well as private companies Voltval and JT Solar Technology are focused on making more efficient and effective systems, while also making it easier for apartment dwellers to rap benefits.
