Listen: Biggest barrier to electrifying apartments? Knowing what’s possible

SwitchedOn podcast and Renew Economy interviewed Ash Sayers, Director at Keystone, a Melbourne strata management company about apartment electrification.

Electrifying an apartment building can be complicated, but sometimes the biggest barrier is simply getting started.

Ash Sayers, Director at Keystone, a Melbourne strata management company, explains why residents and owners corporations often assume solar, batteries and EV chargers will be too difficult to install, or won’t be approved. This can leave potentially viable projects stuck in the too-hard basket.

While strata managers can’t drive electrification without a mandate from owners, they can play a crucial role in navigating approvals, common property, contractors and the practical steps needed to get projects over the line.

Sayers shares examples of apartment buildings that have succeeded, and others that have hit genuine infrastructure constraints, and why a good feasibility study can separate the real barriers from the assumed ones.