The EV-ready guide for owners corporations provides guidance for developing an EV strategy. The guide helps OCs to develop a strategy suited to the building and its circumstances.

Never Too Small - a media company dedicated to small footprint design and living - has made some brilliant short films about Shaun’s renovation. Shaun’s $20,000 complete renovation is inspiring and includes lots of clever tips about how you can save your hard earned cash, use more sustainable materials, and improve the thermal comfort of your apartment.

Life Between Apartments is an output from Merrick Morley’s PhD. It’s a much watch for anyone interested in community building, resilience and living well in apartment buildings.

Looking to improve energy efficiency or electrify your apartment or townhouse, and not sure where to start? 

In this recorded webinar, you’ll hear successes, challenges and insights from local residents who improved energy efficiency, installed solar and switched to electric appliances in apartments and townhouses. 

The Handbook was developed to help Local Governments understand and support apartment building communities but it’s a great read if you’re keen to understand how your owners corporation works or if you’re trying to complete a project with your owners corporation. It covers things like decision-making and the owners corporation act in plain language.

Navigating and making good decisions with your owners corporation can be one of the biggest challenges of apartment living. So how can we do it better?

In this session, you’ll get an overview of the legislated decision-making process, as demanded by the Victorian Owners Corporation Act.

The dedicated owners corporation committee in this apartment complex do more than just maintain their building, they actively enhance it and connect their community. After a hugely successful landscaping project, they started investigating opportunities to electrify, but ran into a series of major barriers.

Located in the former Red Tulip building, this one-bedroom apartment was thoughtfully renovated to become an all-electric, small footprint, adaptable, and much-loved home to Natalie, Tim and their adorable dog, Bella.

Over two years ago the McKean St owners corporation began investigating the best model to install Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers in an affordable and equitable way. They came up with a neat and automated solution where the EV drivers are billed, without impacting residents who don’t use the EV charging.

This contemporary 12-unit apartment building in Melbourne’s southeast, has a single owner who installed a SolShare solar system. Now every tenant has access to on-site renewable energy. It’s a renters dream!

When sisters Emma and Victoria invested in a South Yarra apartment building, the opportunities for improvement were obvious. When they discovered the switch to all modern, all-electric appliances wasn’t easily available to them, they found other ways to improve their home.

This mid rise apartment building in Brunswick East was able to get in tip top shape to be future ready.

Adding to existing sustainability measures, including rainwater tanks, solar hot water, solar power, a grey water pump, and double glazing, the Owners Corporation undertook further measures to ensure The Tip Top building was comfortable, cost effective and resilient.

Managing waste and recycling in apartment building can be a big challenge but you’re not alone in trying to tackle it. Read these five case studies to see how other buildings are tackling better waste and recycling systems and engagement.

Whether you’re an owner-occupier or a tenant, if you live in an apartment or multi-unit complex in Victoria and you’re interested in installing solar, this Guide is for you. 

It’s time to explore solar for your apartment. Learn about solar sharing technology, hear from Solar Victoria about rebates, and understand opportunities to plug into renewable energy through an embedded network.

The Victorian Government EV-ready buildings for owners corporations factsheet (2023) aims to help owners corporations through the process of installing EV chargers in apartment buildings.

Find the Sustainability Victoria Guide to Better Practice for Waste Management and Recycling in Multi-unit Developments, a range of ‘How to’ guides, instructional posters for your waste rooms, case studies and research reports.

Waste and recycling in apartment buildings can be a point of challenge or even tension. Differing expectations, spacial issues, and cost implications all come into play. But there are solutions.

Discover how Reground has assisted owners corporations across greater Melbourne to reimagine their waste spaces and enhance amenity.

SCA (Vic) is the member-based association for the Victorian Owners Corporation industry. It provides resources for both members and non-members.

They have a range of free resources for owner and owners corporations.

The Victorian Owners Corporation Act 2006 sets the legal framework for managing common property, maintaining buildings, resolving disputes, and outlining the rights of lot owners.

Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) are Victoria's consumer regulator. Part of CAV’s role is providing guidance to residents and managers, and facilitating dispute resolution to ensure the proper management of shared properties.