Hiidenkiukantie 1-3: A shared charger in a housing company - a threat or an opportunity?
Charging electric cars is increasingly talking about housing companies' general meetings, and the media is increasingly marketing the installation of electric car charging equipment. One alternative may be a shared charging device that can be used by those who want to use, move their car away after charging and release the device to the next user.
It is OIENIA to install such a charging device that the electricity consumption must be able to be targeted to the user. In some cases, a pen and a screen paper is placed inside the charging device, which everyone has marked a kilowatt -hour at the end of their charging session. The hosting has then interpreted the entries and charged uploaders once a year based on realization.
Fortunately, with digitalisation, there are easier ways to offer. With the EParking system, it is possible to create a shared charger: the user gets access to the device and activates the charger every time he wants to charge his car with the charger. At the end of the charging, the electricity is cut off, and the consumption figures are stored in the cloud service, which invoices the user once a month and the money is reached regularly to the housing association.
Such a shared charger works well, as long as the charger remembers moving his car immediately after charging, to release the location to the next. Sometimes, however, it may happen that moving the car is forgotten and the next charger is in trouble. It is easier for the resident to be able to charge their car in their own parking screen so you don't have to worry about moving your car.
As Oy Hiidenkiukantie 1-3 in Helsinki initially decided on a shared charging device, as there were not many car chargers in the housing company. However, due to increased demand, it was decided to increase the number of chargers in the housing association in a year and a half after the installation of a shared charger so that the housing company can serve its residents as well as possible. In addition, the EParking system was introduced in the housing association to easily target the billing of charging electricity properly to the users of the shared charging device.
The experiences of the residents
“The housing association's board of directors discussed the charging opportunity in the fall of 2019 and at the beginning of 2020 at several meetings and saw that it is part of the range of services of a modern housing association. In addition, the charging option has an effect on the value of the housing association and should also facilitate the sale and purchase of housing. The need for charging had been asked a few years earlier, but there were not many interested people at that time. In the new survey, during the winter 2019-2020, interest had clearly increased, although there were not many full electric cars yet. The Board of Directors decided to take the proposal to the spring 2020 Annual General Meeting so that the installation work would be carried out on the housing company's care assets. The project fit into the normal budget largely due to the large size of the company. The General Meeting gave the Board of Directors the authority to implement the project with the company's funds. In addition to electricity, users pay a small additional price to cover the cost of purchasing. The additional price is currently € 0.05/kWh, which means that the total price was 0.16 €/kWh.
The housing company has three slightly different size buildings with a total of 124 apartments. The yard has a total of 50 heating posts, 15 garages and 29 canopies. The housing company owns the seats and has been leased to the shareholders at a monthly consideration. There are also a few parking spaces in the residents, and the first 22 x 22 kW place was implemented together so that no one will lose their place. However, the main reason was that it was easiest to implement the required big -flowing power supply in this place.
No specific rules were drawn up other than the fact that the two seats are intended for charging. There was no limit to the length of the charging. Most of the cars to charge are still hybrids. The housing association has its own property manager living in the company, who served as the necessary message channel for user guidance. There has been no other separate communication channel. Nor was any challenge other than a charging car, such as a rechargeable car, such as a rechargeable car) in places.
During the fall of 2020 and early 2021, the use of the common charging site increased significantly so that one of the places was almost always in use, often both. Therefore, the government continued to discuss the original plan, where the idea was to start first in a shared location, and as the need increased, to increase the positions by converting heating posts into charging devices. Indeed, the Board of Directors proposed to the 2021 Annual General Meeting that five heating poles in the yard of each house would be converted into charging devices. There would be a total of 30 points. The Annual General Meeting approved the proposal and the changes were made in late 2021. As rechargeable cars increase, the locations are replaced by removing internal combustion trucks from charging locations to old places. The heating posts will be converted into more charging devices as the need increases. ”
-Jorma Kyyrä , As Oy Hiidenkiukantie 1-3 resident.
“The shared model worked just fine, but of course it is easier and simpler if you can charge your car without any of the candies. Just stick the plug and the battery is practically always in the desired booking mode in the morning. A faster shared machine will provide flexibility if you have a longer -unplanned longer trip and you need to charge the car faster. But well with full electricity, it has done just about the slow charging of my place. I have used a shared point maybe 2-3 times since I get my own charging device. I have driven about 50,000 km by car and about 80-90 % of my time have been loaded in my own location. So slow download works very well, at least for me.
Purchasing the device itself was by no means difficult, there are many alternatives on the market. In this case, it was clear that I was getting a charging device via eparking. The device is connected to the housing association system, which makes billing and other data easy to pass and does not incur additional cost for the housing company for extra billing. Electric bills for charging can be directly targeted to me, so I pay what I spend. The discussion with the board of the housing association and the property manager was smooth, and when the installation and charging did not cost the housing association, but I cover them itself, it was also quick and easy to make decisions. A big thank you to the government, who understands what creates value for residents and makes the housing company more attractive even in the longer term. ”
-Kalle Mäkinen , As Oy Hiidenkiukantie 1-3 resident.
Clear rules for using a shared charging device
A shared charging device can be a very functional solution for a housing company. What is important for functionality is that the housing association has agreed clear rules and practices for the use of the charging device and that the billing is properly targeted to users. However, as rechargeable cars increase, it is advisable to consider purchasing more charging devices for the residents' own parking spaces. A shared charging device may be higher in charging power than the residents' own chargers, as it is good to have a powerful charger for sudden and faster charging needs. Slower chargers work well in predictable everyday driving. It is also worth paying attention to the pricing of charging in the housing association. In Hiidenkiukantie 1-3, the pricing model for slow charging devices is created so that the heating electricity is free for the user and the charge consumed for charging.
Jorma Kyyrä and Kalle Mäkinen, the inhabitants of As Oy Hiidenkiukantie 1-3, have participated in writing the reference.
