BC engineers who solved the strata EV problem.
VT Engineering is a Burnaby-based electrical engineering firm specializing in multi-residential infrastructure. We built Mesh after seeing the same problem play out in strata buildings across BC: too much demand, not enough panel capacity, and no practical solution.
We built a patent-pending system because nothing else worked.
The core problem: townhouse and strata buildings can't simply add EV chargers. The Canadian Electrical Code requires that when a main service entrance breaker approaches 80% of its rating, downstream EV loads must be curtailed. But running new wiring between electrical rooms and individual stalls — the obvious solution — costs tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in conduit and trenching.
We designed an EV Energy Management System (EVEMS) that monitors the main service entrance and communicates load limits to individual units at each stall over a licensed radio link — no new conduit, no trenching, no Wi-Fi dependency, no cellular contract. The system operates fully offline. Full CEC compliance.
The system is patent-pending, CSA SPE-1000 approved, and designed with industrial-grade failsafe logic: if the wireless link drops, chargers revert to a conservative safe rate automatically.
Mesh is the commercial product built on top of that EVEMS technology — packaged for strata councils, priced to pass an AGM vote, and supported by licensed BC electricians.
Installed in the main electrical room. Monitors the building's service entrance via CT clamps and wirelessly coordinates load across all connected stalls. CSA SPE-1000 approved. Designed and built in Canada.
Installed at the individual stall by the owner's electrician. Monitors the stall's panel, communicates wirelessly with the Core, and controls the connected EVSE. Owner-paid and owner-arranged — no council involvement after initial approval.
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