Mesh pricing is easiest to understand as two decisions: the building approves the common control layer once, then each owner buys their own equipment when they want an EV charger, heat pump, or other approved managed load.
The Core is common infrastructure. The installed quote depends on service access, CT placement, enclosure options, permits, and documentation needs.
Owners who want EV charging, heat-pump control, or another approved managed load arrange their own Leaf and installation work. Owners who are not ready do not have to buy owner-side equipment.
A rough model for council: what all owners fund, how long it takes, and what changes when owners can opt in one at a time.
All owners fund the service upgrade; opt-in owners still fund their own charger and stall work.
All owners fund the shared Core layer; opt-in owners add Leaf hardware and EV charger installation when ready.
$37,100Includes estimated BC Hydro EV Ready infrastructure rebate.
Mesh turns a large, slow common-infrastructure decision into a smaller common control-layer decision.
The service-upgrade path asks owners to fund the whole electrical upgrade before the building has a practical managed-load rollout.
Use the current worksheet values to start a council email. VT Engineering can then prepare the packet, assessment scope, and vote-ready numbers so the resident is not left defending the technical case alone.
Replace the placeholders with the building name, next council date, and any real service-upgrade or electrician quote before forwarding.
No. Mesh control is built around the Core and Leaf radio layer. The site assessment still confirms radio path, controller locations, and commissioning settings before council relies on it.
The system is commissioned around configured electrical limits and managed-load behavior. The approval package should document what happens during loss of communication, outage recovery, and normal owner charging.
The strata approves the common Core scope. Participating owners buy their own Leaf, charger, and stall work when they opt in. Non-participating owners are not buying charger equipment.
Use a licensed electrician, site-specific assessment, CSA SPE-1000 product documentation, permit path, commissioning notes, and a clear council resolution reviewed by the property manager or strata lawyer.
The hardware price is only one part of the building decision. The assessment confirms what it will take to install safely and what owners need to understand before a vote.
Single-phase vs. three-phase, service size, CT access, and available enclosure space.
Distance from the electrical room to stalls, wall construction, and radio path.
How many townhouse or stall controllers are installed at launch versus added later.
AGM package, Technical Safety BC records, commissioning notes, and optional reporting.
Send the building address, unit or stall count, and where council is in the process. VT Engineering will tell you what to check next.
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