Wattblock

01/02/2026

Great to speak to Neerav from Electrifying Everything podcast about the challenges of apartment owners and renters electrifying, particularly when it comes to instant gas heaters for individual apartments.

Gas Free? Is it possible for Australian apartment owners and renters to achieve this? Surprisingly Yes there are three ways we outline in this video. If you ...

10/03/2025

This week is Climate Action Week Sydney 2025! Tonight, join myself and Mike Whitby from the Galleria strata apartment building at 5pm-6pm for a FREE fireside chat on apartment building electrification. The link to register is here: https://events.humanitix.com/apartment-building-electrification-fireside-chat-with-mike-whitby-from-galleria?_gl=1*159wqm1*_gcl_au*MTQzOTY1NjUzMy4xNzM2ODI4NDk5*_ga*MTc3NzQxODQ0LjE3MzY4Mjg0OTk.*_ga_LHKW5FR9N6*MTc0MDQzNTQ0Ni40MC4xLjE3NDA0MzU1NDYuNjAuMC4w

06/03/2025

We've already had 200 views of our video explaining the NSW Government's Solar for Apartment Residents (SoAR) rebate.

This video is about the NSW Solar for Apartment Residents (SOAR) Incentive which was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Federal Energy minister Ch...

05/03/2025

Great to see the Prime minister quoting Wattblock's Electrify Strata data on 3.5% of NSW strata buildings having solar installed at the launch of the Solar for Apartment Residents (SoAR) grant.

The Solar for Apartment Residents incentive is the first-of-its-kind, giving owners’ corporations and strata managers the opportunity to have installation costs like inverters, mounting systems and electrical work labour covered.

By installing solar, residents could have their energy bills reduced by up to $600 annually 🙌
Find out more and check if you’re eligible: bit.ly/SoAR-NSW

24/01/2025

Great to see Sydney Morning Herald/The Age talking to Wattblock and Allume Energy on "Why do so few apartments in Sydney and Melbourne have cost-saving solar panels?"

It’s a question that has long frustrated governments and apartment dwellers, particularly as Australia is a world leader in rooftop solar.

22/01/2025

I had the fortune to speak with Cameron Knox, CEO and founder of Allume Energy which makes a unique solar sharing system. Solshare allows apartment buildings to share a single solar system, feeding solar power into multiple apartments and reducing the cost of living for residents. In this fireside chat we talk about Allume Energy's journey over the past 10 years and the federal government's "Solar Banks" grant scheme. Solar banks has already been launched for apartment buildings in Victoria and the ACT and is coming soon to NSW strata.

Cameron Knox is the founder and CEO of Allume Energy, which creates the Solshare solar sharing system. Solshare allows multiple apartments within a multi-ten...

24/12/2024

It's a wrap from Wattblock for 2024!

2024 has seen a huge leap forward in the electrification of residential strata buildings. It also marked 10 years since the founding of Wattblock and we have reflected on some of the great strata solar, battery, EV charging and heat pump initiatives we have worked on over the last decade in our stra

20/11/2024

A short video on the renewable energy and ev charging journey at Wharf Terraces

Wharf Terraces, a waterfront strata building on Sydney Harbour installs 78kw shared solar for 34 apartments using 4 x Allume Energy Solshare and 22kW common ...

19/11/2024

Congratulations to Wharf Terraces strata building (located near the Sydney Modern Art Gallery) on installation of their 22kW solar & 24kWh battery system to provide solar-powered EV charging to their electric vehicles and installation of 78kW of shared solar systems, using 4 x Allume Energy Solshare, to provide solar power into 32 individual apartments. This is a showcase of how Sydney strata buildings are driving towards electrification