How it works.

Shoal revolutionises utility management in multi-unit residential settings by efficiently handling shared utilities like water, electricity, heating, or cooling systems within a single complex or building.

It streamlines collective utility management while ensuring accountability and control over individual usage in each unit.

Benefits.

  • Enables shared services such as community solar or central hot water to be used by a community through a simple metering and billing system.

  • Supports communities in analysing technology business cases and operating models to make informed, long-term decisions as part of their energy strategy.

  • Provides a cloud-based, modern technology stack (metering, solar PV, hot water) designed in collaboration with communities, businesses and stakeholder.

  • Provides onsite controls to shift energy use to maximize value and minimise cost.

  • Provides visibility of data for reporting and management.

Key features.

Shoal is designed to fit your community or business needs and includes:

Automated meter reading

Enjoy seamless and continuous data collection with internet-connected meters that offer detailed insights into both individual and aggregated usage patterns. This system eliminates the need for manual readings during tenant turnovers.

Integrated data service

Leverage a cloud-based data service that connects seamlessly to your portfolio of meters via gateway, enabling autonomous real-time data collection and comprehensive utility management.

Usage based & equitable billing

Ideal for properties with shared utilities, this feature facilitates equitable, usage-based billing, ensuring fairness and transparency for all residents.

Enhanced billing automation

Automate utility billing processes to save time and enhance efficiency and accuracy, providing a seamless billing experience across all service types.

Flexible tariff & billing management

Easily manage complex time-of-use electricity tariffs or simpler flat-rate pricing structures. Streamline the billing process for both metered and unmetered services, supporting various charge types like recurring fees and usage-based charges.

Diverse applications

Suitable for body corporates, developers of multi-unit properties including build-to-rent, and other entities that own or operate multi-unit complexes with shared utility scenarios.

FAQs

  • A set of calculations are performed over a time period e.g. 30 minutes.

    Each energy user within a community is assigned a share weighting, e.g. equal share.

    For each time period, the quantity of solar generated electricity that was self-used within the site (as opposed to exported solar, or energy imported from the grid) is calculated.

    The portion of energy used from on-site generation can have a different tariff to energy imported from the grid. Depending on the community, this could be zero-rated, discounted or equally priced to grid electricity.

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Get in touch to explore how Shoal can meet your community energy needs. We look forward to hearing from you.