For Apartment Buildings & Car Parks

EV charging for your building, including installation and billing

Requests for a charge point keep arriving and the electrical supply is the limit. Revtek supplies the chargers, the cabling, the sharing of the available power, plate-controlled access to the charging zone and the monthly billing per resident. One quote for the board, one point of contact afterwards.

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chargers, cabling, camera and management

Dynamic

power shared across the charge points

Licence plate

decides who enters the charging zone

Mollie

billing per resident, per month

Sound familiar?

"Requests arrive one at a time and the supply is the limit"

The first three charge points still fit on the supply. By the fourth request nobody knows whether it can be done, and a supply upgrade costs tens of thousands.

"Who may park in the charging bay, and for how long?"

A petrol car in the charging bay, an EV that finished hours ago, a guest taking a resident's space. The board gets the emails and nobody can enforce anything.

"Billing through one shared supply"

The electricity runs through the building's meter. Who charged how much, at what rate, and how does that land fairly in the service charge? A spreadsheet cannot keep up.

Request charging access, charge and pay via WhatsApp

The resident requests charging access with their licence plate. The board approves in the dashboard, the plate goes onto the charging zone list, and the ANPR camera opens the barrier or bollard for that car. The available power is shared live across the cars charging at that moment.

Every session is recorded against the plate. At the end of the month the resident sees usage and amount on WhatsApp, and Revtek collects it via Mollie on behalf of the building. The board gets a per-resident overview for the accounts and the residents' meeting.

WhatsApp
I'd like to request charging access for plate LB70 XYZ
Request sent to the board ✅ You'll hear as soon as it's approved.
Approved. LB70 XYZ now has access to the charging zone. Rate: £0.28 per kWh, collected monthly by direct debit.
How much have I charged this month?
142 kWh over 9 sessions, £39.76. Collected on the 1st.

What the solution includes

Dynamic sharing of the power

The available power is shared across the cars that are charging. More charge points on the same supply, without tripping the main fuse.

Charging zone controlled by plate

Only cars with charging access enter the zone. An ANPR camera at the zone entrance drives the barrier or bollard and records who was there and when.

Billing per resident via Mollie

A rate per kWh, set by the board. Monthly collection per resident, credited to the building's account. No spreadsheet, no argument at the meeting.

A nudge when the car is full

When charging stops, the resident gets a message after a configurable time asking them to free the bay. If the car stays, an hourly rate can start.

Waiting list and allocation

If there are more requests than bays, the system keeps the order by the rule the board chooses: request date, flat, or a key of your own.

Reporting for the board

Usage per resident, occupancy of the charging zone, peak load and cost per month. Exportable for the accounts and the managing agent.

Charging sessions matched to the car in the bay

A charger reports over OCPP when a session starts and how many kWh have gone in. It usually has no idea which car is plugged in. The camera that already covers the charging bays sees which car is in which bay, and Revtek matches that to the charge point’s session and to the parking session from the ANPR camera at the entrance.

That makes plate-based billing work in an open car park, at a hotel or at an office without a separate charging zone. When charging stops and the car stays, the driver gets a message, and after the grace period you set an idle fee starts. The fee is shown with the charging price before the session begins.

  • Works with chargers that support OCPP
  • Usually uses the camera that is already there
  • The manager sets the grace period and idle fee
  • Every session visible per plate in the dashboard

Available as an add-on, priced per charge point. See pricing

Sharing and freeing up charge points

In an office or building with few charge points, more cars want to charge than there are bays. Revtek sets the order and sees which car is holding a charging bay.

For each charging bay, the dashboard shows the manager which car is charging, how many kWh it has taken and since when it has been full.

Charging without a card
The charger starts as soon as the cable goes in, for the car the bay camera sees or for the only car that has just driven in. If neither applies, the driver scans the QR code on the charger and enters the plate. A charge card also works.
Booking a charge point
A driver books a charge point for a time slot. The manager decides how long a booking may last and how often per week. A booking lapses when the car has not arrived after half an hour.
Waitlist with a message
With every charge point taken, the driver puts the plate on the waitlist. The first on the list gets a message as soon as a charge point frees up, and it is held for that car for a set time.
Maximum charging time
The manager sets a maximum charging time. A driver who goes over it while others are waiting gets a reminder, and the bay shows as overstayed in the dashboard.
A car in a charging bay without charging
A camera on the charging bays sees a car parked there without charging, a petrol car for example. After a set time the manager gets an alert with the plate.
Visitors pay for charging with their parking
The manager can let visitors charge. The kWh then go on the same bill as the parking fee, and the visitor pays both at once on the payment page or at the pay station, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Costs per company and per car
The monthly overview shows kWh, charging costs and idle fees per tenant and per plate. The CSV export lists every charging session, so an employer can reimburse company-car drivers.
Existing chargers and back office
Chargers that support OCPP 1.6 connect to the Revtek system on site. A back office from the charger supplier stays in use: Revtek forwards every message and adds the link to the licence plate.

From the meter cupboard to a working charging zone

We handle the site survey, the chargers, the cabling and the ANPR camera at the charging zone. We work with chargers that support the open OCPP protocol, such as Alfen and Zaptec, so the building is not tied to one supplier.

Already have chargers? Then we connect to them and add the management, the charging zone and the billing. Maintenance falls under the service level the building chooses.

1
Survey of the supply and the car park

We measure the available capacity, look at the cable routes to the parking spaces and the position for the camera at the entrance to the charging zone.

2
Plan and quote for the board

How many charge points fit on the current supply, what an upgrade would cost, and what the building pays per month. One document for the meeting.

3
Installation

Chargers, cabling, distribution board and camera are fitted and connected to the Revtek platform. Any supply upgrade is arranged with the network operator.

4
Residents sign up and billing starts

Residents request charging access via WhatsApp, the board approves, and from the first month the billing runs automatically.

EV charging in an apartment building

That depends on the country and on your lease or building rules. In the Netherlands a notification scheme lets an owner install a charger on their own space after notifying the board, provided it fits technically; shared infrastructure such as a supply upgrade or a communal charging bay still goes to the meeting. This is not legal advice; check your own building's rules. Background in our article on the Dutch notification scheme.

Then we share the available power dynamically across the charge points, so more points fit on the same supply without tripping the main fuse. Only if that is not enough does a supply upgrade come into view, and we arrange that with the network operator. We measure the real capacity during the site survey.

Every charging session is tied to the resident's licence plate or charge card. The board sets a tariff per kWh, with an optional uplift for shared costs. At the end of the month Revtek collects the amount automatically via Mollie and credits it to the building's account. Residents see their usage and cost on WhatsApp.

The system sees when charging stops and, after a configurable time, sends the resident a WhatsApp message asking them to free the bay. If the car stays, the board can set an hourly rate that starts once charging has ended. The ANPR camera at the charging zone records who was there and when.

We handle the site survey, the chargers, the cabling and the ANPR camera at the charging zone, in Greater London, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Maintenance afterwards falls under the service level the building chooses.

Yes. The camera covering the charging bays recognises which car is in which bay, and Revtek matches that to the charge point’s session. Every session is recorded against a plate and an idle fee can start, even in an open car park. This matching is an add-on, priced per charge point.

Yes, if the manager allows it. You decide whether visitors may use the charging bays, for how long and at what rate. A registered visitor is recognised by licence plate, so their charging session is recorded separately from the residents’ sessions.

Yes, if the chargers support OCPP 1.6. The charger connects to the Revtek system on site. If you already use a back office, for example from the charger supplier, Revtek sends every message there as well, so that system keeps working. Revtek adds the link to the licence plate, the idle fee, bookings and the waitlist.

No. With the QR code on the charger, charging only starts for a plate that the entrance camera or the bay camera at that site has seen.

EV charging in your building?

Book a demo or request a site survey. You get one plan for the board, with charge points, costs and management.

Or email us at info@revtek.nl