Green Star Credit 17B3: EV Infrastructure Requirements Explained
What Green Star Credit 17B3 requires for EV infrastructure in residential apartment buildings — and how PLE delivered it at Upper House, South Brisbane.
Green Star is Australia's primary green building rating tool. For residential apartment buildings pursuing a Green Star rating, EV charging infrastructure is available under Credit 17B3. PLE delivered EV infrastructure to satisfy this credit at Upper House — a 34-storey, 194-unit tower in South Brisbane.
What Credit 17B3 requires
Credit 17B3 requires a minimum proportion of resident carspaces to be EV-capable — either with installed chargers or EV-ready infrastructure. Requirements include adequate electrical capacity, load management provisions, sub-metering for cost attribution, and documentation demonstrating design compliance.
What PLE delivered at Upper House
At Upper House, PLE's EV scope included a dedicated EV sub-main, sub-metering, load management provisions, and conduit distribution to carspaces — all designed and documented to satisfy the Green Star credit requirements. PLE coordinated design documentation with the project's Green Star consultant and the network connection application with Energex.
Contact David Hall at dave@pleqld.com to discuss EV infrastructure for a Green Star-targeted development.
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