Add charging your residents will actually use, without your property becoming a charging operator.
Residents shopping for an apartment increasingly ask whether they can charge where they live. For a property, that raises a different set of questions: who runs it, what it costs, what happens when a charger stops working, and whether a decision made today limits the property later.
Govian builds the charging program around those questions rather than around the hardware.
Straight answers to the questions that decide whether charging happens.
Govian operates the charging program. Drivers use a QR-based self-service flow on their own phone rather than asking staff for help, and Govian’s operating model includes charger monitoring and operational support, with maintenance responsibilities defined in the commercial agreement before deployment.
Deployments can start small. Where the site and electrical design support it, Govian structures the installation with future expansion in mind, so adding connectors later is a planned step rather than a second project from scratch.
The property funds the chargers and the installation. Govian charges a monthly platform fee, a charge per active port, and a per-session fee, all agreed in writing beforehand. In return the charging revenue is yours: residents and guests pay the property, not Govian.
Govian’s platform is built on OCPP-based charger communication, so the charging program is not designed around a single hardware vendor. Hardware still has to be evaluated and qualified for compatibility. We don’t claim every OCPP charger works out of the box.
The property purchases the equipment and is the seller of the charging. Driver payments settle into the property’s own account, and Govian is paid through a fee schedule agreed in writing before the site goes live.
Thinking about co-investment? Govian is developing structures in which Govian funds part or all of the equipment cost for qualified projects and recovers it through agreed fees. These structures are not open yet, and availability would depend on site evaluation, project economics, applicable approvals and a final written agreement. If that is the direction you want to explore, say so in your property assessment request and we will tell you honestly where it stands.
If yours isn’t here, the general FAQ covers more, or just ask us.
It depends on unit count, current EV ownership among residents, parking layout and available electrical capacity. Govian evaluates those before recommending a number, and designs for expansion where the site supports it rather than assuming the first installation is the final one.
Either is possible. Charging pricing is configured per property according to the commercial arrangement, and a property that wants to offer charging at no cost to residents still uses a recorded $0.00 tariff rather than an absent one, so sessions remain accounted for.
Govian’s operating model includes charger monitoring and operational support. Maintenance responsibilities depend on charger ownership and are defined in the commercial agreement before deployment.
Access can be configured for residents, guests or both, depending on how the property wants the charging program to work.
The same platform architecture supports an individual property today and larger portfolios as the network grows. Each property keeps its own pricing and commercial terms.
Tell us about the site and we’ll evaluate the charging opportunity with you.