Living Report · Electrical Planning Report

At its busiest hour of the year, this building draws just 43.0 kW.

That leaves about 80 percent of the main electrical service unused. Pacific on Veterans is already fully electric — heating, hot water, ranges and dryers — so that spare capacity is genuinely available for new loads like EV charging, not spoken for by a future gas conversion.

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Spare at the main service

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of the 600 A main service, unused at the year's busiest hour

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Residential suites

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Parking stalls at grade

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Main service · 120/208 V

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Peak demand per suite

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Gas meters — all-electric building

01 · Capacity, measured

How much electrical room is left.

Capacity is assessed at the strata's own main disconnect using a full year of BC Hydro meter data — the building's genuine busiest hour, plus the 25% safety factor Technical Safety BC requires.

Main service — 600 A disconnect

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80.1% free Ample spare

43.0 kW design peak of 216.2 kW capacity · 600 A × 208 V × √3

The whole building — all ten suites and every common load — at its design peak, against the full service rating.

House distribution — 400 A switch

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97.1% free Ample spare

4.2 kW design peak of 144.1 kW capacity · 400 A × 208 V × √3

Common-area loads only: elevator, lighting, corridor heat. This is where a new EV panel would connect — and it is nearly empty.

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The measured whole-building peak was recorded on January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM — a winter evening, exactly what you'd expect for an electrically heated building. That hour drew 34.389 kWh; multiplied by the 1.25× safety factor required by TSBC IB-EL 2023-01 Rev. 2, it gives the 43.0 kW design peak. Across ten suites that's about 4.3 kW each — an ordinary figure for a fully electric building. The spare is large not because the building runs lightly, but because a 600 A three-phase service is generous for ten suites. That headroom is real and available.

02 · Where the power flows

From the street to your suite, in one diagram.

Tap any box to see what it is, what it powers, and where the spare capacity sits.

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03 · What draws power today

Everything already runs on electricity — and it all fits easily.

There is no natural gas service at this property. Every one of these loads already sits inside the measured peak, so nothing is waiting to be converted.

A note on the numbers: these are the loads identified at the site visit — not a breakdown of the 43.0 kW measured peak. Loads cycle and rarely coincide, which is why the whole building's busiest hour is far below the sum of its equipment.

04 · The future, scenario by scenario

What could be added — and does it fit?

Select a scenario to see the report's estimated load and its verdict. Every answer comes straight from the report.

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If every scenario happened at once

EV charging at every unit plus a full heat pump retrofit together add 54.6 kW — and the service still holds 118.5 kW spare, 54.8 percent of capacity. Pacific on Veterans can do all of it without any upgrade to the electrical service or the building distribution equipment.

05 · Equipment health

Installed in 2012, and in good condition throughout.

The main disconnect, meter centre, house panel and suite panels are all Siemens equipment installed with the building — observed with no rust, water staining, damage or signs of overheating. No upgrades or modifications to increase capacity are required or recommended.

06 · Our recommendations

What to do, in plain order.

07 · Methodology & the fine print