The Electricity Cost Crisis in NSW Strata Buildings
Electricity costs represent the single largest controllable expense in most NSW strata building budgets. Common area lighting — spanning lobby areas, basement carparks, stairwells, lift lobbies, and external perimeter lighting — frequently accounts for 40-70% of a strata building's total electricity consumption. In most strata complexes, this lighting runs at full brightness 24 hours a day because the original C-Bus or DALI automation schedules were never properly configured or have drifted significantly from their optimal programming over the years.
How We Reduce Your Strata Electricity Bill
Schedule Audit & Optimization
We eliminate conflicting and duplicate C-Bus timer schedules that leave lights running unnecessarily during low-occupancy hours.
DALI Motion Sensor Tuning
Recalibrating occupancy sensor sensitivity and timeout thresholds to ensure corridors and stairwells dim within 3 minutes of vacancy.
Daylight Harvesting
Programming DALI photosensors to automatically dim common area lighting proportionally to available natural light throughout the day.
Carpark Dimming Profiles
Programming basement carpark C-Bus and DALI networks to dim to 20% ambient light during off-peak hours with instant full-brightness motion response.
Emergency Breakdown?
For immediate C-Bus or Dynalite emergency support visit cbusnotworking.com.au or call 0422 469 739.
Fixed-Price Energy Audits for Strata Portfolios
We provide transparent, fixed-price lighting energy audits with written before-and-after consumption reports for strata management firms managing portfolios across NSW. Explore our Strata Lighting Maintenance NSW capabilities and Strata Carpark Lighting Upgrades to start reducing your strata levies today.