Build more electrified homes without unnecessary service upgrades.
EV charging, heat pumps, electric water heating, spas, induction cooking, batteries, and other high-power equipment are increasing residential electrical demand. Smarter power management can help builders use existing electrical capacity more efficiently.
Larger electrical service can increase project cost.
Typical cost of a full residential electrical panel upgrade for homes with overhead service, according to PG&E.
Source: PG&E PanelBoost. Actual project cost varies by home, service configuration, utility requirements, and location.
Electrical service upgrades can also delay construction.
PG&E's stated start-to-finish target for its Express Connections process, which commonly handles residential panel upgrades.
Utility schedules vary by territory, permitting, engineering requirements, inspections, and project complexity.
Electrical upgrades cost more than equipment. They cost time.
Adding high-power electrical loads can affect the calculated demand of a home and may trigger larger electrical equipment, service modifications, utility coordination, and additional construction time.
Higher construction cost
Larger panels, feeders, meter equipment, service conductors, and related electrical work can increase the electrical BOM and installation cost.
Utility coordination
Increasing electrical service capacity may require utility review, engineering, service planning, inspections, and energization coordination.
Possible infrastructure upgrades
Depending on local conditions, increased residential demand may require evaluation of service conductors, transformers, secondary systems, or other utility infrastructure.
Multiplied across a development
For builders delivering dozens or hundreds of homes, additional electrical cost and schedule risk per home can materially affect total project economics.
What if adding electrical loads didn't always require a larger service?
A listed Power Control System can manage flexible high-power loads based on available electrical capacity. This gives builders another design option when planning EV-ready and electrified homes, subject to applicable code, utility, listing, and project requirements.
Use existing capacity
Make more effective use of the electrical service capacity already available at the home.
Support EV charging
EV charging can be managed according to available household electrical capacity.
Reduce unnecessary oversizing
Load management may reduce the need to design every home around all high-power loads operating at maximum demand simultaneously.
Control project cost
Avoiding an unnecessary service upgrade can reduce equipment, installation, and coordination costs.
Reduce schedule exposure
Fewer service upgrades can mean less dependence on utility upgrade schedules and related coordination.
Build future-ready homes
Give homeowners greater flexibility to add EV charging and other electrical equipment as their needs change.
Make electrical capacity smarter — not simply bigger.
ZigTech PCS is designed to monitor residential electrical demand and manage a flexible high-power load when available capacity becomes limited.
Plan power management before construction.
ZigTech can be considered during electrical design, helping builders evaluate load management before automatically increasing service size.
Identify Loads
EV charging and other planned high-power electrical equipment.
Evaluate Capacity
Review service capacity, panel capacity, calculated load, and project requirements.
Add Power Control
Use a listed PCS where appropriate to manage flexible electrical loads.
Build Smarter
Deliver homes ready for greater electrification with more efficient use of electrical infrastructure.
Build for tomorrow without oversizing everything today.
Intelligent power management gives builders another way to approach residential electrification — supporting growing electrical demand while helping control infrastructure cost, utility coordination, and project schedule risk.
Build smarter with ZigTech.
ZigTech welcomes collaboration with home builders, developers, electrical designers, and construction teams planning the next generation of electrified homes.
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