ELECTRIC SPINACH STANDARD™ SUCCESS STORY
Pegasus House is a commercial office building at Solihull Business Park. The client wanted six workplace charge points for occupiers, employees, contractors and visitors, together with controlled access and billing.
Electric Spinach assessed the users, electrical supply, cable route, parking environment, safety requirements, hardware, software and future demand before selecting the solution. Six 22 kW-capable Easee charge points were installed on three dual posts and connected to the Fuuse management platform.
The first civil works also included ducting and mounting provision for four additional chargers. Electric Spinach managed the grant application and secured £7,100, giving the client a working installation for today and a less disruptive route to future expansion.
Future-proof the disruptive and expensive infrastructure before excavation begins. Chargers can be added later; reopening completed surfaces is usually harder and more costly.
Pegasus House demonstrates how the Electric Spinach Standard™ is applied to a new installation. Its five operational principles defined what the finished infrastructure needed to achieve; the six-stage project process provided the route from the client’s objective to a verified, documented handover.
The immediate requirement was six workplace charge points. The wider objective was to support staff adopting electric vehicles, improve the experience offered to occupiers and visitors, and strengthen the future-readiness of the office asset.
Charging would use controlled pay-as-you-go access rather than unrestricted public use. The installation therefore needed suitable permissions, payments, reporting and ongoing management—not simply electrical capacity.
Install six managed workplace charge points, minimise disruption to the live site, secure available grant funding and preserve an economical route to future expansion.
Project consideration | Why it mattered |
|---|---|
Live environment | Groundworks and electrical work had to preserve safe access to an operational office and car park. |
Future expansion | Ignoring future demand could mean repeated excavation and duplicated capital expenditure. |
Electrical capacity | Available three-phase power needed to be shared responsibly across connected vehicles. |
User experience | Occupiers and visitors needed dependable access, payments and clear operating arrangements. |
Operational readiness | Software, reporting, inspection, maintenance and handover had to be planned before launch. |
Electric Spinach assessed the distribution equipment, approximately 30-metre route to the charging area, surface types, parking layout, pedestrian and vehicle movement, connectivity, ground conditions and future maintenance access. The preferred design used two 63 A three-phase radial circuits, each serving three chargers. Dynamic power sharing allowed charging output to be balanced as more vehicles connected.
The survey answered the three core Planning & Installation questions: what to consider before installing, how to choose suitable chargers and how to future-proof the infrastructure.
Staff, occupiers, contractors and visitors
Supply, circuits and dynamic power sharing
Surfaces, traffic and pedestrian movement
Connectivity, access, billing and reporting
Protection, isolation and physical risk
Ducting and positions for four more chargers
The Standard™ connected the commercial objective to the final handover, ensuring that electrical design, civil works, safety, software, future capacity and operational responsibilities were considered together.
Objectives, users, access and demand
Supply, location, routes and constraints
Electrical, civil, safety and software
Sequence works around the live site
Test, commission and certify
Records, access and responsibilities
Workplace dwell times and available power mattered more than maximum headline output.
Spare ducting and two additional dual-post positions were installed during the first excavation.
Easee hardware and Fuuse software were selected together to support access, billing and reporting.
Certification, commissioning records and handover information were planned as operational tools.
The planning process considered relevant Zurich Resilience Solutions guidance as an insurer-informed risk checklist. This was not represented as formal Zurich approval. The review helped test location, access, signage, electrical protection, emergency arrangements, physical protection and ongoing inspection responsibilities.
Risk consideration | Project response | Ongoing responsibility |
|---|---|---|
Location & movement | External charging area; parking, pedestrian interaction and traffic flow considered. | Keep access routes and charging bays unobstructed. |
Electrical protection | Dedicated EV distribution, RCD arrangements, surge protection, PEN-fault protection and isolation considered. | Maintain inspection, testing and fault-isolation procedures. |
Impact & cable protection | Post mounting and protective measures considered within the car-park design. | Check physical condition through routine inspections. |
Signage & emergency information | Safety, operating and emergency information included within project requirements. | Facilities Management to retain and update site instructions. |
Staff awareness | Fault escalation and emergency shutdown responsibilities recognised. | Maintain local procedures and staff awareness. |
The route crossed paving, soft landscaping, tarmac and block paving. Surfaces were carefully opened and reinstated while maintaining safe movement around the live site. Additional ducting and mounting provision were installed for four future chargers during the same works.
Two 63 A three-phase supplies served a dedicated EV distribution arrangement. Six Easee charge points were installed across three dual posts, with the required electrical protection and isolation measures incorporated into the design.
Fuuse provided the back-office platform, supporting RFID, app and QR-code access, user billing, reporting and charger-performance visibility. Electric Spinach also managed the applicable grant process and secured £7,100 towards active chargers and enabling infrastructure.
The completed installation was inspected, tested and certified to the edition of BS 7671 applicable at the time: BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. Operational checks also covered charger functionality, connectivity, software access and the information required for ongoing management.
Rather than receiving six isolated charge points, Pegasus House gained a managed workplace charging service and a planned route to ten chargers. First-phase expansion provision and £7,100 of grant support reduced current cost and future disruption, while electrical design, software, risk considerations, certification and handover were treated as one infrastructure decision.
Together, these measures reflect the Standard’s wider philosophy of operational stewardship: plan beyond commissioning, protect the client’s investment and keep looking ahead.
Dedicated EV distribution, protection, inspection, certification and documented handover
Commissioning, connectivity and support arrangements created the foundation for dependable operation
Easee hardware and Fuuse software selected together to support access, billing and reporting
Fuuse provides usage, billing and charger-performance oversight
Provision for four future chargers, with maintenance requirements considered before handover
Define who will charge, how long vehicles will remain and how access will work before selecting hardware.
Power, routes, connectivity, safety, traffic and future maintenance all affect the design.
Spare ducting and mounting provision can reduce the cost and disruption of later expansion.
Billing, reporting, inspection, support and emergency responsibilities should be agreed before commissioning.
BS 7671:2018+A2:2022, including requirements applicable to EV charging installations.
IET Code of Practice for Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Installation.
Zurich Resilience Solutions: Electric Vehicle Chargers – Key Considerations, used as insurer risk guidance rather than represented as project approval.
Manufacturer installation and commissioning requirements.
Distribution Network Operator notification and maximum-demand considerations, grant eligibility and evidence requirements, and site-specific access, traffic-management, operational and handover requirements.
Users, power, location, routes, connectivity, safety, software and future operation were assessed together.
The selected system reflected dwell time, available capacity, managed power sharing, access, billing and support.
Ducting and mounting provision were installed for four additional chargers during the first civil works.
Electric Spinach helps property owners, managing agents and facilities teams plan, install and operate future-ready EV charging infrastructure through the Electric Spinach Standard™.
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