Energy management solutions for residential estates.
Transform your community's power infrastructure. We deliver an integrated, estate-wide solar and battery backup framework engineered for uncompromised reliability and substantial savings.
Estate energy that saves meaningful cost without a tradeoff for residents.
It is now possible for estates to manage their energy in a way that saves meaningful cost without a tradeoff for residents. We provide an integrated solar and battery backup solution for the whole estate designed to reduce electricity costs, subject to performance, usage and agreed tariffs.
Integrated system
Solar panels on common property supply all residents equally via hybrid inverters and lithium batteries
Potential savings
Potential savings depend on usage, system performance and agreed financing terms
Reduces cost over time
Fixed tariff increases via PPA or rent-to-own financing consistently undercut Eskom's annual hikes
No tradeoff
Household billing identical whether drawing from solar, battery, or grid - no behaviour change needed
One centralised system. Power for every home.
Solar panels installed on common property feed a central inverter and battery system. Power flows through the estate switchboard to every unit and common area automatically with no change to how residents experience electricity.
Solar generates
Panels on common property produce power during daylight and charge the battery system continuously
Battery stores
Lithium batteries store excess solar energy and provide 4 to 6 hours of backup power through the night
Residents receive
Every unit receives clean power seamlessly through the estate switchboard. Billing stays simple regardless of source
One shared system delivers far more than individual installations ever could.
A centralised estate system achieves economies of scale that individual installations simply cannot. Every resident benefits from infrastructure that would cost two to three times more to replicate unit by unit.
2 to 3x lower cost
The same solar savings and battery backup time at two to three times lower cost compared to individually installed systems
No deposit required
Deposit-free PPA or rent-to-own financing over 5 or 10 years, structured specifically for body corporates
Common property savings
Reduces electricity costs across common property as well as individual units, lowering overall scheme expenses
Quality and safety
Professional quality control, ongoing maintenance and significantly reduced fire risk compared to individually managed systems
Estate security maintained
Common property backup ensures access control, security systems and lighting remain powered during outages
Whole house backup
Backup power is supplied to the entire household not just essential circuits, so residents experience no disruption
No roof space conflicts
Avoid complicated allocation and maintenance issues over roof space and servitude rights. The centralised system sits on common property, managed by SolaFi, with no disputes between owners.
Complete visibility and control. For trustees and residents alike.
Ember was built by the SolaFi team to solve a problem no existing software could - managing shared solar infrastructure fairly across multiple residents in a sectional title scheme. It gives trustees full estate oversight and every resident transparent real-time visibility of their own energy usage and billing.
Energy Automation
Ember connects live to load shedding schedules, weather forecasts and time-of-use tariffs to automatically optimise when batteries charge and discharge.
Metering and Billing
Digital meters replace analogue readings entirely. Every unit is metered individually with prepaid or postpaid billing, time-of-use rates and fair battery allocation managed automatically.
Geyser Management
Geysers are the largest single load in any home. Ember automatically switches geysers off during load shedding and peak tariff periods, saving up to 42% on geyser costs in winter.
Estates already running on SolaFi.
Three live sectional title estates across South Africa, each running on a fully centralised SolaFi system with Ember smart management.
The Straight
86 Sectional Title Units
Kilcullen Estate
122 Sectional Title Units
Heritage Hill
36 Sectional Title Units
Questions trustees ask us most.
Everything a body corporate needs to know before making a decision. If your question is not here, request a review and we will answer it directly.
Request Project ReviewReady to transform your estate's energy?
Request a free project review for your estate. We will assess your common property, calculate potential savings, and provide a detailed proposal within 5 business days.