Quadrant Homes EV Charging Station Option Featured in Puget Sound Business Journal
October 2011
Quadrant Homes offers electric car charging stations. Quadrant Homes said Tuesday it will now offer home buyers the option of having an electric vehicle charging station installed in their new home.
The company’s first residential charging station has already been installed in a new showcase home in Quadrant’s Elliot Landing development in Kent.
Quadrant Homes President Ken Krivanec said Quadrant is the first production home builder to offer the option of installing a charging station. The units will cost $1,635 to install, Krivanec said.
“The Puget Sound area is known for being a community of innovators and early adopters,” Krivanec said. “The purpose is to show how the charging unit fits in the home and how easy it is to access.”
The Puget Sound area is an early market for electric vehicles. Some 2,000 charging stations are being installed throughout the area under a new $230 million federal program that will create network of 14,000 electric vehicle charging stations in six states and the District of Columbia. The network, which will include 18 metropolitan areas in Washington state, Oregon, California, Arizona, Texas and Tennessee, is expected to be completed late this year.
Quadrant is working with Schneider Electric as the charging station installer. The units are able to charge a car within four to eight hours. Additionally, the charging stations will allow users to postpone charging to take advantage of off-peak utility rates and offer protection from power outages and electrical faults. The units can automatically resume charging once power is restored.
About Quadrant Homes
More Washingtonians live in a Quadrant home than in one constructed by any other builder. Quadrant Homes, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, is now in its 40th year of award-winning home building in the Puget Sound region. Quadrant’s “Built Your Way” approach encourages homebuyers to select the features that matter most to them. The company is currently building or developing new-home communities in King, Snohomish, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, and Skagit counties. Quadrant was recognized with the 2010 Guildmaster Award for exceptional customer satisfaction, has been named a Builder of the Year by the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, and one of Washington’s Best Work Places by The Puget Sound Business Journal. Quadrant has also been designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as a qualified Energy Star® builder. For more information, visit the Quadrant Homes website, Quadrant Homes Twitter and Quadrant Homes Facebook
