Urdaneta Village in Makati carries some of the highest land values in the Philippines. When the Chu family began planning their residence there, the brief was unambiguous: every major system designed in from the start, not retrofitted after the fact.

Solaren was brought in at the planning stage, working alongside architects and construction managers before a single slab was poured. That early involvement changed what was possible. Cable routes were built into the structure. The electrical riser was designed around a three-phase solar array from day one. The EV charging bay was provisioned with a dedicated circuit drawn directly from the main distribution board, not tapped off an existing line. The 22 kW AC charger the family specified needs that kind of clean, isolated supply to perform consistently.

The result is a 40.25 kWp three-phase Sungrow system that fits the residence the way it was always meant to. No exposed conduit, no compromised rooflines, no afterthoughts. Annual generation of 59,369 kWh delivers PHP 712,425 in savings per year against a 2.9-year payback. Lifetime savings are projected at PHP 18.4 million.

For a home at this level, the numbers matter but so does the execution. The real-world case for combining solar generation with EV charging is set out in fleet fuel savings and EVs on solar, where the compounding benefit of charging from your own generation becomes clear.