Seattle’s New Aspira Apartment Tower Installs Coulomb ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles
Built Green Certificate Award Ceremony Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 10:30 Marks 1st ChargePoint Installation Seattle
Seattle, WA June 24, 2010 Coulomb Technologies today announced its first installation of its ChargePoint® Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles in Seattle. The ChargePoint stations are installed at the new Aspira apartment tower located at 1823 Terry Avenue in downtown Seattle. Aspira is the most state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly high-rise apartment building in Seattle.
The 37-story 325 home apartment building is Four-Star Certified Built Green and features many sustainable amenities including building-wide recycling, Energy Star appliances and drought resistant landscaping. The ChargePoint stations are available for free charging to residents of the complex. Coulomb’s Pacific Northwest regional distributor Charge Northwest was responsible for selling and installing the charging stations. The Built Green Certificate Award Ceremony for the Aspira apartment tower takes place on Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 10:30 on the 11th floor of the building.
"The Emerald City is a little greener with the introduction of its first ChargePoint networked charging stations," said Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. "Apartment owners and dwellers across the country will look to Aspira as a model for EV drivers. To be able to charge your vehicle when you are at home or sleeping is a significant benefit and will attract eco-conscious drivers."
The ChargePoint network of electric vehicle charging stations is accessible to all plug-in drivers by making a toll free call to the 24/7 number on each charging station, or signing up for a ChargePoint Network monthly access plan and obtaining a ChargePass™ smart card. ChargePoint Network unique features include:
- Charging status by SMS text or email notification
- Location of unoccupied charging stations via smart phones
- Authenticated access to eliminate energy theft
- Authorized energizing for safety
- Smart Grid integration for utility load management with future V2G capabilities
- A ChargePoint iPhone App
To locate available charging stations, visit mychargepoint.net and click “Find Stations”
About Aspira
Aspira is inspired urban living. Located at 1823 Terry Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, the new 37-story apartment tower features 325 homes with 22 unique floor plans. The tower marries contemporary design with thoughtful green building practices. Every home has clean lines, high ceilings and wall-to-wall glass windows to take in the incomparable views of the Seattle cityscape. For more information, visit www.aspiraseattle.com.
About Coulomb Technologies, Inc.
Coulomb Technologies is the leader in electric vehicle charging station infrastructure with networked charging stations installed in municipalities and organizations worldwide. Coulomb provides a vehicle-charging infrastructure, with an open system driver network: the ChargePoint Network provides multiple web-based portals for Hosts, Fleet managers, Drivers, and Utilities, and ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations ranging in capability from 120 Volt to 240 Volt AC charging and up to 500 Volt DC charging. For more information, follow Coulomb on Twitter at twitter.com/coulombevi. To request a charging station in your area, visit www.mychargepoint.net/request-station.php. To download the ChargePoint iPhone App, click here.
