Can we charge students for the power they use?

You can choose: free charging, billing by kWh used, or a flat fee per session. Whichever model you pick, usage is metered separately at each charging point and can be tied to a user. The metering is there for reporting and enforcing limits, so billing users rests on the university's own rules rather than a certified utility meter.

Can access work through a student ID card?

By default, access works through the mobile app and a QR code at the charging point, and the administrator grants and revokes access themselves in the panel. Integration with the university's own access system is worked out individually with the IT department, and we confirm scope and feasibility before quoting.

Does the shelter fit a university procurement procedure?

Yes. For the procedure, we provide technical documentation and declarations of conformity for the devices, dimensions, and a functional description for the specification — separately for the shelter and for the Box, since they're formally two different procurement items. We help prepare a scope of work that fits the procedure your university runs.

How long does the rollout take, and when should we plan it?

Delivery of a ChargeGo Box takes 8 weeks from order, so a decision made in spring lets you have the bike room ready for the start of the winter semester. Shelter work is best scheduled for summer break (July–August) or between semesters, so it doesn't disrupt campus life — we work out the schedule at the quote stage.

What warranties come with it?

Shelter: 10 years on the structure, 25 years on the solar panels retaining at least 80% output, 5 years on the LFP battery retaining at least 80% capacity (over 4,000 cycles), 2 years on the electronics. ChargeGo Box: 5 years as standard, with the option to extend to 7 years for €470 excl. VAT.

Can we see the device before deciding?

Yes. We show the unit, the app and the admin panel at our workshop in Dąbrowa Górnicza, where we design and assemble the electronics: you can start a session from a phone and see how granting access and reading usage works. A shelter has also been running at Hotel Ostaniec since May 2026 — 8 charging points, about 3 kWp of solar and about 5 kWh of battery. Both lines run the same software.

What about the security of students' bikes?

In a bike room or garage, the Box relies on the room already being locked, with the administrator granting access to charging points. Outdoors, the open shelter has LED lighting and every session is authorised, while the lockable variant adds doors and locks for 3 or 6 charging points. On both lines, the panel shows who charged and when.

Can the university apply for funding?

Programmes supporting mobility, energy efficiency and university infrastructure change from one funding round to the next, and the body running the programme assesses eligibility. We prepare the technical description, specifications and usage data for the application.

Electric Bike Charging at Universities

Two products

Where are the bikes kept on your campus?

Everything else is the same in both cases: a mobile app, a QR code at each charging point, a management panel, usage metering at every charging point, and session history.

ChargeGo Box — wall-mounted electric bike charging station in an underground garage, 8 charging points

Bikes are kept indoors

Wall-mounted, 8 charging points

ChargeGo Box

A dorm bike room, an underground garage under a teaching building, a hall.

A wall-mounted station. No structure or foundation to build — the unit mounts on the wall of a room where the bikes already are.

8 charging points from a single 230 V / 16 A circuit — existing, or run by us
A 2 A (~460 W) limit per charging point; going over it disconnects that one charging point and flags it in the app, while the others keep charging
A full set of electrical protection built into the enclosure — nothing to add to the dorm's switchboard

From €3,450 excl. VAT

for the unit, with software and the app included. Installation and commissioning quoted separately.

Charging station for garages and bike rooms Get a quote

ChargeGo solar bike shelter with an electric bike charging station — the installation at Hotel Ostaniec

Bikes are kept outdoors

Hotel Ostaniec — installation

ChargeGo Shelter

Campus grounds, the entrance to the main building, the square in front of a dorm, a tech park.

A freestanding structure with solar panels on the roof and a battery. It runs with no grid connection, so there's no need to run power to the middle of campus.

An open shelter with 10 charging points, or a lockable variant with doors and locks — 3 or 6 charging points
1.74–3.48 kWp of solar panels and an LFP battery of about 1.8–6 kWh; runs off-grid or in hybrid mode
230 V Schuko sockets with power metering at every charging point; going over the set threshold disconnects just that one charging point. Total power drawn across all charging points is capped by a 3,000 VA inverter

From €18,500 excl. VAT

for the open variant, 10 charging points. The lockable variant starts at €23,500 excl. VAT.

Solar bike shelter Get a quote

A campus can use both solutions: the Box in bike rooms and garages, and the Shelter by buildings, dorms, or sports facilities.

A Box in the dorm, a shelter by the main building

Dorm residents' bikes are kept in the bike room, so the ChargeGo Box goes there: a wall and a locked room are already in place. Bikes of people commuting from the city stay outdoors at the entrance to the teaching building, so the shelter goes there and needs no grid connection. A single panel covers both units, so the university does not run two separate systems. You can start with one dorm and add locations later.

For campus facilities teams

Both lines

A charging point the campus doesn't have today

Students and PhD candidates commute by e-bike and charge it wherever there's an outlet: in a dorm room, in the department corridor, off an extension cord. A dedicated charging point turns that into something planned, documented, and covered by the university's rules.

Both lines

A dedicated, managed installation instead of an extension cord

Charging runs on its own circuit, with a power limit and metering on each charging point, and the protection is built into the unit itself. The administrator no longer has to wonder who plugged what into the corridor outlet — they see who's charging and at which charging point.

Both lines

The administrator grants access, not our support team

The system includes a mobile app, a QR code at each charging point, a management panel and a session history. Only people the university designates get access. If the connection drops, the unit keeps working locally.

ChargeGo Shelter

The shelter goes where there's no grid connection

1.74–3.48 kWp of solar panels and an LFP battery let you place charging points in the middle of the campus grounds without running a cable or increasing the building's connected load. It operates from −20 °C to +45 °C, with the battery heated by the BMS.

Both lines

Supports university building certification

Cycling infrastructure for students and staff counts towards BREEAM (Tra), LEED (LT — Bicycle Facilities) and ActiveScore. Both lines address the bike-facility criteria; the shelter also adds a renewable energy source.

Both lines

Usage metering and session history

Usage is metered separately at each charging point, sessions are tied to a user, and the history is kept in the panel. These data can be used in university reporting and grant applications.

Where this goes on campus

These are the places on campus where universities most often start.

The dorm bike roomChargeGo Box

The bikes are already there — what's missing is safe charging. The Box mounts on the bike room wall: eight charging points from a single 230 V / 16 A circuit, with access granted by the dorm administrator. This is the most common starting point at a university.

An underground garage or hall under a teaching buildingChargeGo Box

This suits staff and PhD candidates who leave their bike there for the whole working day. Nothing has to be built and no outdoor space is needed, only a wall and a circuit run to it.

The entrance to the main building and the arrival zoneChargeGo Shelter

An open shelter with 10 charging points, in the place people reach when they cycle in from the city. It is visible, lit and needs no grid connection, so it can go wherever it makes sense rather than where a cable happens to end.

The square in front of a dorm with no bike room insideChargeGo Shelter

A lockable shelter with 3 or 6 charging points adds doors and locks, for sites where the bike stays overnight and there is no room for it inside the building.

A tech park next to the universityBoth lines

There's usually no grid connection at the parking space on these sites — that's when the shelter fits, because it has its own power. If bikes are kept in a hall, the wall-mounted Box is the right choice.

Access, the app, and billing

Both lines

The software layer is shared across both lines — a dorm with a Box and a campus with a shelter are managed from the same panel.

The app, QR code, and panel

The user starts charging from the mobile app or by scanning the QR code at the charging point. The university's administrator grants and revokes access on their own in the panel, with no need to contact support. If the connection drops, the unit keeps working locally.

Usage and session history

Energy is metered separately at each charging point, and every session is tied to a specific user. Pick a model: free, billed by kWh used, or a flat fee per session.

A note on the paperwork: the energy metering is there for reporting and enforcing limits, so billing users rests on the university's own rules, not on readings from a legally certified meter.

Integration with the university's own access-control system (a student ID card, for example) is worked out individually with the IT department — we confirm the scope before quoting.

Costs · 2026

What it costs on campus

The two lines are priced differently. The Box has a list price per unit; the shelter has a range that depends on configuration and the number of locations.

ChargeGo Box — bike room or garage

ChargeGo Box

From €3,450excl. VAT

For the unit: 8 charging points, software, the management panel and the app — no subscription, no time limit. On the university's side: a wall and a 230 V / 16 A circuit run to it.

Delivery: 8 weeks from order.

Optional subscription: Cloud €10/month, Billing +€7/month. Without it, the station keeps working — the subscription covers remote access and billing.

Priced separately

Installation€420 excl. VAT
Commissioning with staff training€350 excl. VAT
Charging point signage€140 excl. VAT
RAL colour instead of white€140 excl. VAT
7-year warranty instead of 5€470 excl. VAT

A typical dorm: one Box per bike room. Additional rooms mean additional units — one shared panel, with no per-user fees.

Market price ranges · 2026

The shelter on campus grounds — price ranges

These ranges apply to the outdoor line only. An individual quote follows within 1–2 business days.

1 location

Lockable shelter by a dorm

€18,500–28,000excl. VAT

Lockable shelter, 3 charging points · PV 1.74 kWp

Doors and locks — the bike stays overnight
Power metering at every socket
App, QR code and panel

Open shelters by buildings

€30,000–67,000excl. VAT

2–3 × open shelter, 10 charging points · PV 3.48 kWp each

Runs off-grid or in hybrid mode
One shared panel for all locations
Per-user session history

4–6 locations

Campus or tech park

€59,500–133,500excl. VAT

Open and lockable shelters in one network · PV 3.48 kWp each

A mix of open and lockable variants
One panel for the whole campus
Technical data for certification documentation

These are indicative ranges, based on 2025/2026 market prices for smart bike shelters. Final pricing is quoted individually within 1–2 business days. Shown in EUR at an indicative exchange rate; invoices are issued in PLN.

Get a quote for your location

Certifications and programmes for universities

If a university building is certified under BREEAM or LEED, the bike-facility criteria can be addressed by either line — a Box in the building's bike room, and a shelter on the grounds. Only the shelter contributes a renewable energy source, since it is the only one with solar panels and a battery. The project's assessor confirms the actual score.

BREEAM (Tra)

e-bike specificNew and renovated buildings

Cyclist Facilities for students and staff: the ratio of bike spaces to users, lighting, security, e-bike charging. Facilities inside a building are covered by the Box, outdoor ones by the shelter.

LEED v4.1

cycling infrastructureLT — Bicycle Facilities

Supports the credit for buildings targeting LEED. The requirements cover access to the bike network and facilities for building users — a parking space with charging counts, whether it's indoors or outdoors.

ActiveScore

e-bike specificActive transport in buildings

Relevant for teaching buildings and dorms, where the facilities inside the building are assessed. A bike room with charging is a direct fit for the ChargeGo Box.

Cycle Friendly Employer

cycling infrastructureBike-friendly employer

This applies to the university as an employer of academic and administrative staff. Charging infrastructure in the garage under a building, or by the entrance, supports the certification.

Municipal SUMP

cycling infrastructureCity collaboration

Campuses in city centres fit into municipal sustainable mobility plans — charging points are part of the shared cycling infrastructure.

Sustainability reporting

indirect / ESGPublic universities

The panel provides data: session counts and energy use per charging point, and for the shelter, solar output as well.

e-bike specific — covers charging and electric assistcycling infrastructure — parking, lighting and securityindirect / ESG — supports strategy or reporting

Note: the certificate is awarded to the building. ChargeGo supports the criteria, and an assessor or certification consultant confirms the final qualification.

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FAQ

Questions from campus estates teams

The ChargeGo Box: a wall-mounted station with eight charging points from a single 230 V / 16 A circuit, which we run if there isn't one. Each charging point has a 2 A (about 460 W) limit enforced electronically — going over it disconnects that one charging point and flags it in the app, while the others keep charging. The unit measures 770 × 450 × 160 mm, comes in white as standard, and needs only a wall.

As a rule, no — it's a unit mounted on the wall of an existing building, so neither a permit nor a notification is normally required. Exceptions are heritage-listed buildings, buildings in conservation zones, and cases where installation involves rewiring the electrical system; in those cases the paperwork has to be confirmed with the local authority. On campuses with heritage buildings, we check this before quoting.

From a single 230 V / 16 A circuit in the building, either already there or run by us. All eight charging points fit on that one circuit, and since the per-charging point draw is capped, full occupancy loads the circuit the same as a single charging point. If the university wants to generate power on-site, that's what the outdoor line is for — the shelter, with its solar panels and LFP battery, on campus grounds.

A quote for your university

Tell us where the bikes are kept today — a dorm bike room, a garage under a building, or outdoors — and how many locations you're considering. We'll reply with a specific setup within 1–2 business days.

Electric bike charging at universities — in the dorm and around campus

Where are the bikes kept on your campus?

ChargeGo Box

ChargeGo Shelter

A Box in the dorm, a shelter by the main building

For campus facilities teams

Where this goes on campus

Access, the app, and billing

What it costs on campus

ChargeGo Box — bike room or garage

The shelter on campus grounds — price ranges

Lockable shelter by a dorm

Open shelters by buildings

Campus or tech park

Certifications and programmes for universities

BREEAM (Tra)

LEED v4.1

ActiveScore

Cycle Friendly Employer

Municipal SUMP

Sustainability reporting

Questions from campus estates teams

A quote for your university

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