Sub-meters
play a major role in successful energy and water reduction efforts and help
identify best practices to reduce energy and water consumption in a building.
Utilities implement sub-meter
systems that allow a building owner, property management firm, condominium or
homeowners association and other multi-tenant property to bill tenants for
measured utility usage via individual water, gas and electric meters. Water Sub-meters
promote conservation and help offset maintenance and improvement costs for well
water systems, lagoons or septic systems. Without a meter to measure individual
usage, there is less incentive to identify building inefficiencies, since the
other tenants or landlord may pay all or part of those costs.
Sub-metering
also refers to the monitoring of electrical consumption of individual equipment
within a building, such as HVAC, indoor and outdoor lighting, refrigeration and
kitchen appliances, creating opportunities for energy and capital expenditure
savings, control over thermal efficiency of the structure, its insulation,
windows, and major energy consuming appliances.
Automatic Meter
Reading AMR Technology Electronic Meter Reading and Billing
Software
provides consumption data. This data provides users with the information to
locate leaks and high-consumption areas. Users can apply this data to implement
conservation or renovation projects to lower usage & costs, meet government
mandates, or participate in green building programs.
System
Design typically includes a master meter owned by the utility
supplying the water, electricity, or gas, with overall usage billed directly to
the property owner. The property owner or manager then places their own private
meters on individual tenant spaces to determine individual usage levels and
bill each tenant for their share. In some cases, the landlord might add the
usage cost to the regular rent or lease bill. In other cases, a third party
might read, bill, and possibly even collect for the service. Some of these
companies also install and maintain meters and reading systems.
Panelor circuit sub-meters are used to measure resource use of the same system for
added security, economic, reliability, and behavioral benefits, providing
insights into resource consumption of building systems and equipment working in
the same series. Sub-meters can measure use of a single panel, or multiple
points within a panel system using single-point, multi-point, and branch
circuit sub-meters.
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