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Submetering: Evolution, Technologies, Applications. Outline. What is Electric Submetering? What are Smart Meters? Why Submeter? What to Submeter? Available Technology. What is submetering?. Submetering Alternatives. Master Metering One utility meter for the entire building
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Outline • What is Electric Submetering? • What are Smart Meters? • Why Submeter? • What to Submeter? • Available Technology
Submetering Alternatives • Master Metering • One utility meter for the entire building • Direct Utility Metering • The Utility Installs Meters and Manages Accounts for each Tenant • Building Owner Loads have a Separate Utility Meter and Account
Why Not Direct Utility Metering? • Construction Costs vs Meter Costs • Loss of Flexibility • No Integration of Non-Utility Energy (Generator, Solar, Wind, etc) • Little Added Value to Tenants
What are “Smart Meters?” • Tells You WhenPower is used, How Fast it is Consumed • Remote Access to Data • Most Smart Meters Provide Added Data that Details the Efficiency of the Particular Circuit. vs.
Tenant billing: Transfer Energy Costs Reasons to Submeter:
Tenant Submetering:Integrating renewables (vs direct metering)
Reasons to Submeter: Building Management: Control of Building Systems, Moment to Moment.
Reasons to Submeter: Energy Management: Understanding Trends Over Time. Acting on Data to Reduce Energy Use.
Energy management:Load shedding, curtailment, demand response
AIRPORTS RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL MIXED USE Submetering applications New construction | Gut rehab | Retrofit
Available Technology: Communications • Wired • Proprietary • BMS interface (Modbus, BACnet, LONworks, etc) • Ethernet • Wireless • Radio • WiFi • ZigBee • Power Line Carrier • Hybrid
Available technology:Software • Proprietary • Controls / BMS / BAS • Third-party • Energy management firms • Energy consultants • Reading and billing firms