There is no standard approach to creating a buildings energy reporting system. This is because each building will have a varying degree of sub metering installed within. This can range from no sub metering at all to a completely comprehensive sub metering system monitoring the various supplies throughout the building. There is therefore ...
An AMR or smart meter is an advanced utility meter. AMR stand for Automated Meter Read. This means that the meter collects half-hourly consumption data and transfers the data to an energy management system where it is stored and can be analysed. The half-hourly data can be collected for gas, electric and water and removes the need to outdat...
Ever since the introduction of Automate Meter Reading, or AMR, it has been possible to automatically collect utility consumption data without requiring manual meter reads. However, despite the possibilities of AMR, a number of companies continue to undertake manual reads. Below, we explore the pros and cons of AMR and meter reads: AMR...
Efficiency Direct was approached to assist a client who required a reliable, energy monitoring and reporting package. The client asked for our help after being dissatisfied with their existing monitoring and targeting (M&T) provider. The client was experiencing regular loss of consumption data from their M&T provider, meaning that t...
Sub-metering systems enable you to break down where and when your overall energy is used. Before installing the system, a site survey should be carried out to understand the overall energy usages that will then develop a careful plan to match the client’s expectations. As sub-metering systems are very versatile and flexible they ha...
Monitoring a business’ electrical consumption can be undertaken in varying amounts of detail. A high-level analysis could look at the monthly bills or take monthly manual meter reads of the main tariff meter and compare the electric consumption from month to month. However, this will only provide an overview of how much electricity...
