Sunday, 26 June 2016: 8:00 AM-9:00 AM
Smart Building Systems/Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics
Chair:
Kinga Hydras, U.S. General Services Administration
Technical Committee: 07.06 Building Energy Performance
The session provides an overview of current standards and Federal mandates around submetering and explores energy conservation opportunities through the usage of granular energy data. Recent industry trends show that installation of metering devices after the primary utility meter that measure actual resource consumption are bringing multiple benefits to commercial building owners. The GSA developed a Submeter Framework that provides a standardized means to map submeter functionalities to a range of benefits. The Framework is the basis of the newly introduced SFTool Submetering module and the interactive Submetering Wizard.
1 Developing the Business Case for Submetering: Leveraging GSA’s Portfolio to Demonstrate Submeter Functionalities, Range of Benefits and Cost Savings
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Kinga Hydras, U.S. General Services Administration |
Recent industry trends show that installation of metering devices after the primary utility meter that measure actual resource consumption are bringing multiple benefits to commercial building owners. These submetering systems could allow GSA to monitor energy usage for individual tenants, departments, whole floors, pieces of equipment or other loads individually to account for their actual energy usage.The GSA developed a Submeter Framework that provides a standardized means to map submeter functionalities to a range of benefits. The framework also assists stakeholders with identifying data needed to determine the associated costs and monetary savings resulting from submetering projects.
2 Developing the Business Case for Submetering: Standards and Mandates
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Martin Weiland, P.E., US General Services Administration |
The use of submeters has grown significantly in recent years at both the National and State level. As the value of submeters becomes more well known and practiced, the allowance and requirement of metering systems has increased tremendously to attain the wide array of benefits they offer. The presentation summarizes the current state of policies related to submetering at the National, State, and City level.