Metering for energy efficiency

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Metering for energy efficiency

• Chris Beadsworth
• Managing Director
• Landis Gyr

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Content

• Energy Efficiency Imperative for Change
• Current Role of Metering
• Its all about Information !
• Technology tool box Smart Metering
• Metering in the SME / Commercial Sector
• Does it Work?
• What metering is required..?
• How do we move forward..?

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Energy Efficiency Imperative for Change
Todays Policy

• Energy efficiency for Carbon Reduction is high on
  the Government and Industry agenda.
• Established efficiency methods have been
  Installed or are planned to be deployed under
  regulations
• Cavity wall insulation
• Energy efficiency light bulbs
• Energy efficient white goods

New and innovative methods to reduce energy
usage and carbon emission's are now needed
! Metering Billing has the Capability to
become a significant measure to achieve these
aims.
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The Current role of Metering
Amount due
Energy Data Consumption
Issue Bill
Generate Bill
Revenue
Management
Recover Payment
Energy Suppliers
Collect Process Data
Install Read Meters
Technology Metering
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Its all about Information
Energy Suppliers

• Provide consumers with accurate energy usage in
  their homes
• Meter Operators to collect accurate data in a
  timely manner
• Energy suppliers to use accurate data and display
  informative utility bills
• Ideally a combination Link of ALL

Metering Industry
Energy reductions, 90M cost savings with 1.5M
tonnes of Carbon Emissions averted
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The Metering Technology Tool Box
There is a wide choice of industry technology
available for smart metering applications which
ultimately can deliver energy carbon
reductions.via
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The Tool Box in Action
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• Automatic monitoring of energy usage.
• Out of hours usage easily identified.
• Identification of inefficient plant (or plant
  usage).
• Bill checking
• Power Factor monitoring
• Quality of Supply (voltage and frequency)
  monitoring.

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Energy savings!
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SME Commercial Metering

• Part L of the Building Regulations covers
  metering under, Monitoring Targeting
• Metering and sub metering systems are recognised
  as a measure in the (ecas) Enhanced Capital
  Allowance Scheme
• The use of Smart metering is the subject of major
  field trials in SMEs, funded by the Carbon Trust.

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Does it Work ?

• The DEFRA Energy Efficiency Action Plan,
  states a review carried out for the
  Office for Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)
  suggests that there is the potential to deliver
  energy savings of 510 for many customers
  through the use of improved feedback on energy
  consumption

This offers a significant root to reduce carbon
emissions in housing!!!
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What metering is required
OPTIONS

• There are many different ways metering technology
  can present information for electricity and gas.
• There are many ways to communicate information to
  the consumer and energy supplier / meter operator
  
• All can be provided for by BEMCA members

OPTIONS
What is needed are Metering Assets that provide
timely accurate reads which can be
interrogated by customers or suppliers on demand!!
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How we move forward
Stated in the Action Plan - We (Defra)
recognize that billing and metering offer
opportunities to help customers manage their
energy more effectively and that any problems
with the current arrangements need to be
addressed. Ofgem, DTI and Defra will
therefore review the current situation under the
auspices of their Joint Working Group on Energy
and the Environment by the end of September
2004 We would very much wish to involved in
assisting in the identification of current
problems and barriers and in helping to deliver
solutions
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Metering for energy efficiency

• Thank you for listening

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