I'm in the process of creating a M&V plan for a retirment building which is basically a MURB. Determining what to meter on the central plant is relative straight forward, however the problem I'm having is the suites will not be individually monitored due to the nature of the building however the majority of the lighting and heating load will be consumed by each suite via an individual floor electrical panel.
I'd appreciate someones experience on this as to how to monitor these loads?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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December 1, 2010 - 9:50 am
For M&V you do not need to measure energy use by the suite. You want to measure by energy end uses like lighting, heating, etc. Sounds like you are headed in the right direction just make sure your measurement scheme can account for all of the energy end uses either directly or indirectly.
Exactly how you would measure what, depends upon many factors. I always try to find the least expensive method (permanent sub-meter, spot measurements, short-term trending, etc.) to get the data I need.