Measure electricity use across individual areas of your property with a submetering system designed around the information you need.
Elcomponent provides electrical submetering for commercial properties, estates and multi-site organisations. We can help you measure consumption across buildings, tenant areas, floors, departments, plant and equipment, giving your team more useful information about where electricity is being used.
From metering design and specification through to commissioning, data collection and ongoing support, we can help you put the right metering in place for your property.
A main electricity meter shows total consumption for a property, but it does not always show which areas or systems are responsible for that use. Electrical submeters provide more detailed measurement within the building.
Depending on the property and electrical distribution, sub meters can be used to monitor:
This gives property, facilities and energy teams more useful consumption data than a single whole-building figure.
The right sub metering system depends on what you need to measure and how you intend to use the data.
Elcomponent can help assess:
The aim is to install the metering that supports a clear operational or reporting need, rather than adding measurement without a defined purpose.
If you are looking for technical guidance, see our sub meter installation guide.
Electrical submeters can be positioned to provide more detailed consumption information across a commercial property. The exact arrangement will depend on the site’s electrical distribution and the information your team needs.
Tenant and occupied areas
Where a building contains multiple occupied areas, separate metering can provide consumption data for defined spaces. This can help property teams review electricity use between occupiers and support cost allocation where the metering arrangement and billing requirements are suitable.
For projects where billing is the main requirement, see our tenant billing services.
Floors, departments and communal areas
Sub meters can be used to separate electricity consumption across different parts of a building. This can help property and facilities teams compare areas, investigate changes in consumption and build a clearer picture of how the property is operating.
Plant and major electrical loads
Electrical consumption can also be measured around selected plant or major loads. This can be useful where a facilities or energy team needs to see how much electricity is associated with a particular system or part of the building.
Multiple buildings and property portfolios
For organisations responsible for more than one building, submetering can form part of a wider data collection and energy monitoring system. Consumption information from individual meters can be brought together so that teams can review buildings, areas or selected loads from a central point.
Submetering becomes more useful when the data can be collected and reviewed consistently.
Where suitable communications are in place, readings from electricity sub meters can be brought into energy monitoring software. This allows your team to compare areas, investigate unusual consumption and review changes over time.
The data can help you:
See our energy monitoring and analytics software for more information.
Submetering is particularly useful where several occupiers, areas or building services sit behind one incoming electricity supply.
For commercial property managers, managing agents and facilities teams, separate measurement can provide a clearer picture of how electricity is distributed across the property.
This can support the management of:
Where tenant billing is required, we can also direct you to our tenant billing services.
How Elcomponent supports your metering project
Elcomponent has provided energy monitoring systems since 1986. We support metering projects from the initial requirement through to commissioning and ongoing support.
Our work can include:
This means the metering can be considered as part of the wider way energy data is collected and used across your property.
Electrical sub metering uses additional electricity meters to measure consumption within specific parts of a property or electrical system. It provides more detail than the main incoming meter alone.
Read our guide to electrical submetering for a fuller explanation.
Depending on the property, sub meters can measure areas such as tenants, floors, departments, communal spaces, plant or selected equipment.
Sometimes. It depends on the meter, its configuration, communications and the data you need.
Existing metering can be reviewed before deciding whether additional meters are required.
Yes, where suitable meters and communications are in place. Data can be collected automatically and viewed through energy monitoring software.