SATEC BFM136 submeter

Submetering for electrical usage in data centres, commercial office buildings and multiunit residential buildings is been driven by a multitude of mandates to establish better improvements and awareness of energy consumption to improve energy efficiency. In achieving measurements to provide energy performance guidelines the deployment of submetering plays a significant role to achieve base loads, provide benchmarks and improve energy performance. Today’s technology with SATEC’s Branch Feeder Monitor (BFM136) provides improvements for solutions for new and existing buildings where submetering needs to be installed.

While software solutions are paramount in collecting data such as energy usage, temperature, HVAC data, etc via building management systems (BMS) or other energy management software solutions, the interaction of software relies heavily on hardware devices deployed to provide the necessary data and information so that the software can make informative decisions.

The installation of multiple hardware devices for submetering can prove to be challenging for space issues, wiring challenges, communication issues, cost deployment along with budget restraints.

The BFM136 provides technology for the reduction in hardware cost per metering point, reduction for installation space, reduction in wiring, reduction in installation time, improved bandwidth for electrical data transfer. These advantages provide for the reduction in the total cost of installation providing a better return on investment for submetering.

The provision of data logging profiling ensures other critical data with date/time stamping is readily available during communication outages. Future proofing for time of use (TOU) for tariff readings on board the meter ensures data is not lost should communication issues transpire with the metering hardware and management software.

The BFM136 provides ease of installation for retrofitting with the use of split core CTs; further advantages are obtained where customers have existing CTs already deployed allowing the use of the BFM136 with SATEC’s interfacing CTs.

The deployment of SATEC’s BFM136 technology supporting Modbus TCP/IP or serial provides for ease of interfacing with any third-party energy management software solution.