Industry

Automated submetering within the Industry segment

Automated submetering is fundamentally changing the way industrial companies measure and manage their water and energy consumption. By supplying precise data directly from individual meters, digital submetering provides unprecedented control over energy costs and efficiency. Optimise your operations, reduce your environmental impact and increase your profitability through targeted energy management! 

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Automated submetering at industrial sites goes beyond legal requirements

Digital submetering is becoming increasingly important in industry, especially in light of stricter energy efficiency regulations such as the new Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). This requires companies, particularly those with high energy consumption, to implement energy management systems and the detailed recording of energy consumption. 

Digital submetering enables the precise measurement and documentation of consumption at individual meters and helps industrial companies to manage and reduce their energy consumption effectively. This technology not only helps compliance with regulatory requirements, but also optimises resource use in industrial environments.

Detailed measurements and transparent benchmarking

You are no doubt interested in finding out the benefits of automated submetering for your industrial company. Here are the main reasons why you should implement digital submetering: 

• Cost savings: industrial companies can closely monitor and optimise their water and energy consumption using automated submetering, which can lead to significant cost savings.
• Resource efficiency: automated submetering enables industrial companies to analyse and reduce their resource consumption, which is not only cost-effective, but also contributes to more sustainable production.
• Consumption transparency: automated submetering gives industrial companies a detailed insight into their energy consumption, helping them to identify and optimise inefficient processes.
• Compliance and reporting: automated submetering helps industrial companies comply with legal and environmental requirements and facilitates the reporting of energy consumption and energy efficiency (e.g. ESG reporting).
• Benchmarking: industrial companies can use automated submetering to compare their energy efficiency with other companies and identify best practices to increase their competitiveness.
• Risk minimisation: by closely monitoring energy consumption, industrial companies can identify potential risks early and take proactive steps to avoid outages or bottlenecks.
• Auditing: digital submetering supports ISO 50001 certification, demonstrating responsibility for conscientious energy consumption and so also environmental responsibility.

Elvaco – your partner for automated submetering within the Industry segment

Elvaco offers tailored submetering solutions for industry that enable companies to maximise their energy efficiency and satisfy regulatory requirements. The product portfolio includes the CMe3100 M-Bus Metering Gateway, which provides a robust infrastructure for meter reading and data analysis. Interfaces for building control systems such as Modbus TCP/IP or BACnet IP and the option of licence expansion enable seamless integration into existing systems. To provide flexible data transfer, Elvaco also offers the CMe2100 LTE Gateway, which is particularly useful in remote industrial areas thanks to its LTE connectivity. 

In addition, the Elsys ELT-2 outdoor sensor enables precise environment measurement and data transfer via LoRaWAN. It is ideal for extensive industrial applications that require reliable outdoor monitoring.

FAQs about automated submetering in industry

What is automated submetering in industry?

Automated submetering refers to the precise recording and billing of energy consumption at individual meter level in industrial facilities. It enables companies to monitor and control energy consumption in real time, facilitating accurate cost allocation and efficiency gains.

What are the benefits of automated submetering for industrial operations?

Automated submetering offers numerous benefits for industrial operations, including improved energy efficiency, reduced operating costs and the ability to allocate energy consumption accurately to each process step. This transparency helps those responsible to identify potential savings, optimises operational processes and aids compliance with environmental and legal requirements.

How can automated submetering help industrial companies fulfil legal requirements?

Industrial companies are often required to implement energy management systems, in accordance with standards such as the EU’s new EED (Energy Efficiency Directive).  Digital submetering provides the precise consumption data that is required for compliance with these standards by recording and analysing energy consumption in detail. This also establishes an ideal documentation basis.