Meter, Meter on the Wall, Which Is the Fairest Submeter of Them All?

摘要

Pardon me for butchering the infamous quote from the evil queen of "Snow White" fame, questioning her magic mirror on her relative beauty; but this title seems appropriate, given the elusiveness of clear answers to questions about which thermal energy submeter to choose. Believe it or not, we also covered this topic seven years ago - exactly the number of Snow White's dwarf friends. (See First Quarter 2006 District Energy, "How Does Your Energy Meter Measure Up?") At that time, we focused on the building service (or master) meters for customer billing purposes. With a self-imposed statute of limitations ending for rehashing old column content, it is time to revisit this topic but with a twist - focusing on building or tenant submetering instead.