LEED Building & Natural Gas Submetering

As our summers get hotter and our winters get colder, designing buildings that are energy efficient and lessen the environmental impact on the planet is of utmost importance to slowing climate change.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, is a globally recognized, comprehensive framework for green building practices. LEED-certified buildings are constructed to strict standards that align with environmental imperatives such as decarbonization, ecosystem conservation and restoration, equity, health, and resilience.

NATURAL GAS FLOW AND CONSUMPTION

The best way to monitor natural gas flow and consumption throughout a building, specifically in individual zones is through submetering with thermal mass flow meters.

Monitoring the flow rate and consumption at individual zones makes it easy to identify unusual consumption points, promote conservation, and in turn reduce energy costs as well as minimize environmental impact.

Common Applications for Monitoring Individual Zones:

·????? University & College Dorms

·????? Gymnasiums

·????? Classrooms

·????? Individual Levels of a High-Rise

·????? Each Store at a Shopping Center

·????? Individual Buildings of Large Government Facilities

Extra LEED points can also be obtained when submetering is instituted in new construction or the renovation of green buildings. Additionally, submetering helps diagnose aging process equipment, such as old boilers or furnaces, and can identify potential leaks in fuel-feed lines.

ADVANTAGES OF SUBMETERING WITH THERMAL MASS FLOW METERS

Sage Metering, Inc. provides both easy-to-install insertion thermal mass flow meters, as well as in-line thermal flow meters with built-in flow conditioners that submeter natural gas in individual zones.

Direct Mass Flow Meters:

·????? Require No Separate Temperature or Pressure Transmitters

·????? Have no moving parts

·????? Are Highly Accurate and Repeatable

·????? Have a Negligible Pressure Drop

The Sage Thermal Mass Flow Meters have extraordinary rangeability of at least 100 to 1, which is an important feature given the daily variation in flow rate and consumption of individual zones. In addition to the 4 – 20 mA output of flow rate, the meters also provide pulsed outputs of consumption, in conjunction with fully Modbus compliant RS485 RTU communications, which is ideal for sophisticated building management systems.

Sage meters also feature bright graphical displays of flow rate, a non-resettable totalizer (often a requirement for environmental reporting), a temperature reading, plus continuous diagnostics.

For difficult to reach pipes, or for locations with extreme radiant heat, Sage also offers a remote style flow meter, with up to 1000 feet of lead-length compensated cable – all electronics and powering are done at the transmitter – thus, the probe or flow body simply has a terminal junction box.

Natural gas submetering can be readily accomplished utilizing the Sage Prime Thermal Mass Flow Meter.

To find out more about Sage thermal mass flow meters, visit SageMetering.com