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In-Metric vs. Out-of-Metric Meters

Abisko lets users to simultaneously track all meters associated with a property, including aggregate, partial and tenant submeters. This enables a single property profile to be used to satisfy multiple reporting requirements based on whole building and space-based metrics.
Many reporting requirements (e.g. Benchmarking, BPS, CRREM) are based on whole building metrics while others (e.g. GRESB) allow users to report space-based (i.e. landlord vs. tenant) performance.

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Whole Building Metrics

All energy, water and waste meters set as in-metric are included in whole building performance and data quality metrics. Meters that are not in-metric are considered to be out-of-metric and do not contribute to whole building metrics. Click here to learn how to configure meters. The following lists contains whole building metrics that are based on in-metric meters:
  • ENERGY
    • Energy Use Intensity
    • Total Energy Consumption
    • Total Energy Cost
    • Total Electricity Consumption
    • Total Electricity Cost
    • Total Fuel Consumption
    • Total Fuel Cost
    • Total District Heating & Cooling Consumption
    • Total District Heating & Cooling Cost
    • Green Power - Onsite
    • Green Power - Offsite
  • EMISSIONS
    • Total (Location-based) Emissions
    • Total (Location-based) Emissions Intensity
    • Total (Market-based) Emissions
    • Total (Market-based) Emissions Intensity
    • Direct (Location-based) Indirect Emissions
    • Indirect (Location-based) Emissions
    • Indirect (Market-based) Emissions
  • WATER:
    • Water Use Intensity
    • Total Water Consumption
    • Total Water Cost
  • WASTE:
    • Total Waste
    • Total Waste - Landfill
    • Total Waste - Incineration
    • Total Waste - Reuse
    • Total Waste - Waste to Energy
    • Total Waste - Recycled
    • Total Waste - Other
  • ENERGY
    • Total Energy Data Completeness
    • (Whole Building) Energy Data Coverage
    • Total Electricity Data Completeness
    • (Whole Building) Electricity Data Coverage
    • Total Fuel Data Completeness
    • (Whole Building) Fuel Data Coverage
    • Total District Heating & Cooling Data Completeness
    • (Whole Building) District Heating & Cooling Coverage
  • WATER
    • Total Water Data Completeness
    • (Whole Building) Water Data Coverage
The following Abisko tabs are based on performance metrics that are derived from in-metric meters. Spaces tabs are not listed as they are driven by meter space assignments, which do not depend on in-metric status.

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Sample Meter Configurations

Meter configurations depend on what meters are available to be tracked and used for reporting. The following scenarios present meter configurations and their associated reporting outcomes. Scenario A: Whole building (aggregate) meters with no tenant submeters
A property may have whole building (aggregate) meters that represent total consumption across all meters and spaces in the building. This is a common scenario in jurisdictions with benchmarking and BPS reporting policies.
  • All whole building (aggregate) meters should be set as in-metric
  • All meters will contribute to whole building performance metrics
    • Electric meter contributes to ‘Total Electricity’ for the whole building
    • Natural Gas meter contributes to ‘Total Fuel’ for the whole building
    • Both meters contribute to ‘Total Energy’ & ‘Site EUI’
  • Whole building data coverage is 100% for electricity and fuel because the in-metric meters are aggregate meters.
Scenario B: Partial meters with no aggregate meters
A property may have no whole building (aggregate) meters but is tracking base building and tenant submeters, some of which it wants to use for reporting whole building metrics.
  • Some meters are set as in-metric while others are out-of-metric
  • All in-metric meters contribute to whole building performance metrics
    • Electric Meters #1, #2, #3 contribute to ‘Total Electricity’ for the whole building
      • Electric Meter #4 is excluded from whole building metrics
    • Natural Gas Meters #1, #2 contribute to ‘Total Fuel’ for the whole building
    • Meters #1, #2, #3, #5, #6 contribute to ‘Total Energy’ & ‘Site EUI’
  • Whole building & split data coverage is tracked and reported separately
    • Whole building data coverage may be less than 100% even if base building or tenant space data coverage is 100%
Scenario C: Aggregate meters & tenant submeters
A property may track both whole building (aggregate) and tenant submeters and want to simultaneously report whole building, landlord and tenant space performance metrics.
  • All whole building (aggregate) meters should be set as in-metric
    • In-metric meters will contribute to whole building performance metrics
      • Aggregate electric meter contributes to ‘Total Electricity’ for the whole building
      • Aggregate natural gas meter contributes to ‘Total Fuel’ for the whole building
      • Both aggregate meters contribute to ‘Total Energy’ & ‘Site EUI’
  • All partial (base building & tenant) submeters should be set as out-of-metric
    • Out-of-metric meters can be assigned to space types to report space performance metrics
  • Whole building & split data coverage is tracked and reported separately
    • Whole building electricity data coverage = 100% because of the aggregate meter
    • Whole building fuel data coverage = 100% because of the aggregate meter
    • Base building and tenant space data coverages vary by submeter coverage