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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.
StatusWhole Building MetricsSpace Metrics
In-Metric✅ IncludedNot Applicable - Based on Space Assignment
Out-of-Metric❌ ExcludedNot Applicable - Based on Space Assignment
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.
Property Level TabsPortfolio Level Tabs
DashboardPortfolio Trends
Annual TrendsProperty Trends
Performance (ALL REPORTS)CRREM
Data QualityGreen Power
ComplianceGoals
CRREMReports: Portfolio Performance & Cost Reports
Green PowerReports: ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager®

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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.
Whole Building (Aggregate) Meters
├── Electric meter: in-metric
├── Natural Gas meter: in-metric
  • 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.
Partial Building Meters
├── Common Areas - Electric Meter #1: in-metric
├── Common Areas - Electric Meter #2: in-metric
├── Tenant Space - Electric Meter #3: in-metric
├── Tenant Space - Electric Meter #4: out-of-metric
├── Shared Services - Natural Gas #5: in-metric
├── Shared Services - Natural Gas #6: in-metric
  • 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.
Partial Building Meters
├── Whole Building (Aggregate) - Electric Meter: in-metric
├── Whole Building (Aggregate) - Natural Gas Meter: in-metric
├── Common Areas - Electric Meter #1: out-of-metric
├── Common Areas - Electric Meter #2: out-of-metric
├── Tenant Space - Electric Meter #3: out-of-metric
├── Tenant Space - Electric Meter #4: out-of-metric
├── Shared Services - Natural Gas #1: out-of-metric
├── Shared Services - Natural Gas #2: out-of-metric
  • 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