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Water is one of the most overlooked utilities in commercial energy management. Yet, uncontrolled water use can inflate operational costs and environmental impact. A water submeter provides detailed visibility into water consumption patterns—essential for sustainability reporting, cost allocation, and waste reduction.

Elcomponent supplies and installs high-accuracy water submeters as part of complete submetering systems. These devices integrate seamlessly with energy data loggers and software such as Energy Pro, offering a unified approach to building energy management and resource optimisation.

How a Water Submeter Works

A water submeter measures the flow rate and volume of water used by a specific area, tenant, or process within a facility. Data is transmitted via pulse output or digital signal to a logger like PowerPack Pro, which then uploads readings to a central database for analysis. This creates a continuous, verifiable record of consumption.

When connected to Elcomponent’s Energy Pro platform, water consumption can be viewed alongside electricity and gas data. The result: a complete picture of utility performance within one intuitive dashboard.

Benefits for Commercial Energy Management

Implementing water submeters unlocks several measurable advantages:

Leak detection: Early identification of unexpected spikes prevents costly damage.

Accurate billing: Tenants are charged based on actual use, not estimates.

Sustainability reporting: Data supports compliance with ISO 14001 and ESG frameworks.

Resource optimisation: Managers can target high-use areas for behavioural or technical improvements.

In sectors like hospitality, manufacturing, and education, where water plays a significant role in daily operations, submeters offer essential insight.

Combining Water Submetering with Energy Monitoring Devices

Elcomponent’s range of energy monitoring devices allows water data to be processed and stored alongside electrical and thermal energy data. Using PowerPack Pro, users can collect high-frequency readings and compare water performance against other metrics such as occupancy or production output.

This cross-utility visibility reveals relationships that are often missed—for example, water usage increasing with energy peaks, or abnormal usage during downtime.

Integration into Building Energy Management Systems

A building energy management system (BEMS) becomes far more powerful when water submeters are included. They transform BEMS from a temperature and HVAC-focused tool into a multi-resource control platform. Through Energy Pro, users can schedule reports, visualise consumption trends, and set performance alerts for both energy and water.

Supporting Sustainability and Compliance

With increasing pressure on organisations to demonstrate environmental responsibility, water monitoring is no longer optional. Submetering data supports sustainability certifications, helps meet Net Zero goals, and aligns with SECR requirements for accurate resource reporting.

For property managers, the ability to quantify and compare performance between sites encourages continuous improvement and helps secure green investment.

Elcomponent’s Expertise in Submetering Services

Installing water submeters correctly requires technical precision and system understanding. Elcomponent’s submetering services cover everything from survey and specification to installation and commissioning. Their engineers ensure accuracy, integration, and long-term reliability—key for any organisation that relies on dependable consumption data.

Combined with their suite of energy monitors UK, clients benefit from consistent, high-quality measurement across every utility type.

From Data to Action

Collecting data is only the first step; turning it into insight is where the value lies. Through Energy Pro, users can visualise trends, benchmark sites, and identify abnormal consumption patterns. Regular reports and automated alerts mean no issue goes unnoticed, saving both water and money.

Conclusion

A water submeter may be a small device, but its impact on efficiency and sustainability is significant. In an era of rising costs and environmental scrutiny, Elcomponent’s integrated approach to metering and monitoring empowers organisations to take control of every drop.

 

For over four decades, Elcomponent has supplied advanced metering systems to businesses across the UK. These systems form part of a wider ecosystem that includes energy monitoring devices, submetering services, and Energy Pro—the company’s cloud-based energy management platform. Together, they give building owners and energy managers the visibility they need to cut waste, reduce carbon output, and improve efficiency.

What a Complete Metering System Includes

A metering system is not a single product but a carefully configured network. It typically includes:

• Main meters for incoming supplies
• Submeters for departments, tenants, or specific plant equipment
• Data loggers such as Elcomponent’s PowerPack Pro
• Communication modules for data transfer via Ethernet, GSM, or LoRaWAN
• Energy monitoring software to analyse and report performance

Each element has a distinct role. Submeters capture granular consumption data, loggers store and transmit it, and cloud-based dashboards interpret the information for actionable insight.

The Power of Data Visibility

The old saying “you can’t manage what you don’t measure” has never been truer. A robust metering system allows energy professionals to:

• Track energy consumption in real time
• Identify anomalies or leaks early
• Allocate costs accurately across departments
• Support ESG reporting and compliance with SECR or ISO 50001
• Benchmark performance and track ROI on energy-saving initiatives

For multi-site organisations, this visibility extends across the entire portfolio—transforming isolated data points into a single view of consumption and cost.

Integration with Energy Monitoring Solutions

Elcomponent’s Energy Pro platform transforms raw data into insight. It integrates seamlessly with their metering hardware and PowerPack Pro data loggers, creating a full energy monitoring solution that’s reliable, scalable, and proven in demanding environments.

The integration enables automatic reporting, intuitive dashboards, and exception alerts. Whether managing one building or a nationwide estate, users can identify inefficiencies instantly and make informed operational decisions.

Supporting Submetering Services

Every building has unique characteristics. Elcomponent’s submetering services ensure that metering systems are designed and installed to capture the right data in the right places. From electrical distribution boards to individual water submeters, every circuit and utility feed can be tracked. This accuracy makes it possible to implement tenant billing, allocate energy fairly, and promote accountability throughout an organisation.

Compliance, Control, and Carbon Reduction

Modern compliance standards—from Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) to ESOS—demand precise data. A metering system provides the evidence needed to demonstrate reduction initiatives and ongoing performance improvement. For sustainability managers, it’s an essential step in achieving carbon-neutral goals.

By capturing and analysing consumption, businesses can uncover inefficiencies such as out-of-hours usage, equipment faults, or unnecessary baseloads. Small changes in behaviour or maintenance often lead to substantial annual savings.

Why Choose Elcomponent

Elcomponent’s long-standing reputation in energy monitoring and metering stems from more than product quality. It’s about service, technical support, and deep industry expertise. From planning and design through to commissioning and integration, their engineers ensure each system performs flawlessly.

Combined with their UK-based manufacturing and software development, Elcomponent offers a level of control and reliability unmatched in the industry.

Not all energy monitoring systems are created equal. The right system should provide accurate, real-time data, be easy to use, and adapt to your business over time.

When choosing a system, consider:

• What level of detail you need (e.g. site-wide vs equipment-level)
• Whether you need remote access or multi-site visibility
• Integration with existing systems or compliance frameworks

Long-term scalability

Elcomponent has helped thousands of UK businesses choose and implement the right solution. With our trusted hardware, LoRaWAN connectivity, and MW2 analytics platform, we deliver everything you need to take control of your energy and start saving.

Start smarter. Monitor better. Choose Elcomponent.

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Many UK businesses still rely solely on main utility meters for energy data. While useful, these meters don’t tell you where energy is going—or why your bills are rising.

Submetering System

A submetering system solves this problem by monitoring individual areas, floors, machines or departments. This enables precise tracking, cost allocation, and early detection of inefficiencies.

At Elcomponent, we design submetering solutions that fit your site layout and operational needs. Our systems are scalable, easy to install, and feed directly into our MW2 software for effortless reporting.

If you're serious about saving energy and cutting costs, a submetering system is the essential first step.

You can also explore the Energy Saving Trust for further guidance on improving building efficiency.

 

Energy use in commercial buildings can be unpredictable and inefficient. Heating, lighting, ventilation and equipment often run beyond need—costing money and increasing emissions.

Building energy management

Building energy management is the solution. With Elcomponent’s smart metering and MW2 platform, facility managers gain real-time oversight of how buildings perform. This visibility allows for fast identification of energy waste, whether it's out-of-hours use, poorly performing HVAC, or lights left on in empty zones.

Armed with real-time data, businesses can automate controls, benchmark building performance, and spot trends before they become costly. Elcomponent helps commercial landlords, universities, and corporate clients turn buildings into efficient assets—not expensive liabilities.

Guidance from CIBSE supports best practices in building energy performance.

A traditional meter gives you the big picture. A submetering system gives you the detail.

Submetering breaks your energy use down into circuits, areas, or equipment—so you know exactly what’s driving your consumption. This is essential in large buildings or multi-site businesses where usage varies significantly across operations.

Submetering systems

Elcomponent’s submetering systems work alongside your main meter, collecting detailed data and feeding it into our MW2 software for analysis. You’ll see exactly where savings can be made, where peaks occur, and where investment in efficiency will yield the best return.

Submetering also supports compliance reporting and strengthens your ESG story with data-backed evidence. It’s the foundation of an intelligent energy management strategy.

You can also consult BSI's ISO 50001 guidelines to understand how submetering aligns with recognised standards.

Understanding exactly how and where your energy is used is the first step in cutting waste. For industrial facilities, this means investing in power consumption monitoring at machine level.

With Elcomponent’s submetering technology, businesses can drill down into specific areas—HVAC, lighting, production lines—and understand which processes are energy intensive and why. Real-time monitoring helps identify faults, detect abnormal consumption, and support predictive maintenance.

MW2 Platform

Our MW2 platform turns raw consumption data into meaningful insight, showing peak loads, energy trends, and cost attribution across the facility. Whether you're running one site or many, Elcomponent’s solutions scale with your business, helping you take control of power usage and plan for long-term efficiency.

The Carbon Trust offers guidance for industrial energy efficiency, which complements the insights provided by our systems.

Reducing energy costs is no longer a ‘nice to have’—it’s a competitive necessity. The good news? Businesses in the UK can make significant savings with a few well-targeted changes.

Start by installing a reliable energy monitoring system. This allows you to see when and where energy is being used, and crucially, where it’s being wasted. Elcomponent’s submetering solutions provide granular visibility across your site, allowing you to cut waste without compromising operations.

Energy savings guidance

Other strategies include upgrading to energy-efficient lighting, reviewing heating and cooling controls, and encouraging behavioural change. All these become far more effective when backed by real-time data.

For further energy-saving guidance, businesses can refer to Energy Technology List (ETL) endorsed by the UK Government.

Let Elcomponent help you get started. With over 40 years’ experience, we provide the tools, tech and guidance needed to turn energy waste into business value.

Managing energy across multiple sites is a major challenge—especially when each site has its own equipment, operations and energy profile.

Energy Management

An energy management system from Elcomponent solves this by providing a unified platform to monitor, compare and optimise usage across your entire estate. Our LoRaWAN-enabled meters and MW2 software offer scalable, wireless data capture across wide areas—perfect for logistics hubs, education campuses, and multi-branch retailers.

Users can compare sites, benchmark performance, and deploy best practices group-wide. Whether you want to track consumption, identify underperforming buildings, or meet ISO 50001 targets, Elcomponent helps connect the dots.

Refer to BEIS Net Zero Strategy to understand national context for multi-site energy efficiency efforts.