Case Study: Water Submetering and Utility Billing Identify Root Cause of City Overbilling
Tenacious Property Manager and AW Services Group Team Up to Identify Root- cause of City Water Overbilling, Finding More Than...
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For over 25 years, AW Services Group has provided water sub-metering, tenant utility billing solutions and water conservation management to property owners, managers and developers nationwide. An unwavering commitment to responsiveness and superior service has positioned us as a go-to partner for commercial retail properties.
T.A.B.S.™ is AW Services Group unique Trend Analysis Billing System. Utilizing an extensive database of more than 25-years of retail tenant utility data, individual consumption models are created for each tenant.
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Mixed-use properties house diverse tenants, including residential, commercial, and retail units. Submetering ensures residents don’t absorb water utility costs from commercial and retail tenants.
Industrial properties benefit from submetering by ensuring each tenant is billed for their actual water usage, promoting efficiency and fairness.
We specialize in submetering multi-family properties to improve water efficiency, especially older buildings not designed with modern water-saving technologies.
Water submetering is a system that measures the water usage of individual units within a multi-tenant property in order to fairly allocate utility costs. Individual water meters are installed for each unit allowing for precise tracking of water consumption. This enables property managers to bill tenants accurately based on their actual usage, promoting water conservation and reducing the burden of utility allocations while enabling full recovery of expenses. Submetering helps identify leaks and inefficiencies, ensuring timely maintenance and repairs.
Key Benefits of Water Submetering:
Typically owned by the utility company, a master meter(s) measures water usage for an entire property.
Properties will typically install submetering systems, which become part of the property’s infrastructure. These systems help ensure water utility costs are fairly allocated and expenses are recovered.
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Not necessarily for every tenant. Individual water submeters are beneficial if you want to accurately track and bill each tenant for their specific water usage. They promote fairness by ensuring tenants pay only for what they use, which can also encourage water conservation.
For many properties, our unique estimated billing, TABS, based on 25-years of retail tenant water usage data, can provide a very cost-effective alternative to submetering every tenant.
For more details, consult with our team to determine the best solution for your needs.
Submetering is ideal for properties where individual utility usage needs to be tracked for fair and accurate billing. It's suitable for commercial and residential buildings with multiple tenants, particularly if you're looking to fairly allocate utility costs, promote conservation and reduce the burden of tenant billing.
For a detailed assessment, contact our team to determine the feasibility and benefits for your specific property.
Utility submetering involves installing individual meters for each tenant within a retail commercial or multi-family property to measure the consumption of water utilities.
Here’s a step-by-step overview of how water submetering works:
Installation of Meters: Submeters are installed for each unit to measure water usage independently. These meters are installed on the main water supply line for each specific tenant and monitors the flow of water into each unit.
Data Collection: The submeters record water consumption data at regular intervals providing granular 15-min usage measurement. This data is sent to our billing center via advanced cellular networking, eliminating the need for manual readings.
Data Analysis: The collected data is analyzed to determine the exact water usage for each unit. Advanced systems can provide detailed reports and identify patterns in water consumption, helping detect leaks or inefficiencies.
Billing: Based on the recorded data, we generate accurate utility bills for each tenant, reflecting their actual water usage. This ensures fair billing and encourages tenants to conserve water.
Monitoring and Analytics: Continuous monitoring allows for timely detection of issues such as leaks or unusual consumption patterns. Analytics and reporting dashboards are available to property managers and tenants.
Benefits of Utility Submetering:
Our advanced Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) technology allows us to collect granular usage data effortlessly through our cellular endpoints eliminating the need for any infrastructure.
In the old days, a networked submeter required complicated infrastructure based on radio transmission and expensive data collection equipment for each property.
Non-networked submeters require manual meter reads each time you need utility usage information.
If you’re installing a new submetering system or upgrading existing meters, cellular AMR endpoints are the optimal choice to reduce complexity and maintenance.
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VP of Development
We have been very pleased with both the savings realized by the use of AW Services Group sub-metering systems and with the lightened workload on our property managers not having to read meters...
Property Manager
Instead of each tenant incurring the costly expense to have an individual sub meter installed, this system allows us (the Landlord) to bill the tenants in the most equitable way possible...
Property Manager
We have used AW Services Group at several of our Dallas/Forth Worth properties for a number of years and not only have we never looked back, but also saved a lot of time and money switching to their system.
Vice President
If you are currently not recovering utility charges from tenants due to inoperative meters or proper recording of readings, Michael’s team has done a great job for me. I would highly recommend them, as my recovery for water alone at one center has gone from 10% to 80%.
Project Manager
I have been extremely happy with AW Services Group since I first started working with Michael in early 2007. American Water is being utilized to install and monitor water meters on all our new developments in the southeast that are not individually metered by municipalities...
Financial Analyst
AW Services Group completed a water conservation retrofit for Westdale Asset Management on a 300 unit complex in Atlanta, GA. Monthly savings to date have averaged 49%. The actual monthly average savings is coming in at just over $20,000...
Principal
Geller Associates has had a number of multi-family properties retrofitted for water conservation by AW Services Group including a 161 unit complex in Charlotte, NC. The actual monthly average savings is coming in at just over $4,500 resulting in an average monthly savings on water of 36%...
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