In Mestro you can easily follow up on your energy depending on usage area. This article describes a couple of ways to do this.
Division via tagging
Make your stock more comparable and the energy more representative of the property by differentiating what the business and the property consume. To use this function update, you must have tagged the meter (Edit >> Meter settings)
The different tags
Entire property - If the meter in question goes to both property energy and business/household energy, you can tag it with "Entire property". It would then be best to have under-measurement or a standard calculation via virtual meters to obtain and be able to tag "The operation of the building".
The tag "Entire property" cannot be filtered through the report settings in the Portal.
Below is affected by the Property toggle in the usage report
The operation of the building - If the meter goes to property energy, also called "The operation of the building", you tag the meter with "The operation of the building". It simply means that the meter stands for building operations, such as elevators, lighting, etc.
This tag is filtered through the "Property" selection in the Usage report's report settings.
Outdoor lighting and other things in addition to the operation of the building - If the meter stands for outdoor lighting or other energy that is not part of the building's direct operation, tag the meter with "Outdoor lighting and other things in addition to the operation of the building".
This tag is filtered through the "Property" selection in the Usage report's report settings. If you do not wish to sum this with meters tagged "the operation of the building", set the measurement level to a lower level than the meters tagged "the operation of the building".
Below is affected by the Operations toggle in the usage report
Operations - If the meter measures the building or property's operational energy, it should be tagged with "Operations".
This tag is filtered through the "Operations" selection in the Usage Report.
Household - If the meter measures the building's or property's operational energy, it sholud be tagged with "Household". This tag is filtered through the "Operations" selection in the Usage Report. This means that the filter selection "Operations" in the Usage report shows measurement values from meters tagged as both Operations and Household.
Aggregation
So take the opportunity to do these settings! Then you can suddenly have this option in your report settings and it becomes super clear in the graphs what is what. If you do not have specific meters for the business/property energy, you can suggest putting up a virtual meter, which sums up all your sub-meters or subtracts it from a main facility.
When you choose to toggle property or business in the report settings, the meters that are at the highest level with the respective tag are aggregated.
Example:
You have 1 main electricity meter and 10 electricity sub-meters on a property where all meters are tagged as property (the operation of the building ). When you then choose to toggle in property, only the main meter is aggregated. If, on the other hand, you do not have a tag on the main meter, the meters that are tagged on the next level (sub-meter then tenant meter) will be aggregated.
ATTENTION! If you have either "Property" or "Operation" clicked in your settings without having tagged meters, you will not be able to see any consumption at all. Therefore, make sure to click out of these fields.
Breakdown via Building component
If you have divided your properties into so-called building components, the follow-up on each space (e.g. warehouse, office, charging stations) also becomes clear. Then you can use our reports on each component to see trends and produce relevant key figures without comparingapples to oranges.
Read more about how to get started with the components here.
One last thing just…
We are a company that is in constant development and therefore welcome both suggestions and feedback from you. Do you think there is something missing? Is there a feature that could work better? Do not hesitate to contact your Customer Success Manager or send us your thoughts at support@mestro.com. We would really appreciate your opinions on how we can make Mestro even more useful for you!