Electric Load Monitoring

Building Owners and Property Managers often consider expanding or renovating their existing buildings for various reasons. Load monitoring may be required to monitor energy usage. In large residential or commercial high-rise buildings, facility management may be concerned whether the utility is reaching its power usage capacity. Clients may also be aware of the presence of overloads, phase load imbalance, load profile, harmonic distortion, poor power factor or other operational issues relating to their electrical system. By performing electrical load monitoring in an existing building, information will be provided to determine if the system has adequate capacity and will confirm the accuracy of the utility metering. In addition, load monitoring will provide information required to solve operational or performance problems.

By performing electrical load monitoring in an existing building, information will be provided to determine if the system has adequate capacity and will confirm the accuracy of the utility metering. In addition, load monitoring will provide information required to solve operational or performance problems.

Load monitoring is performed by connecting instrumentation at the main service entrance switchboard or other key distribution panels where load data is obtained downstream. These are then connected to a power recording instrument. The Monitoring equipment will then measure currents, voltages, frequency, power factor and harmonics. The duration of the power monitoring may vary but typically ranges between 1 to 30 days dependent on the Customer’s requirements. Upon completing the load monitoring, a detailed report is provided to the Customer with recommendations.

Feel free to contact us to learn more about load monitoring applications in your building and to measure its load characteristics. An Owner or Property Manager will be able to make important decisions that will protect the operation of the electrical equipment and help save energy costs by improving the efficiency of their electrical distribution system.