Every verified reading - without another meter round.
Connect usable electricity, water and gas meters already on site, retrofit the unreadable gaps and organise every reading by building, floor, tenant and system.
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Keep the meters you own
Use the installed estate first. Retrofit only the blind spots.
Start with a device survey, not a replacement quote. Volts identifies which meters expose a usable reading, how each one can connect and where a new meter, reader or gateway is genuinely required.
- Record model, serial, utility, unit, output, protocol and physical access per meter.
- Classify each device as directly compatible, gateway-compatible, pulse-readable or replacement-required.
- Select the communications path only after coverage and power conditions are tested on site.
One structure
Make every reading know where it belongs.
Mirror the real portfolio from company to site, building, floor, unit and device. The same hierarchy supports operational monitoring, main-to-submeter checks, tenant allocation and portfolio reporting.
- Place every meter in an approved site and location hierarchy.
- Define parent and submeter relationships before calculating loss or allocation.
- Keep utility, tenant, cost-centre and equipment context attached to the device.
Data that works
Trust the reading before using it everywhere.
Monitor silence, gaps, resets, duplicates and implausible changes before data reaches billing or reporting. A reading can drive cost and action only when its origin and quality state remain visible.
- Detect missing, stale, duplicated and out-of-range readings.
- Separate measured, substituted, estimated and manually corrected values.
- Feed approved data into tariffs, alarms, reports, APIs and tenant billing.
Choose the connection that fits the actual site.
Wired interfaces, pulse readers and wireless gateways solve different constraints. The design must state interval, power, coverage, buffering and maintenance responsibility before promising reliable data.
What this means in practice
- Wired, LoRaWAN, NB-Fi, cellular and Ethernet paths are available; the survey picks the one that works at each location.
- Compatibility is confirmed per device, not per utility label.
FAQ
Smart metering without the replacement assumption
Do we have to replace our existing meters?
Not if they expose a reliable supported output and remain fit for the intended use. The survey classifies every meter before retrofit or replacement is proposed.
Which utilities can Volts meter?
Electricity, water, gas, thermal and environmental inputs are supported. Compatibility is confirmed per device, not only per utility label.
How do readings travel from basements or remote sites?
The project can use wired, LoRaWAN, , cellular or Ethernet connections. A coverage and power test determines the suitable path for each location.
What replaces the manual meter round?
Timestamped automatic readings, metering-health monitoring and an exception list replace routine transcription. A physical visit remains necessary for installation, verification, statutory checks and faults that cannot be diagnosed remotely.
Who uses the data day to day?
Facilities use device health and exceptions; property and finance teams use approved readings for allocation and billing; owners and energy teams use portfolio performance and reporting. Permissions keep each role within its scope.
How often are readings collected?
Reading interval depends on the meter, the connection and the site. Live operations and billing do not necessarily use the same frequency.
Are the meters legally suitable for tenant billing?
Billing suitability depends on the metrology rules that apply to the site and the contract. Operational monitoring alone does not make a meter legally valid for re-billing.
What happens when data is missing?
Most gaps close themselves. Volts devices hold their readings in onboard memory and send the backlog once the connection returns, so a network outage does not become a hole in the data. Where a reading is genuinely lost, an interpolated value fills the series and stays marked as interpolated - it never passes as a measured reading in billing or reporting.
Map the meters first. Replace only what blocks the outcome.
Bring the device list, photos or a recent meter round. We will classify what connects, what needs a reader or gateway and what cannot support the intended operational or billing use.