Power plants and submetering of building services

Question

Hi all, 
 in an Energy from Waste facility, could we exclude all the process related rooms from Building Services regulation requirements for metering of electric consumption? 
 All offices will be provided with all the required submetering but it seems strange to me that we need to meter all lighting and small power in detailed way when the purpose of the whole building is to produce electricity and building services are a minimal part of the overall consumption.

Jam · Accepted Answer

Assuming you're talking about the Building Regulations and Approved Document L, there are specific exemptions you may wish to look at which might apply to certain parts, but not necessarily all, of your facility. 
 But wasted energy is wasted energy whether it's generated on-site or imported and generally facility owners will find it useful to keep tabs on it; as a designer of similar (but different) type of facility an appropriate level of detail is not normally that onerous. Otherwise you'd have no visibility of heaters left on max temperature in unpopulated areas when they should be on frost setting etc. 
 ...And, perhaps even because they are in the business of generating electricity, I do find this data is reviewed and acted upon.

Power plants and submetering of building services

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