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Metro Vancouver Studying Water Meters As A Way To Conserve Water
The water shortages of 2015 are prompting Metro Vancouver to begin water use restrictions two weeks earlier than normal starting mid-may in an attempt to avoid a repeat of last summer’s shortage. Water metering or ... Read more
Engaging Tenants In Energy Conservation
Tenant engagement is one key to ensuring your building’s performance meets energy conservation expectations as designed and can take advantage of any additional energy saving that result from submetering and other tactics. What are the ... Read more
Benchmarking; A Strategy To Reduce GHG From Existing Buildings
A recently released National Energy Benchmarking Framework Report by CaGBC states that “Residential, commercial and institutional buildings consume over 30 per cent of total energy in Canada. In Canada’s major cities, buildings are the primary ... Read more
BOMA Toronto Earth Hour Challenge Sees 70% Increase In Participation
BOMA Toronto Earth Hour Challenge serves to highlight what is possible year round as well as stress the importance of tools like metering and submetering to measure and monitor performance. BOMA Toronto and partner, WWF-Canada – ... Read more
A Utility Management Strategy Is Critical For Cost Savings
A recent article on HBR.org reported companies waste 30% of the energy they consume (source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). A lack of proper utility management was seen as a result of siloed decision-making leading to wasted utility ... Read more
How Energy Management Supports Green Building In Canada
The state of green building in Canada is very positive as seen in the recent CaGBC / Delphi Group report which highlighted the significant increase in LEED projects in the 5-year time period of 2009 ... Read more
In Toronto: Earth Hour Challenge For Commercial Buildings
Commercial and institutional buildings in Canada account for about 12% of Canada’s secondary energy use and 11% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Not only do energy savings mean less GHG emissions, they also mean ... Read more
Meter Readings Made Meaningful & Actionable Today
Web-based energy reporting software allows building managers, operators and tenants access to their meter data anytime, online. A building manager that has access to dozens of standard reports can more easily manage tenant billing, LEED ... Read more
Heating & Cooling Buildings Through Thermal Energy: 3 Key Considerations
Buildings are being designed and sold with centralized heating and cooling facilities, delivering thermal energy from either from a DEU (District Energy Utility) or CHP (Combined Heat and Power) plant. This allows building managers to ... Read more
Three Reasons Why Thermal Energy & Submetering Makes Sense
The use of thermal energy to heat and cool buildings is gaining traction in Canada. Successfully employed in Europe for decades, best practices and proven technologies are now available in Canada. Thermal energy is clean ... Read more
On The Go: QMC Utility Submetering Projects Across The Country
QMC delivers turnkey submetering solutions from system design to meters and data management technology tools. We work with building owners, developers, and managers across Canada to plan, design and implement location-specific submetering solutions.Here are a few ... Read more
QMC and Enercare form agreement for Ontario multi-residential market
We are very pleased to announce our exclusive agreement with Enercare to offer QMC’s GWF thermal submetering technology ( GWF MessSysteme AG of Switzerland) to the multi-residential market in Ontario. QMC provides intelligent thermal, electricity, ... Read more
New office in Calgary for QMC
QMC Submetering Solutions is pleased to announce the opening of our new Calgary office. Our central location in Place 926 will allow us to respond quickly to any customer requests within the downtown core and ... Read more
Thermal energy makes sense. Only meters measure it right.
Thermal energy submetering in commercial, multi-residential and institutional real estate is gaining traction in Canada. Early adopters will find reward as benefits to developers and consumers are considerable. They may also encounter risk if best ... Read more
QMC utility metering projects on the go, across the country
This year has been a terrific year for our team at QMC from launching our new brand to working on high profile utility metering projects across the country. Here are just a few: 1. Eau Claire ... Read more
QMC: Vancouver & Toronto Events
QMC Metering Solutions will be participating in 2 key industry events this December. We hope to see you there! TORONTO: PM Expo. It takes place December 2-4, 2015 in Toronto at the Metro Toronto ... Read more
The collective power of energy conservation results in 12.1% drop
CivicAction’s Race to Reduce is one of the largest regional energy conservation challenges in the world, with 196 buildings participating representing more than 69 million square feet or 42% of the commercial office space in ... Read more
Technologies to improve energy efficiency
A recent McKinsey & Company report, Greening the Future: New Technologies that could transform how industry uses energy’ describes 33 innovations that could help industry significantly improve its use of energy. At the top of the ... Read more
DATA FOR SMART ENERGY COMMUNITIES: WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH IT?
Cities & communities account for 60% of energy use and more than half of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. By getting smart about energy in our communities, we can strengthen our cities & communities while ... Read more
Survey: Energy efficiency and the bottom line
How important are energy savings are to a company’s bottom line? What are Canadian companies doing about it? A survey released by the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance presented a snapshot of Canadian businesses with the ... Read more
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