Technical Report Draft 1 Smart Meter
Background This proposal is with regards to the Call for Proposal (CFP) by Energy Market Authority (EMA) in developing technical solutions for a smart metering trial. Known globally for being a "clean and green" country, Singapore continues to improve on this aspect through educating the community as well as implementing sustainable solutions to current problems. The masterplan target by the Inter-ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development(IMCSD) is to make at least 80% of its buildings green by 2030(mnd.gov.sg, 2011). Transparency of the building's energy performance would provide building owners relevant data to analyse(BCA website, 2017), bridging the goal to more greener buildings in the future. According to EMA (2016), the current metering system by a typical building in Singapore is to read the electricity, gas and water meter individually. The facilities management staff members are required to obtain the different meter reading from different locat