This seminar provides an in-depth breakdown of energy metering, data collection, and billing architectures in modern heat networks. It demonstrates how to implement wired and wireless Smart M-Bus protocols to ensure accurate energy accounting, regulatory compliance, and seamless remote meter reading.

The CPD addresses key compliance requirements impacting heat network operators and developers, including:

• The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations.

• Technical standards for meter selection and placement (such as MID approval and EN 1434 standards).

• Fair billing practices, consumer transparency, and regulatory reporting mandates.

The CPD explores both topologies:

• Wired M-Bus: Ideal for central bus architectures in new builds, offering continuous communication stability, bus-powered meter operation, and high data reliability.

• Wireless M-Bus (wM-Bus / OMS): Best suited for retrofits or spread-out site layouts where retrofitting communication cabling is costly, enabling remote "walk-by/drive-by" or fixed radio network data collection.

Beyond tenant billing, smart M-Bus infrastructure feeds real-time consumption data into energy management platforms. This continuous monitoring enables network operators to detect high return temperatures, identify faulty Heat Interface Units (HIUs), trace pipe insulation losses, and optimize central plant performance.

• Target Audience: M&E consultants, heat network operators, energy managers, housing associations, and mechanical contractors.

• Format & Duration: An interactive 1 to 1.5-hour seminar (ideal for lunch-and-learn formats) featuring real-world system examples, open Q&A, and supplementary learning materials.

• Booking: You can register your team directly through the SAV Systems Metering & Billing CPD page.