Major University Meets Energy Upgrade Challenge The University of Akron has a reputation for being environmentally active in their use of energy resources. They noticed that their two largest consumers of energy on campus were their hot and chilled water systems. Their hot water system, in particular, had always been a metering challenge due to the high temperatures (up to 400 °F) and pressure (up to 400 psi). Since the hot water is supplied from an external party, the university wanted to have its own check metering systems in place to verify that the billing was accurate. The responsible engineers decided against intrusive metering for numerous reasons. Intrusive meters would be expensive to install, the supply would have to be shut down to calibrate the system, and the meters would not

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