Modeling building with multiple meters

Hi There,

’m working on modeling a solar + storage system for a manufacturing facility in Miami. The facility consists of 4 buildings each with multiple meters. I have a year of hourly data for each meter. My questions is how to best set up the simulation in SAM: Should I add up all the hourly meter data into one table of consumption data or is there a way to set up the system so the meter data can be entered individually and SAM combines it to determine the size of solar array and battery.I’d like to create a system that would handle the building consumption 100% and allow the option to divert generated power from one section (denoted by the meter) to another that oversees critical in case of a power outage.

Thank you,
Michael Caballero

Thanks Paul. Expanding on this, I assume that to build a system capable of handling a multi-building campus with multiple meters in each I should just aggregate all consumption of all the buildings to a single string of values and input that.

My campus has 4 buildings Is there a way to divide up the system across them in SAM. I see in the system design tab there is an 'electrical configuration' field. Would that be the way to go about it?

Michael