Patent ID: 8149134

Claim:
A method for metering utility consumption in a single building; divided into a plurality of individual units and the building serviced only by a single utility company utility meter; of each of the plurality of individual units within the building for the purpose of billing the occupant of each of the units their share of a bill received from the utility company that are not otherwise bill by the utility company for their share based on the single meter, the method comprising: a) identifying each of the individual units to be metered in the building; b) connecting a single pulse flow meter in-between the single utility meter and each identified unit, the flow meter consisting of a device capable of continuously sending a flow data signal via a wire; c) connecting a receiving device at the building for receiving the flow data signal via the wire from each of the identified individual units single flow meter and storing the data in the receiving device for each of the individual units; d) determining each units share of the buildings total utility usage; e) reading the data from a selected identified unit by a receiving device user; and f) determining the utility company charges for the single building and billing the occupant a share of the utility company bill based on their determined share of the building utility usage.