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Urban Design Observations, San Francisco Edition: Meter Windows

By Rain Noe - March 23, 2018

in Urbanism

Once a month the Con Edison man comes to my building, buzzes every apartment, and enters each in turn to read the gas meters. It's a pain in the neck because I have to leash my intruder-unfriendly dogs and hold them at bay while he enters.

In the San Francisco neighborhood of Bernal Heights, the houses have this feature that obviates the need for the gas man to enter the house, or even ring your buzzer:

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Now that's smart.

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Uwe Windhoven

6 years ago

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In Minneapolis, my gas meter has a radio device that transmits usage when the gas companies car drives slowly through the neighborhood. Now that is smart.

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  Same here in Rhode Island. I think. Maybe.
  
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Ryan Cole

6 years ago

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Ya here in the Czech republic it's the same. They can read them from the street.

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