Minol

Minol USA, which trades as Minol USA powered by Brunata, installs utility meters and bills residents for what they use. It works in multifamily, military, affordable, and student housing, as well as for municipalities and commercial properties, covering electricity, water, gas, and chilled water.

A meter programme starts with a technician survey of the existing properties, an audit by a solution architect and compliance team, and a utility consultant's recommendation on which metering technology fits. The company services and manages existing water, gas, or electric metering systems as well as retrofitting properties that have none, and it publishes guidance on system life: with battery changes every seven to eight years an AMR system lasts roughly ten years, while meters themselves run about ten to twelve years before ageing meters read low and cut into cost recovery. Extended warranty agreements are available on selected systems, and meters carry a lifetime warranty for clients who also contract for billing.

Beyond installation and billing, the company offers utility expense management, leak detection for silent leaks in toilets, water heaters, walls, and floors, and tenant-controlled thermostats through a CloudManager platform where a landlord swaps tenants in and out with a few clicks. It says it services and maintains 1.5 million hardware components nationwide each year.

Minol USA is headquartered in Addison, Texas, with regional and support offices around the country, and is part of the Minol-ZENNER Group, a German family-owned group whose global team monitors and services more than 30 million utility meters and produces more than 5.4 million bills a year for 30,000 clients. The group acquired Brunata International in 2018. ZENNER USA, also in Addison, manufactures and distributes water and heat meters with a US plant in Banning, California. Pricing is not published; the site's own pages disagree on the group's worldwide headcount and office count, so treat those figures with care.