NON-INTRUSIVE, SELF-CONTAINED AND PORTABLE DEVICE FOR OBTAINING ENERGY USAGE INDICATORS AND RESPECTIVE OPERATING PROCEDURE

摘要

The following device has the purpose to collect energy usage indicators, whatever energy it may be, electrical energy, thermal energy, gas or water. The invention is based on a non- intrusive (101) electronic equipment, capable of signal acquisition, information processing and transmission, either localy, to a warning mechanism (201) or remotely, preferably using wireless communication, to an independent server. This electronic equipment comprises an internal processing unit (203), a communication module (204), an internal power source (202) and a set of embedded sensors (205), and it can be used in fridges, washing machines, amongst other equipment.