| 摘要 |
A utility meter 20 for metering the use of at least one utility supplied to a plurality of appliances 12 is disclosed. An input section 22 is arranged to receive values representative of the use of a first utility and may receive values representative of a second utility. A store 28 contains appliance data characteristic of the use of utilities by each of a plurality of appliances. A processor is arranged to analyse the received values and to determine information on the use of the second utility by each appliance, based on the received values and appliance data. The resulting information is output by an output section 40 to a user terminal 42. The information on the use of the second utility may be determined by further utilizing known characteristics of the appliances. The utilities may be for example water, electricity, oil or gas. |
