Performance of commercially available solar and heat pump water heaters

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3807-3813

  Lloyd, C R ^a   Kerr, A S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heat pumps; Hot water; Solar

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PUMPS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM; WATER; WATER HEATERS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

HEAT PUMPING; HEAT PUMPS; HOT WATER; IN-SITU; SOLAR;

SOLAR WATER HEATERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; HEATING; INCENTIVE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUMPING; SOLAR POWER; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 51549092204     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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