Life-cycle perspective on residential water conservation strategies

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Racoviceanu, Alina I ^a   Karney, Bryan W ^b  

^a WWF Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demand management; Energy use; GHG emissions; Life cycle approach; Rainwater harvesting; Water supply systems

Indexed keywords

DEMAND MANAGEMENT; ENERGY USE; GHG EMISSION; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; SUPPLY SYSTEM;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING; HYDRAULICS; INVESTMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; EMISSION; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINWATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 77950612025     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2010)16:1(40)     Document Type: Article

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