Water end-uses in Brazilian office buildings

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 489-500

  Proença, Lúcio Costa ^a   Ghisi, Enedir ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Efficient water use; Office buildings; Water end uses

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENT WATER USE; END-USES; SMALL SAMPLES; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; TOILET FLUSHING; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER FLOW RATE; WATER USE; WATER UTILITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HISTORIC PRESERVATION;

DRINKING WATER;

BUILDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILDING; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77950629595     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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