Alarming visual display monitors affecting shower end use water and energy conservation in Australian residential households

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1117-1127

  Willis, Rachelle M ^a   Stewarta, Rodney A ^a   Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak ^a   Jones, Sarah ^b   Kyriakides, Andreas ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gold Coast Water   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Resource consumption display monitors; Smart meters; Water conservation; Water demand management; Water end use

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPLAY DEVICES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW OF WATER; HOUSING; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SMART METERS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DISPLAY MONITORS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; INDEPENDENT SAMPLES; INFLATIONARY PRESSURES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER END USE;

WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN; TAP WATER; WATER;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW RATE; HOUSEHOLD; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; GOLD COAST; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77955853901     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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