Electricity and water consumption for laundry washing by washing machine worldwide

Energy Efficiency

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-382

  Pakula, Christiane ^a   Stamminger, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer habits; Energy consumption; Global relevance; Housework practices; Laundry washing; Sustainability; Washing machine; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HABITS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL RELEVANCE; HOUSEWORK PRACTICES; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER CONSUMPTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASHERS; WASHING MACHINES; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WASHING;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77957244535     PISSN: 1570646X     EISSN: 15706478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12053-009-9072-8     Document Type: Article

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