Pilot phase of a field study to determine waste of water and energy in residential hot-water distribution systems

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 117, Issue PART 1, 2011, Pages 755-768

  Lutz, James D ^a   Biermayer, Peter ^a   King, Derek A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b 4D Imaging ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; END-USES; FIELD STUDIES; GAS FLOWS; HOT WATER; LARGER FIELDS; PILOT PHASE; TEMPERATURE DATA; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER EFFICIENCY; WATER FLOWS; WATER USE; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ENERGY CONVERSION; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER HEATERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 82055183976     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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