Using smart meters to identify social and technological impacts on residential water consumption

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-533

  Beal, Cara ^a   Stewart, Rodney A ^a   Spinks, Anneliese ^b   Fielding, Kelly ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; End uses; Micro component; Smart meters; Trace analysis

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SMART METERS; SURVEYS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDES; COMMUNITY EDUCATION; END-USES; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICRO-COMPONENTS; SMART METERING; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; WATER CONSUMPTION;

WATER SUPPLY;

DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; FAMILY SIZE; GENERAL DEVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SMART METER; SOCIAL ASPECT; TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84855646279     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2011.088     Document Type: Article

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