Smart metering and water end-use data: Conservation benefits and privacy risks

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-467

  Giurco, Damien P ^a   White, Stuart B ^a   Stewart, Rodney A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

End use measurement; Urban water; Water efficiency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION BENEFITS; END-USES; NEAR-REAL-TIME MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SMART METERING TECHNOLOGY; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; URBAN WATERS; WATER EFFICIENCY;

ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84866139640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w2030461     Document Type: Article

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