Assessment of Potable Water Savings in Office Buildings Considering Embodied Energy

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 581-599

  Proença, Lúcio Costa ^a   Ghisi, Enedir ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Office buildings; Potable water savings; Water end uses

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

EMBODIED ENERGY; GREYWATER REUSE; POTABLE WATER SAVINGS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER USAGE; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; WATER - SAVINGS; WATER END USE;

WATER CONSERVATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DRINKING WATER; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; RAINWATER; SANITATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

BRAZIL; FLORIANOPOLIS; SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 84871718139     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0203-1     Document Type: Article

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