Hot water DJ: Saving energy by pre-mixing hot water

BuildSys 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Embedded Systems for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 91-98

  Prodhan, Md Anindya ^a   Whitehouse, Kamin ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

energy consumption; mixer; residential homes; water heater; wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSUMER; HOT WATER; IN-PIPE; RESIDENTIAL HOMES; SAVING ENERGY; TEMPERATURE MODELS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WATER FLOWS; WATER HEATING; WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); HEATING; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SENSORS; WATER HEATERS; WATER TANKS;

WATER;

EID: 84872952498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2422531.2422549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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