Quantitative assesment of water use efficiency in urban and domestic buildings

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1172-1193

  Schuetze, Thorsten ^a   Santiago Fandiño, Vicente ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demand management; Drinking water; Environmentally sound technologies (ESTs); Rainwater harvesting and utilization; Urban and domestic environment; Water recycling; Wise Water

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES;

DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES (ESTS); FRESH WATER RESOURCES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SANITATION SYSTEMS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WATER SUPPLY;

DRINKING WATER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOFTWARE; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84885344238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5031172     Document Type: Article

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