Benefits and challenges of using smart meters for advancing residential water demand modeling and management: A review

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-214

  Cominola, A ^a   Giuliani, M ^a   Piga, D ^b   Castelletti, A ^a,c   Rizzoli, A E ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Residential water management; Smart meter; Water conservation; Water demand modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESIGN; SMART METERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONSTRAINED SOURCE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; HOUSEHOLD LEVEL; RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER DEMAND;

HOUSING;

DECADAL VARIATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84939237348     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.07.012     Document Type: Review

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