Life-Cycle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Building-Scale Wastewater Treatment and Nonpotable Reuse System

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10303-10311

  Hendrickson, Thomas P ^a   Nguyen, Mi T ^a,b   Sukardi, Marsha ^c   Miot, Alexandre ^c   Horvath, Arpad ^a,b   Nelson, Kara L ^a,b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECODESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIFE CYCLE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

BUILDING SCALE; CENTRALIZED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE ENERGIES; LIVING MACHINES; REUSE SYSTEMS; WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEM;

WATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; CARBON; DRINKING WATER; HYPOCHLORITE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; WASTE WATER;

BUILDING; DESIGN; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WETLAND; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; DRINKING WATER; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84940853719     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01677     Document Type: Article

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