Analysis of profitability of rainwater harvesting, gray water recycling and drain water heat recovery systems

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-94

  Stec, Agnieszka ^a   Kordana, Sabina ^a  

^a RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Gray water recycling; Heat recovery from drain water; Life Cycle Cost; Rainwater harvesting; Water saving

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; URBAN GROWTH; WASTE HEAT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CALCULATION PARAMETERS; HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE COST METHODOLOGY; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; WATER - SAVINGS;

WATER RECYCLING;

RAIN; TAP WATER;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY; RAINWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRAIN WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GENERAL DEVICE; GRAY WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RECYCLING; SANITATION; SEWAGE; WATER CYCLE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84946601189     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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