Smart metering, water pricing and social media to stimulate residential water efficiency: Opportunities for the SmartH2O project

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 1037-1043

  Harou, J J ^a   Garrone, P ^b   Rizzoli, A E ^c   Maziotis, A ^a   Castelletti, A ^b   Fraternali, P ^b   Novak, J ^d   Wissmann Alves, R ^e   Ceschi, P A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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

^d European Institute for Participatory Media   (Germany)

^e THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

^f Società Elettrica Sopracenerina Sa   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ICT for water management; Smart meters for water consumption; Social media and water; Water pricing policies

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; SMART METERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTS; PRICING MECHANISM; RESEARCH OUTCOME; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY; WATER PRICING POLICIES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84949116488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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