Using smart meters for household water consumption feedback: Knowns and unknowns

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 990-997

  Sonderlund A L ^a   Smith, J R ^a   Hutton, C ^b   Kapelan, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Demand management; Feedback; Smart technology; Water meter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; FEEDBACK; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER METERS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE STRATEGY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; FEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD WATER; SMART METERING; SMART TECHNOLOGY; WATER - SAVINGS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 84949116978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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