An eLearning approach for improving household water efficiency

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 1113-1119

  Kossieris, P ^a   Panayiotakis, A ^a   Tzouka, K ^a   Gerakopoulou, P ^a   Rozos, E ^a   Makropoulos, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

E learning; Moodle platform; Online application; Online education; Smart metering; Water demand management; Water efficiency

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WEB SERVICES;

MOODLE PLATFORM; ON-LINE APPLICATIONS; ON-LINE EDUCATION; SMART METERING; WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT; WATER EFFICIENCY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84949117462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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