Demand-side management for supply-side efficiency: Modeling tailored strategies for reducing peak residential water demand

Sustainable Production and Consumption

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Beal, Cara D ^a   Gurung, Thulo Ram ^a   Stewart, Rodney A ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural interventions; Demand management; End use studies; Infrastructure optimisation; Peak demand; Smart meters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960099052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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