Electrical appliances moderate households’ water demand response to heat

Nature Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Salvo, Alberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; HEAT; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SINGAPORE; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBAN POPULATION; WARMING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85058901291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07833-3     Document Type: Article

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