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Juliana May Sangoi, Taylana Piccinini Scolaro and Enedir Ghisi
The performance of water heating systems must be evaluated considering energy consumption and efficiency in storing and distributing hot water, together with building and climate characteristics. This work aims to analyse the performance of different wat...
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Ling-Tim Wong, Chun-San Chan, Kwok-Wai Mui and Dadi Zhang
Previous studies have demonstrated the energy- and water-saving potentials of showering facilities in residential buildings. However, the prospect of public showering places where multiple showerheads usually worked together according to their opening ho...
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Rafael A. Flores and Enedir Ghisi
Water conservation is essential to sustainable development, and among human activities, buildings are responsible for a significant portion of total water consumption. Therefore, we present a systematic review that aims to search for valuable contributio...
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Mehzabeen Mannan and Sami G. Al-Ghamdi
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Luciana Debs and Jamie Metzinger
The present research analyzes the impact of nine factors related to household demographics, building equipment, and building characteristics towards a home?s total energy consumption while controlling for climate. To do this, we have surveyed single-fami...
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Seyyed Danial Nazemi, Mohsen A. Jafari and Esmat Zaidan
The impact of load growth on electricity peak demand is becoming a vital concern for utilities. To prevent the need to build new power plants or upgrade transmission lines, power companies are trying to design new demand response programs. These programs...
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Raquel de Souza Pompermayer,Humberto Angelo,Alexandre Nascimento de Almeida,Pedro Guilherme de Andrade Vasconcelos,Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi,Maristela Franchetti de Paula,Eder Pereira Miguel
This paper presents an estimate of the water demand in Distrito Federal, a Federative Unit of Brazil where the capital of Brazil is located. We develop a water demand model based on the tariff structure to capture the essential aspects of water use by co...
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Social housing dating from the postwar years through the end of the twentieth century is one of the major stores of European cities’ residential stock. As it is generally characterised by a poor thermal performance and an inefficient control of ene...
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The building sector accounts for one third of the global energy consumption and it is expected to grow in the next decades. This evidence leads researchers, engineers and architects to develop innovative technologies based on renewable energies and to en...
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E. Dave Thomas, Kartik Venkataraman, Victoria Chraibi and Narayanan Kannan
Reliable water sources are central to human and environmental health. In south Texas, USA, the Nueces River Basin (NRB) directly or indirectly plays that important role for many counties. Several NRB stream segments are designated as ecologically signifi...
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