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Water Efficiency in Buildings

Author : Kemi Adeyeye
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118456572
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Water Efficiency in Buildings written by Kemi Adeyeye and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference source on water efficiency in buildings provides comprehensive and up-to-date information. Both multi-disciplinary and practical, it signposts current knowledge, innovation, expertise and evidence on an important subject which is high in the resource management debate. Water Efficiency in Buildings: a review of theory and practice is structured into five sections: Policy; People; Building Design and Planning; Alternative Water Technologies; and Practical Examples & Case Studies. This final section of the book presents new and current practice as well as lessons learnt from case examples on the use of water saving technologies and user engagement. Current evidence is vital for effective policy making. The dynamic nature of issues around water resource management creates a higher need for robust and reliable data and research information that can inform policy and regulations. This compendium provides a roadmap for researchers and building professionals on water efficiency as well as for policy makers and regulators. The case studies and research presented fall within the water supply and demand spectrum, especially those that focus on process efficiency, resource management, building performance, customer experiences and user participation, sustainable practises, scientific and technological innovation. The benefit and impact of the research is at the localandnational level, as well as in the global context.

Residential Water Conservation Projects

Author : Brown and Caldwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Residential Water Conservation Projects written by Brown and Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

EPA's Role in Promoting Water Use Efficiency

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis EPA's Role in Promoting Water Use Efficiency by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife

Download or read book EPA's Role in Promoting Water Use Efficiency written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Residential Water Conservation Projects

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
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Download or read book Residential Water Conservation Projects written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Greener Homes for the Future?

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215524317
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (243 download)

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Book Synopsis Greener Homes for the Future? by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee

Download or read book Greener Homes for the Future? written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environmental Audit Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines three overarching issues: the impact of the growth of house-building targets; what sort of homes should be built; and where these homes should be built. The Committee on Climate Change should assess the impact of the Government's new house-building targets for three million new homes by 2020 on the UK's 2020 carbon reduction target. In light of the latest economic projections, fundamental changes in the mortgage market, and falling house prices, the Government should review the assumptions on which its target is based. And the target for 2 million new homes to be built before the zero carbon target comes into effect in 2016, with a further 1 million to be built afterwards, should change to increase significantly the proportion built afterwards. Zero carbon homes must source their heat and power from renewable sources. Ideally these will come from on-site renewable power generation; where this is impractical, off-site renewables should be built or funded. The Government should ensure that an excess of land is not made available to developers, something which is already leading to greenfield sites being developed in preference to brownfield sites. The Government should urgently reintroduce a clear sequential test in favour of brownfield development into planning policy. Greater emphasis ought to be placed on energy efficiency and sustainability within the building control regime that inspects new housing. The Government should consider introducing higher penalties for developers who fail to meet energy efficiency standards. The same environmental tests used for eco-towns should be applied to all major housing developments from 2016. The Government should re-examine eco-town proposals, to ensure they have good public transport links, and are located close to commercial centres and employment opportunities.

Water Management

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0104008717
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Water Management by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee

Download or read book Water Management written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committee's report examines a range of issues relating to water management in England and Wales, including the regulatory and legislative framework, water demand and supply issues, water efficiency, and environmental aspects including the Water Framework Directive. Amongst the 60 conclusions and recommendations made, the Committee finds that a sustainable balance between water resource development and demand management cannot be achieved until there is a co-ordinated institutional framework for water resource management, with a need for wider stakeholder engagement by means of new regional boards consisting of environmental and consumer interests, as well as Ofwat representatives. Ofwat and the Environment Agency should take a more realistic approach to long-term planning issues, including agreeing indicative pricing for each water company. Current levels of leakage from the distribution network are unacceptably high in parts of the country, which damages the public's attitude towards sensible water use, and Ofwat should sanction water companies to spend more on reducing leakage with targets that take greater account of environmental and social factors as well as economics. The Government should make it easier for water companies to impose water meters on households in the driest parts of the country, in order to help reduce demand and ensure fairer charging practices, with support through the tax and benefit system for vulnerable customers who have difficulty with their bills. In order to address the very high level of unpaid water bills, those people who can afford to pay but refuse to do so should be partially disconnected from the water supply.

Water Conservation for Small and Medium-Sized Utilities

Author : Deborah Green
Publisher : American Water Works Association
ISBN 13 : 1613001053
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Water Conservation for Small and Medium-Sized Utilities written by Deborah Green and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation For utilities serving up to 100,000 customers, this book provides guidance on implementing a water conservation program. With a menu of conservation approaches from which to choose, the book lets utilities plan a custom program. Includes worksheets, cost analysis, sample programs, and recommended budgets.

Water Resources in the Built Environment

Author : Colin A. Booth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118809114
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Water Resources in the Built Environment written by Colin A. Booth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water management is a key environmental issue in controlling of floods and reducing droughts. This book provides analysis of the main issues, offering solutions and describing good practice. Water Resources for the Built Environment: management issues and solutions develops an appreciation of the diverse, complex and current themes of the water resources debate across the built environment, urban development and management continuum. The integration of physical and environmental sciences, combined with social, economic and political sciences, provide a unique resource, useful to policy experts, scientists, engineers and subject enthusiasts. By taking an interdisciplinary approach, water resources issues and impacts on the built environment are presented in the inventive and strategic setting of considering the constraints of delivering potable water to an ever-demanding society who, at the same time, are increasingly aware of living in an urban landscape where excessive surface water creates a flood threatened environment – hence, the need to portray a balance between ‘too little vs. too much’. This unique approach to the water resources debate presents a multifaceted collection of chapters that address the contemporary concomitant issues of water shortage and urban flooding and proffers solutions specifically for the built environment. The book is structured into three parts: the first part (Sections 2, 3 and 4) addresses management issues and solutions to minimise water shortages and provide water security for society; whilst the second part of the book (Sections 5 and 6) addresses management issues and solutions to control excessive rainfall and minimise flooding impacts. The third part (Section 7) contextualises the issues of the earlier sections within international case studies from the developing world.

Future water

Author : Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101731928
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (319 download)

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Book Synopsis Future water by : Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Download or read book Future water written by Great Britain. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-02-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Command Paper (Cm.7319, ISBN 97801017311928), sets out the Government's plans for the future water strategy for England. It provides practical steps that ensure that good clean water is available for people. It also looks ahead to 2030, describing the water supply system the Government wishes to see. Divided into 10 chapters, it covers the following topics: Chapter 1: Future water, looking at water, housing and climate change; Chapter 2: Water demand, covering future supply and pressures and household behaviour; Chapter 3: Water supply, including resources today, and a vision for the future: Chapter 4: Water quality in the natural environment; Chapter 5: Surface water drainage; Chapter 6: River and coastal flooding; Chapter 7: Greenhouse gas emissions: Chapter 8: Charging for water; Chapter 9: Regulatory framework, competition and innovation; Chapter 10: Summary of vision and actions.

The Water Environment of Cities

Author : Lawrence A. Baker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387848916
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book The Water Environment of Cities written by Lawrence A. Baker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept for the Water Environment of Cities arose from a workshop “Green 1 Cities, Blue Waters” workshop held in 2006. The workshop assembled experts from engineering, planning, economics, law, hydrology, aquatic ecology, geom- phology, and other disciplines to present research ?ndings and identify key new ideas on the urban water environment. At a lunch discussion near the end of the workshop, several of us came to the recognition that despite having considerable expertise in a narrow discipline, none of us had a vision of the “urban water en- ronment” as a whole. We were, as in the parable, blind men at opposite ends of the elephant, knowinga great deal about the parts, but notunderstandingthe whole. We quickly recognized the need to develop a book that would integrate this knowledge to create this vision. The goal was to develop a book that could be used to teach a complete, multidisciplinary course, “The Urban Water Environment”, but could also be used as a supplemental text for courses on urban ecosystems, urban design, landscapearchitecture,water policy,waterqualitymanagement andwatershed m- agement. The book is also valuable as a reference source for water professionals stepping outside their arena of disciplinary expertise. The Water Environment of Cities is the ?rst book to use a holistic, interdis- plinary approach to examine the urban water environment. We have attempted to portrayaholisticvisionbuiltaround theconcept of water as a coreelement ofcities. Water has multipleroles:municipalwatersupply,aquatichabitat,landscapeaesth- ics, and recreation. Increasingly, urban water is reused, serving multiple purposes.

H.R. 135

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis H.R. 135 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Download or read book H.R. 135 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of Water Use and Conservation

Author : Amy Vickers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Water Use and Conservation written by Amy Vickers and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides estimated water savings, benefits and costs for measures. Includes tables, charts, photos, eight appendices, glossary, and index.

Water for life

Author : Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101823029
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Book Synopsis Water for life by : Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Download or read book Water for life written by Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water for Life describes a vision for future water management in which the water sector is resilient, in which water companies are more efficient and customer focused, and in which water is valued as the precious and finite resource it is. It explains that we all have a part to play in the realisation of this vision and recognises that water is essential for economic growth and that we must protect the environment for future generations. Plans outlined include: improving the condition of our rivers by encouraging local organisations to improve water quality and make sure we are extracting water from our environment in the least harmful way; announcing plans to reform the water industry and deregulate water markets to drive economic growth; enables business and public sector customers to negotiate better services from suppliers and cut their costs; removing barriers that have discouraged new entrants from competing in the water market; asking water companies to consider where water trading and inter connecting pipelines could help ensure secure water supplies at a price customers can afford; enabling water companies to introduce new social tariffs for people struggling to pay their bills and seeks to tackle bad debt which ordinary householders have to bear the cost of to the tune of £15 per year; and tackling the historic unfairness of water infrastructure in the South West. These changes are all designed to lead to a more robust and prepared water industry, which promotes innovation and growth in the economy at the same time as we protect the environment

Climate Change,Water Security and Flooding,Sixteenth Report of Session 2003-2004,Report,Together with Formal Minutes,Oral and Written Evidence

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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215019295
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change,Water Security and Flooding,Sixteenth Report of Session 2003-2004,Report,Together with Formal Minutes,Oral and Written Evidence written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Committees report examines the actions that will be necessary to adapt to changes in flooding and water availability caused by climate change. There are a number of steps that the Government should take to reduce future flood risk, with a key consideration being the planning of new housing developments to avoid building on flood plains, where possible. Where this is necessary, developments should be designed to be as resilient as possible to flooding, utilising sustainable drainage systems and including areas such as parks in order to contain floodwater. Existing sewer systems will need upgrading and new systems must be built to cope with higher storm flows. Greater attention needs to be paid by the Government to the issue of water shortages due to drier summers, including considering alternative water pricing mechanisms to relate costs more directly to amount used, and ensuring building regulations pay greater attention to water efficiency. Water companies must also do more to reduce water leakages.

Water Management Challenges in Global Change

Author : B. Ulanicki
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000116239
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Water Management Challenges in Global Change written by B. Ulanicki and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Management Challenges in Global Change contains the proceedings of the 9th Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI2007) and the Sustainable Urban Water Management (SUWM2007) conferences. The rationale behind these conferences is to improve the management of urban water systems through the development of computerbased methods. Issues such as economic globalisation, climate changes and water shortages call for a new approach to water systems management, which addresses the relevant technical, social and economic aspects. This collection represents the views of academic and industrial experts from a number of countries, who provide technical solutions to current water management problems and present a vision for addressing the global questions. The themes underlying many of the contributions include energy and material savings, water savings and the integration of different aspects of water management. The papers are grouped into three themes covering water distribution systems, sustainable urban water management and modelling of wastewater treatment plants. The water distribution topics cover asset and information management, planning, monitoring and control, hydraulic modelling of steady state and transients, water quality and treatment, demand and leakage management, optimisation, design and decision support systems, as well as reliability and security of water distribution systems. The sustainable urban water management topics include urban drainage systems, water reuse, social aspects of water management and also selected facets of water resources and irrigation. Computer control of wastewater treatment plants has been seen as less advanced than that of clean water systems. To address this imbalance, this book presents a number of modelling techniques developed specifically for these plants. Water Management Challenges in Global Change will prove to be invaluable to water and environmental engineering researchers and academics; managers, engineers and planners; and postgraduate students.

Affordability and the Supply of Housing

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 021502785X
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Affordability and the Supply of Housing written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: ODPM: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affordability and the supply of Housing : Session 2005-06, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

Strategic Planning for Water

Author : Hugh Howes
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136757767
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Planning for Water written by Hugh Howes and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007-10-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic Planning for Water examines the neglected relationship between planning for water and spatial planning. It provides the background to sustainable water management and assistance to spatial planners in understanding the complex water environment. This extremely topical book examines the challenges of:how to ensure that water supplies are a