Editor: Enedir Ghisi

Series Title: Frontiers in Civil Engineering

Water Savings in Buildings

Volume 2

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ISSN: 2468-4694 (Print)
ISSN: 2468-4708 (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-484-8 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-483-1 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97816810848311170201

Introduction

Water saving is an important aspect civil engineering and building design around the world. Alternative water sources as well as water saving appliances have been studied by many researchers in order to maximize water savings in buildings and promote building design that favours water savings. This volume explores topics related to water savings: rainwater tank sizing and modelling, wastewater treatment and reuse, relationships between user behaviour and water savings, health issues related to water savings and environmental analysis of rainwater and grey water use in buildings.

Water Savings in Buildings is a handy resource for researchers, post-graduate students, undergraduate students and engineers working in water utilities, environment agencies and associated industries interested in understanding the basics of implementing systems to achieve water savings in buildings.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Enedir Ghisi
Department of Civil Engineering
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis
Brazil




Contributor(s):
Alberto Campisano
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
University of Catania
Catania
Italy


Alice Costa Kiperstok
Teclim, Clean Technology Network, Department of Environmental Engineering, Polytechnics School
Federal University of Bahia
Salvador, State of Bahia
Brazil


Amir Ahmed
School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University
Sydney, NSW 2751
Australia


Andrea Teston
Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900
Brazil


Anna Palla
Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Genova
Genova
Italy


Armando Silva-Afonso
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Aveiro; the Board of ANQIP (National Association for Quality in Building Services)
Aveiro
Portugal


Asher Kiperstok
Teclim, Clean Technology Network, Department of Environmental Engineering, Polytechnics School
Federal University of Bahia
Salvador, State of Bahia
Brazil


Ataur Rahman
School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University, Building XB2.48, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751
Australia


Barbara Müller Colasio
Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900
Brazil


Carlo Modica
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
University of Catania
Catania
Italy


Cristina Matos
Departamento de Engenharias, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
C-MADE- Centre of Materials and Building Technologies; University of Beira Interior
Vila Real
Portugal


Cristina Matos Silva
CERIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon
Portugal


Cristina Santos
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Porto
Portugal


Defne Apul
Civil Engineering Department
University of Toledo
Ohio
USA


Enedir Ghisi
Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Federal University of Santa Catarina
Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900
Brazil


Ghazaleh Vaseghi
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Toledo
Ohio
USA


Ilaria Gnecco
Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Genova
Genova
Italy


Ilke Celik
Civil Engineering Department
University of Toledo
Ohio
USA


Inês Meireles
RISCO, Department of Civil Engineering
Universidade de Aveiro
Aveiro
Portugal


M. Ashiqur Rahman
School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University
Sydney, NSW 2751
Australia


Md Mahmudul Haque
School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, Western Sydney University
Sydney, NSW 2751
Australia


Steven Burian
Civil Engineering Department
University of Utah
Utah
USA


Vitor Sousa
CERIS, Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon
Portugal




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