Characterization of water and energy consumptions at the end use level in rural and urban environments: preliminary results of the ENERWAT Project

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dc.contributor.authorMatos, Cristinapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorCunha, António Manuel Trigueiros Da Silvapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Franciscopt_PT
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Armindapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Elisabetept_PT
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Sandrapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorBentes, Isabel Maria Da Assunção De Marta...pt_PT
dc.contributor.authorFaria, Dianapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorSá, Ana Brigapt_PT
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-18T11:33:48Z
dc.date.available2019-01-18T11:33:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-09
dc.description.abstractThe characterization of water and energy consumptions is essential in order to define strategies for their rational use. The way these resources are used in households is the path for efficient and rational management, interdependent from each other. It is believed that there are significant differences between the patterns of water and energy consumption in rural and urban areas, where influencing factors should also be identified. This article aims to provide some preliminary results of a research project named ENERWAT, with the main goal to characterize the relation between water and energy consumption at the end use level for urban and rural environments. One of the goals of the aforementioned project was the design, application, and results analysis of a survey, in order to find the main differences in the water and energy consumptions at the end use level and the factors that influence it in urban and rural households. A total of 245 households participated in the research during 2016 (110 urban dwellings and 135 rural), responding to questions on their family composition, dwellings characterization, water and energy consumption habits, and conservation behaviors of these resources. The project also includes the instrumentation and monitoring of dwellings in rural and urban environments to quantify the water consumption and related energy consumption. This stage is still in progress and includes in situ measurements of nine different households (four in rural and five in urban environments) during at least one year. In this article, some of the results obtained by the survey application and the in situ measurements are presented. Despite the large number of data and the associated complexity, it can be concluded that the joint analysis of the results allows identification of a connection between water and energy consumption, as well as a household’s consumption patterns.pt_PT
dc.identifier.tidhttps://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci3010008pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10348/9036
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.rightsopen accesspt_PT
dc.subjectenergy to water nexuspt_PT
dc.subjectENERWAT projectpt_PT
dc.subjectsurveypt_PT
dc.subjectin situ measurementspt_PT
dc.titleCharacterization of water and energy consumptions at the end use level in rural and urban environments: preliminary results of the ENERWAT Projectpt_PT
dc.typejournal articlept_PT
degois.publication.titleUrban Sciencept_PT
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
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