Search Results - "Beal, Cara"

A novel mixed method smart metering approach to reconciling differences between perceived and actual residential end use water consumption by Beal, Cara D., Stewart, Rodney A., Fielding, Kelly

“…Studies have shown that householders’ perceptions of their water use are often not well matched with their actual water use. There has been less research…”
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Supply, demand and the economic effectiveness of urine-diverting technologies and products: A systematic literature review by Nguyen, Gam T., Iftekhar, Md Sayed, Ratnasiri, Shyama, Roiko, Anne, Beal, Cara D.

“…•Factors influencing the supply and demand of urine-diverting technologies (UDTs).•There is potential for economic feasibility in implementing UDTs.•The…”
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Energy intensity of rainwater harvesting systems: A review by Vieira, Abel S., Beal, Cara D., Ghisi, Enedir, Stewart, Rodney A.

“…Rainwater Harvesting Systems (RHS) are increasingly used in buildings to mitigate water shortage and rising prices of centralised water supply. Notwithstanding…”
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ANN-based residential water end-use demand forecasting model by Bennett, Christopher, Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D.

“…► Smart residential water metering technology enables water end use categorization. ► Study applies ANN to develop a residential end use water demand…”
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Identifying Residential Water End Uses Underpinning Peak Day and Peak Hour Demand by Beal, Cara D, Stewart, Rodney A

“…AbstractAccurate and up-to-date peak demand data are essential to ensure that future mains water supply networks reflect current usage patterns and are…”
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Novel bottom-up urban water demand forecasting model: Revealing the determinants, drivers and predictors of residential indoor end-use consumption by Makki, Anas A., Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D., Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak

“…•Determinants and drivers of residential water end-use consumption categories revealed.•Predictors of six residential water end-use consumption categories…”
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Developing a Preliminary Causal Loop Diagram for Understanding the Wicked Complexity of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Sahin, Oz, Salim, Hengky, Suprun, Emiliya, Richards, Russell, MacAskill, Stefen, Heilgeist, Simone, Rutherford, Shannon, Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D.

“…COVID-19 is a wicked problem for policy makers internationally as the complexity of the pandemic transcends health, environment, social and economic…”
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Smart meter enabled water end-use demand data: platform for the enhanced infrastructure planning of contemporary urban water supply networks by Gurung, Thulo Ram, Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D., Sharma, Ashok K.

“…Integrating alternative water supplies and water efficient appliances are proven strategies for reducing customers' average and peak demand on the cities mains…”
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Residential solar water heaters in Brisbane, Australia: Key performance parameters and indicators by Vieira, Abel S., Stewart, Rodney A., Lamberts, Roberto, Beal, Cara D.

“…A multi-parametric sensitivity analysis of Solar Water Heater (SWH) systems was undertaken for the city of Brisbane in Australia using computational models…”
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Evaluating the energy and carbon reductions resulting from resource-efficient household stock by BEAL, Cara D, BERTONE, Edoardo, STEWART, Rodney A

“…The nexus of water and energy and greenhouse gas emissions is now well recognised, however, quantifying the energy savings from (hot) water-efficient…”
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Residential water heaters in Brisbane, Australia: Thinking beyond technology selection to enhance energy efficiency and level of service by Vieira, Abel S., Beal, Cara D., Stewart, Rodney A.

“…•Controlled electricity tariff enhanced the performance of water heating systems.•Night off-peak electricity tariff reduced the performance of water heating…”
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Strengthening rural community water safety planning in Pacific Island countries: evidence and lessons from Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji by Souter, Regina T, Ruuska, Doug, Pene, Sarah, Benjamin, Collin, Funubo, Sheila, Beal, Cara D, Sanderson, Rosanna, Batikawai, Suliasi, Ravai, Ana, Antoinette-Wickham, Tema, Rankin, Tom, Peter, Lindah, Molitambe, Heather, Theophile, Gaston, Shrestha, Sachita, Kotra, Krishna K, Bugoro, Hugo, Panda, Nixon, Deo, Vimal, Love, Mark

“…Pacific Island Countries (PICs) collectively have the lowest rates of access to safely managed or basic drinking water and sanitation globally. They are also…”
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Revealing the determinants of shower water end use consumption: enabling better targeted urban water conservation strategies by Makki, Anas A., Stewart, Rodney A., Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak, Beal, Cara

“…The purpose of this study was to explore the predominant determinants of shower end use consumption and to find an overarching research design for building a…”
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Smart meter enabled informatics for economically efficient diversified water supply infrastructure planning by Gurung, Thulo Ram, Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D., Sharma, Ashok K.

“…Water efficiency measures and alternative supply sources alleviate peak water demand on urban water supply networks. Consequently, they also provide benefits…”
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Smart meters for enhanced water supply network modelling and infrastructure planning by Gurung, Thulo Ram, Stewart, Rodney A., Sharma, Ashok K., Beal, Cara D.

“…•Novel method uses smart water meter data to formulate daily water demand profiles.•Individual end-use demand profiles used to build various water consumption…”
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Classifying Household Water Use Events into Indoor and Outdoor Use: Improving the Benefits of Basic Smart Meter Data Sets by Meyer, Bettina E, Nguyen, Khoi, Beal, Cara D, Jacobs, Heinz E, Buchberger, Steven G

“…AbstractThis research investigated relationships between the most notable characteristics of end-use events, namely, event duration, volume, and intensity, in…”
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Identifying and understanding the drivers of high water consumption in remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities by Beal, Cara D., Jackson, Melissa, Stewart, Rodney A., Rayment, Cail, Miller, Adrian

“…Managing water demand in many remote Indigenous communities is critical yet often poorly implemented due in part to a lack of understanding of the volume and…”
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The effects of racism, social exclusion, and discrimination on achieving universal safe water and sanitation in high-income countries by Brown, Joe, Acey, Charisma S, Anthonj, Carmen, Barrington, Dani J, Beal, Cara D, Capone, Drew, Cumming, Oliver, Pullen Fedinick, Kristi, MacDonald Gibson, Jacqueline, Hicks, Brittany, Kozubik, Michal, Lakatosova, Nikoleta, Linden, Karl G, Love, Nancy G, Mattos, Kaitlin J, Murphy, Heather M, Winkler, Inga T

“…Drinking water and sanitation services in high-income countries typically bring widespread health and other benefits to their populations. Yet gaps in this…”
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Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Sustainable Water Governance in Remote Australian Indigenous Communities by Jackson, Melissa, Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D.

“…Collaboration between government agencies and communities for sustainable water governance in remote Indigenous communities is espoused as a means to…”
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Quantifying the influence of residential water appliance efficiency on average day diurnal demand patterns at an end use level: A precursor to optimised water service infrastructure planning by Carragher, Byron J., Stewart, Rodney A., Beal, Cara D.

“…► Smart water metering and end use analysis revealed determinants of hourly water use. ► Water efficient households reduced average day peak hour demand by…”
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