Disaggregating hot water use and predicting hot water waste in five test homes

While it is important to make the equipment (or 'plant') in a residential hot water system more efficient, the hot water distribution system also affects overall system performance and energy use. Energy wasted in heating water that is not used is estimated to be on the order of 10 to 30 p...

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Main Author: Henderson, Hugh,
Other Authors: Wade, Jeremy,, United States. Department of Energy. Building Technologies Office,, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.),, Building America (Program : U.S.),
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Office, April 2014.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 91 pages) : color illustrations.
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Online Access: http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo77461
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http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/61441.pdf