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Stefania Perrella, Fabio Bisegna, Piero Bevilacqua, Daniela Cirone and Roberto Bruno
In the EU, the building sector is responsible for 40% of the global energy consumption for final uses and 36% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Heat pumps allow for the replacement of conventional systems based on fossil fuels with the perspective o...
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Raquel Ibarra, Darío Bolaños-Guerrón and Luis Cumbal-Flores
This study evaluates the pollution of the Machángara River basin in Ecuador. For the assessment, water samples were pumped from the river for 1 to 4 h, with a representative water sample of 4 L collected. In the site and laboratory, the physicochemical p...
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Morag Hunter, D. H. Nimalika Perera, Eustace P. G. Barnes, Hugo V. Lepage, Elias Escobedo-Pacheco, Noorhayati Idros, David Arvidsson-Shukur, Peter J. Newton, Luis de los Santos Valladares, Patrick A. Byrne and Crispin H. W. Barnes
The expansion of copper mining on the hyper-arid pacific slope of Southern Peru has precipitated growing concern for scarce water resources in the region. Located in the headwaters of the Torata river, in the department of Moquegua, the Cuajone mine, own...
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Dario Bottino-Leone, Dagmar Elisabet Exner, Jennifer Adami, Alexandra Troi and Jessica Balest
The abandonment and deterioration of historic rural buildings in Europe raise significant issues, including hydrogeological risks, the loss of productive land, and cultural heritage decline. Despite being underestimated, these structures hold significant...
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Higor Costa de Brito, Iana Alexandra Alves Rufino, Mauro Normando Macedo Barros Filho and Ronaldo Amâncio Meneses
In the face of urban expansion, ensuring sustainable water consumption is paramount. This study aims to develop a domestic water demand forecast model that considers population heterogeneity and the urban area distribution in a city in the Brazilian Semi...
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Yanqian Lou, Qingtai Qiu, Mingtai Zhang, Zhonglun Feng and Jie Dong
Water resource spatial equilibrium evaluations provide the bases for water resource utilization and allocation. To analyze the regional spatial water resource matching balance, this study constructed a water resource spatial matching model based on the G...
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José Alfredo Flores Ronces, Edith R. Salcedo Sánchez, Manuel Martínez Morales, Juan Manuel Esquivel Martínez, Oscar Talavera Mendoza and María Vicenta Esteller Alberich
The Taxco mining district is a well-known international producer of silver, jewelry, and precious metal handicrafts. Inappropriate disposal wastes from anthropogenic activities have been deteriorating the hydric resources and threatening the inhabitants?...
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Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed Gad, Alaa Ahmed, Hasan Arman and Hassan I. Farhat
The rapid expansion of economic activities in Egypt?s Central Eastern Desert has resulted in poorly coordinated groundwater development, having a negative impact on the resource. This study was conducted to assess the hydrochemical characteristics of the...
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Thomas J. Tewes, Laurence Harcq and Dirk P. Bockmühl
Due to the current high awareness and rising energy costs, the energy label of domestic appliances is an important indicator for consumers when buying a dishwasher. However, not all consumers use efficient Eco cycles on a regular basis. When investigatin...
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Siti Multazimah Mohamad Faudzi, Danial Nakhaie Mohd Souhkri, Muhammad Fitri Mohd Akhir, Hamidi Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Zaki Mohd Kasim, Nor Azazi Zakaria and Noor Aida Saad
Water shortage has been an issue for urbanized areas. For the Penang state in Malaysia, it is forecast that there will be a significant increase in water demand in the future. Penang authorities in Malaysia are trying to find an alternative water source ...
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