Main navigation

Publications

<< Search for more publications

Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of saving water - full technical report

Summary

Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of saving water is a research project, run jointly with the Environment Agency, to help us understand the carbon emissions from water use at home and the potential for savings. This is the full technical version of the report (a summary report is also available) Domestic water use in the UK is around 150 litres per person per day. Taking water from the environment, treating it, distributing it to households, using it in the home, collecting it when it has become sewage and then treating it before discharging it back into the environment are all processes requiring energy, and therefore result in CO2 emissions. In order to best focus policy on how to minimise CO2 emissions from this train of events, we need to understand which parts of this process are the most energy intensive.

Audience Type

Public sector
Public sector & not for profit organisations

Document Type

Publications
Publications & documents
Publications and documents

Corporate Categories

Corporate Publications
General publications

Keywords

Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of saving water full technical report household

Publication Download

Publication Date: 06/07/2009 | Size: 3035KB

<< Search for more publications

Section navigation

Publications

Page tools

Email this page

Rate this page

Rating: 1 - BadRating: 2 - PoorRating: 3 - OKRating: 4 - GoodRating: 5 - Great

Latest News

Government plans to make use of marine energy 20 March 2010
EU 'could surpass renewable targets' 20 March 2010
Carbon capture funding announced 20 March 2010
News archive