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Water Related Energy Use in Households and Cities – an Australian Perspective

Speaker(s): 
Steven Kenway
Date: 
May 12, 2011 - 12:00pm
Location: 
90-3122
Seminar Host/Point of Contact: 
Anita Estner
James McMahon

This presentation covers the content of recent journal papers and reports focused on the water-energy nexus and the related theory of urban metabolism. This includes (i) a review of the water-energy nexus focused on cities (ii) quantifying water-related energy in cities (iii) modeling household water-related energy use including key factors, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, and (iv) relevance and implications of the urban metabolism theoretical framework. Steven's work focuses on understanding the indirect connections between urban water management, energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions.

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