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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 19-465
Full Name: Armando Silva-Afonso
Position: Professor
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Sex: Male
Address: Av. Fernão de Magalhães nº 151 4ºB 3000-176 Coimbra
Country: PORTUGAL
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E-mail address: anqip@civil.ua.pt
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Title of the Paper: The importance of water efficiency in buildings in Mediterranean countries The Portuguese experience
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Silva-Afonso A. and Pimentel-Rodrigues C.
Email addresses of all the authors: anqip@civil.ua.pt
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: The risk of hydric stress will increase significantly across the entire planet, especially in the Mediterranean basin, and some Europeans countries, such as Portugal, might experience very serious problems in a large part of their territory in the short to medium term. In addition, there are high levels of inefficiency in the water use in some of these countries. In Portugal, for example, the overall global waste in water amounts at over 3 x 109 m3/year, which is around 39% of the country's total water requirement. The truth is that the risks of hydric stress and the high level of inefficiency require the immediate implementation of various measures, including the promotion of the use of efficient products in buildings, among other measures. With this objective in view, a Portuguese non-governmental organisation dedicated to the promotion of quality and efficiency in buildings services (ANQIP), decided to launch a voluntary certification and labelling system for!
products water efficiency in October 2008. This paper describes the system that is being implemented and the categories attributed to each product and also present a detailed analysis of a Portuguese Specification, developed by ANQIP, for rainwater harvesting in buildings; it looks at certain technical aspects of the conception and design of installation components and the demands of water quality in light of its various uses. A brief reference about de measures being taken in Portugal for the reuse and recycling of greywater is also made.
Keywords: Certification; labelling, rainwater harvesting, water efficiency.
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Special (Invited) Session: The importance of water efficiency in buildings in Mediterranean countries. The Portuguese experience
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