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Residential hot water distribution systems: Roundtablesession

Description: Residential building practice currently ignores the lossesof energy and water caused by the poor design of hot water systems. Theselosses include: combustion and standby losses from water heaters, thewaste of water (and energy) while waiting for hot water to get to thepoint of use; the wasted heat as water cools down in the distributionsystem after a draw; heat losses from recirculation systems and thediscarded warmth of waste water as it runs down the drain. Severaltechnologies are available t… more
Date: August 1, 2002
Creator: Lutz, James D.; Klein, Gary; Springer, David & Howard, Bion D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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