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Water and Energy Saving in Urban Water Systems: The ALADIN Project

Valeria PuleoGabriele FreniVincenza NotaroGoffredo La Loggia

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urban water systemsEngineeringDecision support systemwater savingperformance indicatordecision support system020209 energyEnergy balanceUrban water cycle02 engineering and technologyurban water systemenergy saving0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringEnergy sustainabilityEngineering(all)business.industryEnergy impactEnvironmental engineeringGeneral Medicineperformance indicatorsEnvironmental economicsmonitoringPerformance indicatorUrban waterbusinessEnergy (signal processing)

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The ALADIN project was aimed at contributing to environmental and energy sustainability of the urban water system by means of a decision support tool able to allow an evaluation of the energy impact related to each different macro-sectors of urban water cycle highlighting the main energy flows and to assess the system energy balance and identify the possible energy-efficient solutions. Moreover the tool suggests the most efficient actions in reducing water losses. In the present paper the main features of the developed tool are presented. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.080http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.11.080