DocumentCode :
2412222
Title :
Life cycle environmental implications of residential swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona
Author :
Forrest, Nigel ; Williams, Eric
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sustainability, Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear :
2009
fDate :
18-20 May 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
1
Abstract :
There are more than 8 million private swimming pools in the U.S.. Though known to be prodigious consumers of water and energy, apparently there has been no systematic analysis of their environmental impact to date. Additional impacts arise from pool chemical use and pool construction. Phoenix, Arizona, has one of the highest concentrations of pools in the country. This is despite large evaporative water losses due to the hot, arid climate, and a reliance on imported water supplies. Given this context a hybrid life cycle assessment of Phoenix area residential pools was undertaken to determine their water consumption, energy use and climate change impacts.
Keywords :
environmental factors; maintenance engineering; Phoenix area residential pool; climate change impact; evaporative water; hybrid life cycle assessment; life cycle environmental implication; pool chemical use; pool construction; private swimming pool; residential swimming pool; systematic analysis; water consumption; Chemical technology; Energy consumption; Environmental economics; Power generation economics; Security; Sustainable development; Temperature; Thermal pollution; Uncertainty; Water resources;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology, 2009. ISSST '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4324-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156782
Filename :
5156782
Link To Document :
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