A detailed characterization of residential water consumption is essential for ensuring urban
water systems' capability to cope with changing water resources availability and water …

Over the last two decades, water smart metering programs have been launched in a number
of medium to large cities worldwide to nearly continuously monitor water consumption at the …

The sustainability of water resources depends on the dynamic interactions among the
environmental, technological, and social characteristics of the water system and local …

The current study analyzes existing methods for estimating outdoor use and landscape
irrigation in highly developed residential areas across Los Angeles. Outdoor use was …

Globally, buildings are recognized as one of the highest users of freshwater resources.
Consuming enormous amounts of constructional and operational water deplete water …

Warmer and drier conditions over the past decade in California, in addition to court-
mandated restrictions on the Sacramento River Delta water supply, have generally reduced …

More than one billion people will face water scarcity within the next ten years due to climate
change and unsustainable water usage, and this number is only expected to grow …

Evapotranspiration (ET), an essential process in biosphere‐atmosphere interactions, is
highly uncertain in cities that maintain cultivated and irrigated landscapes. We estimated ET …

Leveraging the potential flexibility of large electrical loads has become an attractive option
for maintaining grid reliability, especially in electric grids with high penetrations of variable …

We carried out a life cycle assessment to model the potential for alternative household
vegetable gardens (AHHVGs) to mitigate global climate change by reducing greenhouse …