期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
卷 3, 期 2, 页码 307-323出版社
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/s40710-016-0138-2
关键词
Rainwater harvesting; Life-cycle assessment; Carbon emissions; Energy consumption; Water management; Flood mitigation
资金
- National Centre of Science and Technology (CONACyT)
This study compares greenhouse gases emissions and energy consumption of buildings supplied by the municipal water grid in Mexico City against different configurations of rainwater harvesting systems. A comparative simulation model was built for this purpose. Life-cycle assessment methodology was used to embrace impacts not only from operation (e.g. pumping energy) but also from building the system (e.g. materials, their transportation, etc.). This analysis is essential to improve Mexico City's water management. The city's aquifer is overexploited, which has caused land subsidence; the city is prone to flooding for being located in an endorheic basin and highly urbanised; it consumes 1.23 kWh/m(3) to supply water to the municipal grid (65 % of it to import 18 % of its water demand from neighbouring basins); and between 30 % and 50 % of this water is lost through grid leakages. The model was used to analyse eleven different types of buildings. Results proved that rainwater harvesting can reduce greenhouse gases emissions in Mexico City and three of the four harvesting scenarios also aid at mitigating flooding risk.
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