Did electrification of the building sector achieve carbon mitigation? A provincial retrospection in China

R Chen, P Xu, L Chen, H Yao - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrification of end-use energy consuming sectors is becoming a widespread choice to
combat climate change, yet the decarbonization of electricity determines the quality of …

Coal use for residential heating: patterns, health implications and lessons learned

A Kerimray, L Rojas-Solórzano… - Energy for Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Residential coal consumption has decreased significantly since 1990 in most developed
and develo** countries, due to fuel switching. However, there are still countries with a …

Drivers of improved PM2.5 air quality in China from 2013 to 2017

Q Zhang, Y Zheng, D Tong, M Shao, S Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
From 2013 to 2017, with the implementation of the toughest-ever clean air policy in China,
significant declines in fine particle (PM2. 5) concentrations occurred nationwide. Here we …

Environmental benefits and household costs of clean heating options in northern China

M Zhou, H Liu, L Peng, Y Qin, D Chen, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The Chinese government accelerated the clean residential heating transition in northern
China as part of a successful effort to improve regional air quality. Meanwhile, China has …

Inequality of household consumption and air pollution-related deaths in China

H Zhao, G Geng, Q Zhang, SJ Davis, X Li, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Substantial quantities of air pollution and related health impacts are ultimately attributable to
household consumption. However, how consumption pattern affects air pollution impacts …

Energy and air pollution benefits of household fuel policies in northern China

W Meng, Q Zhong, Y Chen, H Shen, X Yun… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
In addition to many recent actions taken to reduce emissions from energy production,
industry, and transportation, a new campaign substituting residential solid fuels with …

An evaluation of air quality, home heating and well-being under Bei**g's programme to eliminate household coal use

C Barrington-Leigh, J Baumgartner, E Carter… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
To mitigate health and environmental effects from coal-based home heating, the Bei**g
Municipality has implemented a programme in 3,700 villages that subsidizes electric heat …

Residential energy use emissions dominate health impacts from exposure to ambient particulate matter in India

L Conibear, EW Butt, C Knote, SR Arnold… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a leading contributor to diseases in
India. Previous studies analysing emission source attributions were restricted by coarse …

Population exposure to hazardous air quality due to the 2015 fires in Equatorial Asia

P Crippa, S Castruccio, S Archer-Nicholls, GB Lebron… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Vegetation and peatland fires cause poor air quality and thousands of premature deaths
across densely populated regions in Equatorial Asia. Strong El-Niño and positive Indian …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of power generation emissions on ambient PM2. 5 pollution and human health in China and India

M Gao, G Beig, S Song, H Zhang, J Hu, Q Ying… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Emissions from power plants in China and India contain a myriad of fine particulate matter
(PM 2.5, PM≤ 2.5 μm in diameter) precursors, posing significant health risks among large …