Health and economic benefits of cleaner residential heating in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region in China

Zhang, Xiang; Jin, Yana; Dai, Hancheng; Xie, Yang; Zhang, Shiqiu

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.008

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“…The authors found that the entire BTH region spent 1.4%–2.3% of GDP to support policy implementation and pointed out several directions to reduce the economic cost. Zhang et al (2019b) developed an integrated assessment model to investigate the health benefits of the residential “coal-to-electricity” policy. They found that Beijing obtained the most health benefits, and Hebei bore the highest cost.…”

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“…However, energy-related carbon emissions do not directly pollute the local air even though climate change is aggravating. The “near-zero emission” policy of power plants ( Wang et al, 2018b ), clean residential heating ( Zhang et al, 2019b ), and other similar policies have been implemented. Accordingly, carbon and pollutant (e.g., SO 2 , soot, and industrial waste gas) emissions do not synchronously change in this region.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Has air pollution emission level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region peaked? A panel data analysis

Meng

Zhou

2020

Ecological Indicators

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Highlights Air pollution emission level of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region is fitted. Fitting curve to air pollution emission level reached the peak in 2015. Air pollution emissions in 2025 will decrease to the level of 2007. Industrial waste gas emissions play a decisive role for the pollution level change. Air quality is sensitive to the operation of building material industries.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Has air pollution emission level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region peaked? A panel data analysis

Meng

Zhou

2020

Ecological Indicators

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“…Xu T., et al [ 16 ] use GAINS model and IMED|HEL model to evaluate PM 2.5 pollution-related health effects in China’s road transport sector. Xiang Z., et al [ 17 ] and Shaohui Z., et al [ 18 ] use GAINS model and IMED|HEL model to evaluate the health benefit of the residential heating and cement industry in the BTH region.…”

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Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region

Madaniyazi

Xie

2021

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China is implementing intensive policies on electric vehicles to control air pollution in urban regions, especially the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region, one of the most polluted areas in China. The development of electric vehicles will lead to an increase in electricity demand. Because electricity is mostly generated by thermal power in China, primary energy consumption will also increase. This study sets two scenarios: with the electric vehicle policies scenario (REN) and without the electric vehicle policies scenario (FOS) to compare electric vehicle policy’s impact. We quantified the health benefits of the electric vehicle policies in the BTH region by using an integrated assessment framework. Compared with scenario FOS, the local PM2.5 emission will reduce by 11.38%, 15.12%, 22.27%, and the concentration will reduce by 18.84%, 20.04%, and 19.57% in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei separately by 2030 in REN. The electric vehicle policies can avoid 23.5 million morbidities and 4.6 thousand mortalities and save CNY 20.65 billion using the value of statistical life and 1.5 million work loss days in 2030 in REN. Our results show that electric vehicle policy can bring a remarkably positive benefit to public health and the economy.

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“…Since 2015, policies for substituting residential coal use by electricity have been implemented in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Zhang et al figured out that the health benefits would appear almost immediately after the individuals are no longer exposed to indoor air pollution from coal use [13]. Xue also designed a difference-in-difference framework that takes advantage of spatial and time variations in the implementing China's centralized heating program; it found that the areas with centralized heating had a 1.2% decrease in the proportion of low-birth-weight infants [16].…”

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“…Most previous studies have focused on cooking, and only a few studies have examined the health effects of residential heating in the context of China [ 12 , 13 ]. Lin and Liu observed that indoor air pollution from coal burning significantly increased the diastolic and systolic blood pressure levels and likelihood of underweight [ 14 ].…”

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Household heating associated with disability in activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly: a longitudinal study

Wang

Granados

2020

Environ Health Prev Med

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Background: The health hazards of indoor air pollution are well-established but studies of the health effects due to pollution from heating are rare. This study investigated the association of heating and disability for activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly. Methods: We used two consecutive surveys in a cohort of over 17,000 adults aged 45 or older, who were interviewed first in 2011-2012 and then in 2013. In these surveys, taking advantage of random survey time, we applied a random effects logit regression model that included an interaction between pollution-producing heating fuel and a dummy variable, which measured interview time based on whether or not it was heating season. Results: Exposure to pollution-producing heating fuel was associated with a 39.9% (OR 1.399; 95%CI 1.227-1.594) and 71.0% (OR 1.710; 95%CI 1.523-1.920) increase in the likelihood of disability in activities of daily living (DADL) and disability in instrumental activities of daily living (DIADL), respectively. In heating season between year 2011 and 2013, moving from clean heating energy for heating to pollution-producing fuel was linked with an increase in the likelihoods having DADL and DIADL, with the OR of 2.014 (95%CI 1.126-3.600) and 1.956 (95%CI 1.186-3.226), respectively. However, disability increases due to change from clean energy to pollution-producing heating energy did not appear in advantaged education respondents. Conclusions: We found that exposure to heating by burning of coal, wood, or crop residue was associated with disability in performing daily living activities. Health policymakers should take indoor pollution due to heating into consideration as it is a major determinant of activities of daily living in elderly people; especially, such policy should focus on elderly people who have disadvantaged education.

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Health and economic benefits of cleaner residential heating in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region in China

Cited by 92 publications

References 36 publications

Has air pollution emission level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region peaked? A panel data analysis

Has air pollution emission level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region peaked? A panel data analysis

Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region

Household heating associated with disability in activities of daily living among Chinese middle-aged and elderly: a longitudinal study

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