Opportunities and Challenges Associated with the Uptake of Residential Clean Fuel Usage.

IF 7.4 2区 医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Current Environmental Health Reports Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-12 DOI:10.1007/s40572-024-00438-7
Darpan Das, Sohail Ahmad, Joshua Kirshner
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Purpose of review: Almost 3 billion people worldwide use solid fuel for cooking and heating. This review examines (i) household energy practices and infrastructures and their influence on fuel usage in different contexts; (ii) barriers in adoption of household clean energy technologies and uses in diverse settings and population groups and (iii) potential air pollution exposure reduction in homes through using processed fuel.

Recent findings: Population health burden from solid fuel combustion-derived particulate air pollution has been estimated in several low- and middle-income countries. However, such studies have not been carried out in high income countries (e.g., UK). Irrespective of the region, fuel prices are the most dominant factor influencing the choice of fuel. Laboratory studies suggest processed fuel - pellets and briquettes - reduce particulate matter emissions by 70-80% and can be a promising alternative. Adoption of clean fuels for domestic energy needs facilitates progress towards five of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is evidence that a variety of factors, including cost savings, encourage and hinder such uptake. These factors include price fluctuations, expenses, and the usage of clean fuels. Due to their distinct development scenarios, more expansive policy frameworks, and political economies of energy, these determinants are localized in character and differ significantly amongst economies. Therefore, in order to create innovative plans for the adoption of clean fuel use, strategies centred on local settings must be developed while keeping broad socio-technical and socio-economic issues in mind. Solid fuel processing - pelletization and briquetting - have the potential to reach Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)-like emissions, and could be a potential strategy to mitigate exposure to household air pollution.

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审查目的:全球有近 30 亿人使用固体燃料做饭和取暖。本综述研究了:(i) 家庭能源做法和基础设施及其在不同情况下对燃料使用的影响;(ii) 在不同环境和人口群体中采用家庭清洁能源技术和使用的障碍;(iii) 通过使用加工燃料减少家庭空气污染暴露的潜力:一些中低收入国家对固体燃料燃烧产生的微粒空气污染造成的人口健康负担进行了估算。然而,高收入国家(如英国)尚未开展此类研究。无论在哪个地区,燃料价格都是影响燃料选择的最主要因素。实验室研究表明,加工燃料--颗粒燃料和压块燃料--可减少 70-80% 的颗粒物排放,是一种很有前途的替代燃料。采用清洁燃料满足国内能源需求有助于在实现联合国可持续发展目标(SDGs)中的五项目标方面取得进展。有证据表明,包括节约成本在内的各种因素既鼓励也阻碍了清洁燃料的使用。这些因素包括价格波动、费用和清洁燃料的使用。由于各经济体的发展情景不同、政策框架更为宽泛以及能源政治经济的不同,这些决定因素都具有本地化的特点,而且在各经济体之间存在很大差异。因此,为了制定采用清洁燃料的创新计划,必须制定以当地环境为中心的战略,同时牢记广泛的社会技术和社会经济问题。固体燃料加工--造粒和压块--有可能达到液化石油气(LPG)的排放水平,可以成为减少家庭空气污染的潜在战略。
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期刊介绍: Current Environmental Health Reports provides up-to-date expert reviews in environmental health. The goal is to evaluate and synthesize original research in all disciplines relevant for environmental health sciences, including basic research, clinical research, epidemiology, and environmental policy.
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