To mitigate health and environmental effects from coal-based home heating, the Beijing
Municipality has implemented a programme in 3,700 villages that subsidizes electric heat …

Millions of households in many underdeveloped countries use coal stoves for heating, which
remains a major air pollution source. Since 2015, policies for substituting residential coal …

Household fuel substitution has been a crucial step for controlling air pollution in China, but
the performance evaluation of household fuel substitution policies is overlooked. This study …

Coal used for heating rural households poses a severe threat to ambient air pollution and
human health. In 2017, China implemented the Winter Clean Heating Pilot (WCHP) project …

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 …

It can be challenging to provide energy that is both clean and affordable. In northern rural
China, a household clean heating program has been adopted, requiring households to …

To address severe air pollution, the Chinese government plans to replace most residential
coal stoves in northern China with clean heating devices by 2021. Coal stove replacement …

To improve the air quality in winter, clean heating policy was implemented in “2+ 26” cities of
China in 2016, which mainly included replacing coal with gas or electricity. Tremendous …

The early retirement of coal-fired power plants to achieve climate goals creates significant
challenges for heating systems, especially in regions heavily reliant on coal-fired combined …

A large-scale national survey of energy consumption and indoor environmental quality of
rural housing was conducted in China. Its purpose was to obtain fundamental data and to …