Modern fuels are an important enabler of social and economic development. Still, over 2
billion people rely on traditional biomass for their daily energy needs. To overcome the …

Background: The global focus on improved cookstoves (ICSs) and clean fuels has increased
because of their potential for delivering triple dividends: household health, local …

This paper offers an integrated conceptual framework for the research and amelioration of
energy deprivation in the home. It starts from the premise that all forms of energy and fuel …

Rural household energy use for cooking and heating is an important source of air pollutants
in China, as it affects both human health and climate change. However, the magnitude of …

Owing to recent concerns about the negative externalities of traditional fuel use on the
environment and health, the issue of the household fuel transition in developing countries …

The economic conditions of rural households have changed because the extensive usage of
the Internet technology in rural China. Hence, according to micro-survey data from the China …

More voices are calling for a quicker transition towards clean energy. The exploration and
exploitation of clean energy such as wind energy and solar energy are effective means to …

The residential sector plays an important role in the energy system of developing countries.
In this paper we introduce a bottom up simulation model for household energy use. The …

Improving access to affordable and reliable energy services for cooking is essential for
developing countries in reducing adverse human health and environmental impacts hitherto …

Understanding the dynamic behaviour of Sub-Saharan African households as they move
along the energy ladder is essential for the energy transition in developing countries. This …