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2017 Progress Report: A Global Map of Feasible Residential Solutions, Emphasizing Stoves with Space Heating Uses

EPA Grant Number: R835423
Title: A Global Map of Feasible Residential Solutions, Emphasizing Stoves with Space Heating Uses
Investigators: Bond, Tami C. , Edwards, Rufus D. , Francisco, Paul W , Princevac, Marko , Masera, Omar , Bauer, Susanne
Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , University of California - Riverside , Columbia University in the City of New York , University of California - Irvine
Current Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign , Columbia University in the City of New York , University of California - Irvine , University of California - Riverside
EPA Project Officer: Keating, Terry
Project Period: March 1, 2014 through February 28, 2017 (Extended to February 28, 2019)
Project Period Covered by this Report: March 1, 2017 through February 28,2018
Project Amount: $1,499,998
RFA: Measurements and Modeling for Quantifying Air Quality and Climatic Impacts of Residential Biomass or Coal Combustion for Cooking, Heating, and Lighting (2012) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Air Quality and Air Toxics , Climate Change , Tribal Environmental Health Research , Air

Objective:

The objectives of this project are to: (1) produce a global resource-driven map of current emissions and plausible interventions for all residential uses of solid fuel; (2) improve understanding of emission rates and emissions attributable to space heating by adding measurements to four existing residential-energy projects; (3) incubate a Regional Testing and Knowledge Center with community presence and demonstrate successive improvement in interventions; and (4) model relationships between emissions, outdoor concentrations, and global radiative forcing.

Progress Summary:

High resolution inventory with spatial constraints:

Developed a high resolution spatiotemporal emission inventory for the residential sector of India and analyzed potential emission reductions as a function of supply chain (LPG delivery) and distance from urban area.
Attributed increased winter fuel use in Nepalese homes to Completed sampling emissions and indoor air quality in Alaskan homes in Alaska, finding little difference in indoor air quality after stove replacement.
Designed and implemented new emission testing approach based on energy provided for end-use rather than stove/fuel combination in two winter studies in China.
Estimated “neighborhood effect” concentrations using computational fluid dynamics models; determined low sensitivity to home packing density, and high sensitivity to chimney height.

Future Activities:

Complete analysis of all emission samples; evaluate emission rates, indoor air quality, and their connections in Alaska homes; finalize seasonal emission manuscript from Nepal; complete generalizations on how ambient-emitted plumes affect neighborhood concentrations; compare global models of radiative forcing with multiple parameterizations.

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Publications
Type	Citation	Project	Document Sources
Journal Article	Edwards R, Princevac M, Weltman R, Ghasemian M, Arora NK, Bond T. Modeling emission rates and exposures from outdoor cooking. Atmospheric Environment 2017;164:50-60.	R835423 (2017) R835036 (Final) R835425 (2016) R835425 (2017)	Full-text: ScienceDirect-Full Text HTML Exit Abstract: ScienceDirect-Abstract Exit Other: ScienceDirect-Full Text PDF Exit
Journal Article	Lam NL, Upadhyay B, Maharjan S, Jagoe K, Weyant C, Thompson R, Uprety S, Bond TC. Seasonal fuel consumption, stoves, and end-uses in rural households of the Far-Western Development Region of Nepal, Environmental Research Letters 2017;12(12) doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa98cc, 2017.	R835423 (2017)	Full-text: Environmental Research Letters - Full Text HTML Exit Other: Environmental Research Letters - Full Text PDF Exit
Journal Article	Lam NL, Muhwezi G, Isabirye F, Harrison K, Ruiz-Mercado I, Amukoye E, Mokaya T, Wambua M, Bates N. Exposure reductions associated with introduction of solar lamps to kerosene lamp-using households in Busia County, Kenya. Indoor Air 2018; 28(2):218-227	R835423 (2017)	Abstract from PubMed Full-text: Wiley - Full Text HTML Exit Abstract: Wiley - Abstract Exit Other: Wiley Full Text PDF Exit

Supplemental Keywords:

Emissions, size distribution, aerosol speciation, aerosols, clouds, radiative forcings, ambient air, regional air quality, regional climate, global climate

Progress and Final Reports:

Original Abstract

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