Maximizing the net economic benefits of regulating indoor air quality in China

IF 10.5 1区工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Sustainable Cities and Society Pub Date : 2024-11-02 DOI:10.1016/j.scs.2024.105938

Keqin Yang , Ningrui Liu , Charles J. Weschler , Louise B. Weschler , Jinhan Mo , Ying Xu , Jingya Wei , Yiming Wang , Zhuohui Zhao , Haidong Kan , Yinping Zhang

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Abstract

The WHO guideline levels for indoor air pollutants (IAPs) are based solely on health considerations. Attaining these levels may cost a disproportionate fraction of available public health funds. To maximize the net economic benefit (NEB, = benefits - costs) of controlling IAPs, we develop a method based upon a new concept, optimal control concentration (OCC). For China, the estimated OCCs for indoor PM_2.5 and formaldehyde in residences are 15 μg/m³ and 25 μg/m³, respectively. The estimated NEB achieved by controlling IAPs to their OCCs is almost 500 billion CNY a year, much greater than that of meeting the WHO guidelines (a negative NEB) and two Chinese standards (a negative NEB and about 200 billion CNY). Our method can be used by other countries to cost-effectively control IAPs.

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中国室内空气质量监管的净经济效益最大化

世界卫生组织的室内空气污染物（IAPs）指导水平完全基于健康考虑。要达到这些水平，可能需要花费过多的可用公共卫生资金。为了最大限度地提高控制 IAPs 的净经济效益（NEB，=效益-成本），我们开发了一种基于新概念的方法，即最佳控制浓度（OCC）。在中国，住宅室内 PM2.5 和甲醛的最佳控制浓度估计值分别为 15 μg/m3 和 25 μg/m3。将 IAPs 控制在其 OCCs 范围内估计每年可实现近 5000 亿元人民币的净减排量，远高于满足世界卫生组织指南（负净减排量）和两项中国标准（负净减排量和约 2000 亿元人民币）的净减排量。我们的方法可供其他国家使用，以经济有效的方式控制 IAPs。

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Sustainable Cities and Society Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

22.00

自引率

13.70%

发文量

810

审稿时长

27 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal that focuses on fundamental and applied research to promote environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. The journal welcomes cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in various areas, including: 1. Smart cities and resilient environments; 2. Alternative/clean energy sources, energy distribution, distributed energy generation, and energy demand reduction/management; 3. Monitoring and improving air quality in built environment and cities (e.g., healthy built environment and air quality management); 4. Energy efficient, low/zero carbon, and green buildings/communities; 5. Climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban environments; 6. Green infrastructure and BMPs; 7. Environmental Footprint accounting and management; 8. Urban agriculture and forestry; 9. ICT, smart grid and intelligent infrastructure; 10. Urban design/planning, regulations, legislation, certification, economics, and policy; 11. Social aspects, impacts and resiliency of cities; 12. Behavior monitoring, analysis and change within urban communities; 13. Health monitoring and improvement; 14. Nexus issues related to sustainable cities and societies; 15. Smart city governance; 16. Decision Support Systems for trade-off and uncertainty analysis for improved management of cities and society; 17. Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications and case studies; 18. Critical infrastructure protection, including security, privacy, forensics, and reliability issues of cyber-physical systems. 19. Water footprint reduction and urban water distribution, harvesting, treatment, reuse and management; 20. Waste reduction and recycling; 21. Wastewater collection, treatment and recycling; 22. Smart, clean and healthy transportation systems and infrastructure;