Environmental pollution, especially air pollution, is an alarming issue for the public, which is extensively debated among academic scholars. During the winter heating season, “smog” has become somewhat a normal phenomenon to local reside...
In northern China, a large volume of coal is consumed for heating in winter, resulting in frequent smog and air pollution, which has a serious effect on people’s health and quality of life. Clean heating is a national important livelihood strat...
Air pollution has become an increasingly serious environmental problem in China. Especially in winter, the air pollution in northern China becomes even worse due to winter heating. The “coal to gas” policy, which uses natural gas to repla...
Recently, various Chinese provinces have greatly reduced their coal consumption due to new environmental protection policies. Because of these policies, the orderly development of the clean energy heating mode has been effectively promoted. As the pr...
Urban air pollution in Kazakhstan poses persistent risks; this study synthesizes measured concentrations, source evidence, and policy responses to inform mitigation in cold, inversion-prone cities. We compile national monitoring (Kazhydromet), commun...
In this paper, onsite measurements and a subjective questionnaire were conducted to study the thermal environment and heating condition of bedrooms during the winter in rural areas in China’s hot summer and cold winter (HSCW) region. Indoor and...
The Chinese government announced the Clean Energy Heating Program in northern China in 2017, promoting clean energy for residents’ winter heating. The key difficulty of implementing this policy initiative lies in rural areas. This research hence focu...
With the rapid development of industrialization, the excessive use of fossil fuels has caused problems such as increased greenhouse gas emissions and energy shortages. The development and use of renewable energy has attracted increased attention. In...
Air pollution remains a major public health concern globally, especially in the Western Balkan countries facing severe air quality problems. This study investigates the relationship between air quality, news media sentiment, and public discourse in M...
With the continuous development of the social economy, residents living in rural China pay more attention to the heating quality and require a comfortable and healthy indoor thermal environment in winter. The existing traditional heating methods cann...
Harsh winters, aging infrastructure, and the demand for modern amenities are major factors contributing to the deteriorating air quality in Bishkek. The city meets its winter heating energy needs through coal combustion at the central heating plant,...
Equivalent black carbon (eBC) is a key component of fine particulate matter PM2.5, originating from incomplete combustion processes and exerting significant impacts on air quality, human health, and climate. This study investigates the temporal varia...
The impact of global warming on crop growth periods and yields has been evaluated by using crop models, which need to provide various kinds of input datasets and estimate numerous parameters before simulation. Direct studies on the changes of climati...
As coal-fired heating in winter in rural areas of northern China exacerbates air pollution, promoting cleaner heating transition is of significance for environmental sustainability. However, this is difficult as intentions and actions of rural househ...
Accurate simulation and prediction of occupants’ energy use behavior are crucial in building energy consumption research. However, few studies have focused on household energy use behavior in severely cold regions that have unique energy use pa...
25 November 2021
Improving air quality is an urgent task for the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region in China. In 2018, utilizing 365 days’ daily concentration data of six air pollutants (including PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO and O3) at 947 air quality...
The main aim of this study is the identification of the most appropriate measures and policies to combat particulate air pollution in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece through a methodology including the calculation of emissions by sector and the appl...
Given the freezing temperatures and extended winters, heating is essential for residents living in Northeast China. When selecting the optimum heating mode for the region, various factors are taken into consideration, such as the impact on the enviro...
It is difficult to improve the seasonal prediction skill of winter temperature over North China, owing to the complex dynamics of East Asian winter and the relatively low prediction skill level of current climate models. Deep learning (DL) may be an...
Global warming has been altering the East Asian climate at an unprecedented rate since the 20th century. In order to evaluate the changes in the East Asian winter climate (EAWC) and support policy-making for climate mitigation and adaptation strategi...
As one of the energy saving policies, the Korean government has been regulating the indoor thermal environment of public office facilities in Korea, starting with energy conservation measures in 1980. This policy, which is above 28 °C in summer a...
Increasingly stringent regulations regarding climate policy and the sustainable development paradigm determine the transformation of contemporary multi-family housing typology, manifested by a growing share of single-aspect micro-apartments (units wi...
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) are important atmospheric trace gases for determining air quality, human health, climate change, and ecological conditions both regionally and globally. In this study, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (O...
2 October 2026
Household air pollution from coal and biomass combustion can increase chronic inflammation and oxidative stress, two biological pathways central to noncommunicable disease (NCD) development. In 2015, Beijing implemented a clean heating policy (CHP),...
Rural areas in Northeast China present a large demand for heating energy in winter, but there are problems in such areas with poor thermal performance of building envelopes and poor indoor thermal comfort. In addition, coal-fired boilers are still wi...
During the winter, school-age children spend much of their time in two indoor environments, homes and classrooms, where ventilation is often restricted to conserve heat, favoring the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2). This study evaluated CO2 expo...
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, relies heavily on coal for winter heating, and continued urban expansion is expected to increase heating demand. This study investigated heating demand and rooftop PV potential in Ulaanbaatar from 2016 to 2025 using Google Eart...
Improving energy efficiency in buildings and promoting renewables are key objectives of European energy policies. Several technological measures are being developed to enhance the energy performance of buildings. Among these, geothermal systems prese...
This study compares long-term air pollution trends and seasonal patterns in Beijing and Seoul from 2014 to 2024, focusing on PM2.5, PM10, CO, NO2, SO2, and O3. Using statistical analyses including Mann–Kendall tests and generalized additive mod...
10 May 2018
Climate change has resulted in rising temperature trends which have been associated with changes in temperature extremes globally. Attendees of Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 agreed to strive to limit the rise in global average temperatures to be...
Outdoor thermal comfort is a critical determinant of urban livability and public health, particularly in the face of the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. While meteorological variables are well-established drivers of ther...
The aim of this mini-review is to provide a short and concise overview on the topic of stagnation of wheat grain yield, with a focus on the European countries France and Germany. These countries are important producers and exporters of bread wheat fo...
In Europe, renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic panels and wind power plants are developing dynamically. The growth of renewable energy is driven by rising energy prices, greenhouse gas emission restrictions, the European Union’s Green...
The residential sector of existing buildings has great potential in energy savings and the improvement of indoor conditions. The modernization of buildings is of particular concern to the policies of the European Union, local governments, and buildin...
The European Union has set an ambitious goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, and 90% reduction by 2040, through its Green Deal policy. A promising solution to this challenge lies in the adoption of Fifth-Generation District Heating Networks...
This study empirically evaluates the energy and carbon reduction effects of an envelope retrofit applied to an aging public building in South Korea. Unlike previous studies that primarily relied on simulation-based analyses, this work fills the empir...
In Mexico, residents of low income housing mainly achieve thermal comfort through mechanical ventilation and electrical air conditioning systems. Though government and private efforts have risen to meet an increasing demand for social housing, the av...
Binary-cycle geothermal plants are inherently limited by thermodynamics, forcing operators to reinject fluids at temperatures that are still valuable for direct heating. This process results in substantial exergetic waste. While prior research has ex...
Energy and climate policies benefit from modernized construction technology and energy supply source choices. Energy-efficiency improvement and CO2 emission reduction will result from renewable energy (RE) utilization in new and retrofit single-famil...
Urban heat island (UHI) mitigation is essential for improving urban sustainability by reducing heat stress, energy demand, and climate-related health risks. This study evaluates three rooftop measures—highly reflective roofs (HR), green roofs (...
This study explores renovation strategies for green spaces in aging residential communities in cold regions, with a particular focus on enhancing carbon sequestration capacity and residents’ well-being. Under the framework of the “dual ca...
Global warming is associated with an increase in compound drought-heat events (CDHEs), leading to larger and more extreme fire-weather risk in mesic forests. Wildfire activity in subtropical China, under the influence of monsoonal rainfall, was histo...
Anti-icing is a critical topic in durability assessment for pavement infrastructures, and it varies according to local policies. To provide sufficient information to winter maintenance agencies, and help compare the merits and shortcomings of each st...
This study investigates the impacts of climate change on energy requirements in the Mediterranean. Energy requirements, especially for space heating and cooling, are closely linked to several weather variables, mainly air temperature. The analysis is...
Climate change and related events such as temperature increase over time and more frequent extreme weather events constitute a risk to the population and wellbeing. This study contributes to the knowledge on this subject by analyzing changes in morta...
Urbanization has a significant impact on urban precipitation. Existing studies on precipitation pay more attention to the impact of natural and meteorological factors, and the research on the impact of urbanization on the spatial patterns of precipit...
This review systematically synthesizes technological synergies within a Community Energy System (CES), emphasizing cold-climate contexts where heating-dominant demand profiles and strong seasonality create distinct operational challenges. Drawing on...
Indoor air quality in Central Asian social housing remains understudied despite high ambient air pollution and growing concern over housing-related health inequalities. This study developed and calibrated a multizone CONTAM model to simulate hourly i...
This paper brings out some remarkable differences between China as a developing country experiencing high economic growth and the Netherlands as a developed country by examining the driving forces behind the evolution of residential energy consumptio...
Air pollution with particulate matter (PM), recognized by the EU and WHO as a significant factor affecting human health, is subject to standards. Exceeding these standards on a daily or annual basis poses an increased health risk. This article presen...
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