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Zhi Y, Sun T, Gao D, Chen X, Wei G, Dai X, Yang X. Achieving net zero energy heating by integrating the building envelope as a thermal battery. iScience 2024; 27:109892. [PMID: 38812538 PMCID: PMC11134906 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Photovoltaic (PV) heating is a promising technology for achieving fossil fuel-free heating and carbon neutrality in the building sector. Cost-effective energy storage plays a critical role in PV heating to solve the temporal mismatch between supply and demand. Herein, we propose the concept of using a building envelope as an active energy-storage device for a PV heating system, thus transforming the building envelope into a thermal battery. Experimental results show that the energy storage capacity of 142 kW h/m2, which is higher than that of conventional thermal storage systems. We developed a top-down macro performance assessment model to quantify the contribution of a PV heating system using a building envelope as energy storage. By our estimation, the envelope-embedded system can reduce heating-related CO2 emissions by 7435.7 tons annually in northern China. Our study provides insights into innovative energy-saving building energy storage systems that can help achieve global carbon neutrality and sustainability.
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- Yuan Zhi
- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Guangdong Construction Engineering Architectural Design Group Co., Ltd, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Department of Building Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Shanxi Research Institute for Clean Energy, Tsinghua University, Taiyuan 030032, China
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Zhang J, Tong H, Jiang L, Zhang Y, Hu J. Trends and disparities in China's cardiovascular disease burden from 1990 to 2019. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2023; 33:2344-2354. [PMID: 37596135 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS In order to find the exact strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), it is necessary to assess their risk factors systematically. Here, we used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) to review the long-term trends and epidemiological characteristics among Chinese. METHODS AND RESULTS We comprehensively analyzed the burden of CVD for the Chinese population using GBD 2019, including prevalence, incidence, mortality, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Then, we analyzed trends over time, and predicted mortality and morbidity, using joinpoint regression, age-period-cohort (APC) model, and Bayesian APC approach. Finally, we analyzed the attributable burden of CVD. In 2019, the prevalence of CVD in China was 120 million, representing a 140.02% increase since 1990. The number of DALYs attributed to CVD increased by 52.56% compared to 1990. Joinpoint showed a fluctuating incidence downward, while mortality significantly declined. The APC fitting results indicated that recent generations have a higher prevalence than the past, and the prevalence has increased among individuals of the same age group. The BAPC predicted that CVD's prevalence and mortality in the Chinese would stabilize and decline between 2020 and 2030, with a significant decline among males. The main CVD-attributable burdens in 2019 were metabolic risks, especially high blood pressure. CONCLUSION Given China's large and rapidly aging population, the burden of CVD is a major concern. Practical strategies to prevent and manage CVD are urgently needed to address this public health challenge.
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- Jiale Zhang
- Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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- Institute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.
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Huang L, Liu Y, Wu Y, Ye Z, Ren F, Liu X, Shen G. Impact of Stove Renovation on PM 2.5 Exposure, Risk Perception, Self-Protective Willingness of Rural Residents. TOXICS 2023; 11:245. [PMID: 36977010 PMCID: PMC10051283 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11030245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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To improve household air quality, the Chinese government has launched a number of pilot stove renovation projects, but few studies have explored the impact of the project on people's perception of and willingness to participate in these renovations; moreover, factors affecting willingness to pay for the project in rural China are not yet clear. We conducted a field measurement and a corresponding door-to-door questionnaire survey using the renovated group and the unrenovated group. The results showed that (1) the stove renovation project could not only reduce PM2.5 exposure and the excess mortality risk of rural residents, but also (2) improve residents' risk perception and self-protective willingness. (3) Specifically, the project had a deeper impact on female and low-income residents. (4) Meanwhile, the higher the income and the larger family size, the higher the risk perception and self-protective willingness. (5) Furthermore, willingness to pay for the project was related with residents' support for the project, benefit from renovation, income, and family size. Our results recommended that stove renovation policies should pay more attention to families with lower income and smaller size.
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- Lei Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Nanjing University (Suzhou) High-Tech Institute, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Mulopo J. A mini-review of practical interventions of renewable energy for climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade (2010–2020): implications and perspectives. Heliyon 2022; 8:e11296. [DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Li F, Liang W, Zang D, Chandio AA, Duan Y. Does Cleaner Household Energy Promote Agricultural Green Production? Evidence from China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph191610197. [PMID: 36011830 PMCID: PMC9408079 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191610197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cleaner household energy for agricultural green production can significantly alleviate energy poverty and food security, thus contributing to global sustainable development. Using survey micro-data collected from Sichuan Province, the ordered probit model, OLS model, and instrumental variables approach were applied for empirical analysis. The results show that: (1) cleaner household energy significantly enhances farmer's agricultural green production awareness and improves agricultural green production levels, which is still significant after treating endogenous issues with the conditional mixing process estimation method and 2SLS model; (2) health plays a partially mediating effect of cleaner household energy on agricultural green production awareness and agricultural green production levels; (3) environmental protection awareness and digital literacy have a moderating effect and reinforce the positive impact of cleaner household energy on agricultural green production awareness and agricultural green production levels. This research suggests that governments can enhance the impact of cleaner household energy on agricultural green production through price and subsidy mechanisms.
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- Fanghua Li
- College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- School of Business & Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611830, China
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- College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- School of Business & Tourism, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611830, China
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Sustainable Development Goals in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14137726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The present narrative review aimed to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sustainable development goals (SDGS). This information would allow a better comprehension of the actual state of the SDGS and a more efficient programming in future interventions. To achieve the objective of the study, a consensual and critical review was carried out using both primary sources, such as scientific articles, and secondary sources, such as bibliographic indexes, web pages and databases. The Sustainable Development Goals are a global call to action to end poverty, close the gender gap, protect the planet, and improve the lives of people around the world. In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted 17 goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which sets out a plan to achieve the goals in 15 years. However, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has been a turning point in the achievement of these goals, due to all its consequences at the political, economic, and socio-cultural levels. This review can be used as a guide for future research and reviews in order to understand the status of each of the SDGs and what actions have been taken and proposed in the aftermath of the pandemic in recent years.
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Afrane S, Ampah JD, Mensah EA. Visualization and analysis of mapping knowledge domains for the global transition towards clean cooking: a bibliometric review of research output from 1990 to 2020. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:23041-23068. [PMID: 34797544 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17340-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Current statistics report that 2.6 billion households across the globe rely on polluting and inefficient cooking fuels and technologies, posing death-threatening health risks to people mainly from developing countries/regions. Several studies on clean cooking have been conducted with the emergence of international organizations such as the Clean Cooking Alliance to raise awareness. In the current study, a bibliometric tool, CiteSpace, was employed to analyze the 877 documents retrieved from the SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, and A&HCI databases on clean cooking research from 1990 to 2020. The results reveal that interest in clean cooking research took a sharp rise in the last decade, especially after 2016. The research field has become increasingly interdisciplinary but has mostly centered on environment, energy, and health. The most productive countries/regions in this field are the USA, India, England, and China. The keyword and citation analyses indicate that research in this field mostly focuses on adverse impacts of household air pollution from unclean cooking fuels and technologies on the environment and public health particularly, in developing countries/regions. Also, the drivers and barriers to the large-scale adoption of clean cooking fuels and technologies have become a topic of interest in recent years. The three most studied clean cooking fuels among various regions are LPG, biogas, and electricity. This study synthesizes global research on clean cooking and may be beneficial to other researchers in understanding current trends in this field and serve as a guide for concentrating on the most important topics.
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- Sandylove Afrane
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
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Singh T, Ravindra K, Beig G, Mor S. Influence of agricultural activities on atmospheric pollution during post-monsoon harvesting seasons at a rural location of Indo-Gangetic Plain. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 796:148903. [PMID: 34274681 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The emissions from agricultural activities significantly impact the air quality at local (rural) and regional scales. The study monitored the near real-time concentrations of emission from agrarian activities, i.e., particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5, PM1), traces gases and VOCs, along with meteorological parameters in a rural area of Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP). As different agricultural activities take place simultaneously in the region, sampling period was divided into three phases based on regional agricultural activities as HB (harvesting-burning) period, BTS (burning-tillage-sowing) period and PFS (pesticide-fertilizer spray) period. The highest mean concentration (± standard deviation) of particulate matter, i.e., PM10, PM2.5, PM1 was observed during HB period as 151.0 ± 52.3, 94.7 ± 32.9 and 41.0 ± 16.3 μgm-3 followed by PFS as 121.7 ± 49.1, 87.8 ± 35.5 and 39.7 ± 15.7 μgm-3 and BTS period as 92.5 ± 38.8, 63.5 ± 28.4, 26.6 ± 10.9 μgm-3 respectively. The mean concentration of NO (8.4 ± 3.4 ppb), SO2 (5.8 ± 1.2 ppb), CO (0.9 ± 0.3 ppm), O3 (12.5 ± 3.3 ppb) was also highest during harvesting-burning period. In the burning-tillage-sowing period, the mean concentration of NO2 (31.0 ± 2.9 ppb), benzene (2.8 ± 0.6 μgm-3) and o-xylene (2.1 ± 0.3 μgm-3) were highest. The data of crop residue burning fires showed that during HB period, around 34,683 active fires were there in the region (state of Punjab), whereas, in studied district, the number of fire counts were 635. During the HB period, around 70% of the air masses were originated within a 500 km area, whereas during the BTS and PFS period, 75% and 86% of air masses were originated from 500 km region, respectively. The ratio of PM2.5/PM10 during study period ranged from 0.63 to 0.72 and was observed highest during PFS period. The current study investigated the influence of agricultural activities on air quality during post-monsoon season in a rural area of Indo-Gangetic Plains to understand the impact of these activities on air quality in the region and plan mitigation strategies.
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- Tanbir Singh
- Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh 160012, India
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- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pashan, Pune, India
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- Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
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Devi N, Sahoo S, Kumar R, Singh RK. A review of the microwave-assisted synthesis of carbon nanomaterials, metal oxides/hydroxides and their composites for energy storage applications. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:11679-11711. [PMID: 34190274 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr01134k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Currently, nanomaterials are considered to be the backbone of modern civilization. Especially in the energy sector, nanomaterials (mainly, carbon- and metal oxide/hydroxide-based nanomaterials) have contributed significantly. Among the various green approaches for the synthesis of these nanomaterials, the microwave-assisted approach has attracted significant research interest worldwide. In this context, it is noteworthy to mention that because of their enhanced surface area, high conducting nature, and excellent electrical and electrochemical properties, carbon nanomaterials are being extensively utilized as efficient electrode materials for both supercapacitors and secondary batteries. In this review article, we briefly demonstrate the characteristics of microwave-synthesized nanomaterials for next-generation energy storage devices. Starting with the basics of microwave heating, herein, we illustrate the past and present status of microwave chemistry for energy-related applications, and finally present a brief outlook and concluding remarks. We hope that this review article will positively convey new insights for the microwave synthesis of nanomaterials for energy storage applications.
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- Nitika Devi
- School of Physical and Material Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP), Dharamshala, Kangra, HP-176215, India.
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