Project Report

In rural areas of China’s northern Shaanxi province, villagers typically resort to tradition when it comes to heating their homes in winter. Such traditions rely on solid fuels (coal, fuel wood, etc.), resulting in a high level of indoor soot emissions and potential health hazards. Winter is a season with typically poor air circulation and little capacity for accommodating pollutants; compound this with the heating needs of northern China and part of the central-eastern territories, the efforts preventing and controlling air pollution are faced with stern challenges