Adoption of improved cookstoves in Pakistan: A logit analysis

Jan, Inayatullah; Ullah, Saleem; Akram, Waqar; Khan, Nasrullah; Asim, Syed Muhammad; Mahmood, Zafar; Ahmad, Muhammad Nauman; Ahmad, Shaikh S.

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.05.014

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“…It has been further estimated that around 20% of the household's income in rural Pakistan is spent on procuring the fuelwood. According to UN estimates in 2010 alone, about 29.2 million cubic meters of fuelwood was consumed in Pakistan [24,28]. Alongside fuelwood, the consumption of the agricultural biomass also poses an air pollution alarm in rural areas due to the associated pollutant emissions of various forms [29,30].…”

Section: Air Quality and Atmospheric Pollution In Pakistan: A Brief Lmentioning

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Cleaner and Sustainable Energy Production in Pakistan: Lessons Learnt from the Pak-TIMES Model

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The energy planning process essentially requires addressing diverse planning objectives, including prioritizing resources, and the estimation of environmental emissions and associated health risks. This study investigates the impacts of atmospheric pollution for Pakistan from the energy production processes under various modalities. A national-scale bottom-up energy optimization model (Pak-TIMES) with the ANSWER-TIMES framework is developed to assess the electricity generation pathways (2015–2035) and estimate GHG emissions and major air pollutants, i.e., CH4, CO, CO2, N2O, NOX, PM1, PM10, PM2.5, PMBC, PMOC, PMTSP, SO2, and VOC under five scenarios. These scenarios are: BAU (business-as-usual), RE-30 (30% renewables), RE-40 (40% renewables), Coal-30 (30% coal), and Coal-40 (40% coal). It is revealed that to reach the electricity demand of 3091 PJ in 2035, both the Coal-30 and Coal-40 scenarios shall cause maximum emissions of GHGs, i.e., 260.13 and 338.92 Mt (million tons) alongside 40.52 and 54.03 Mt emissions of PMTSP in both of the scenarios, respectively. BAU scenario emissions are estimated to be 181.5 Mt (GHGs) and 24.30 Mt (PMTSP). Minimum emissions are estimated in the RE-40 scenario with 96.01 Mt of GHGs and 11.80 Mt of PMTSP, followed by the RE-30 scenario (143.20 GHGs and 17.73 Mt PMTSP). It is, therefore, concluded that coal-based electricity generation technologies would be a major source of emission and would contribute the highest amount of air pollution. This situation necessitates harnessing renewables in the future, which will significantly mitigate public health risks from atmospheric pollution.

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Section: Air Quality and Atmospheric Pollution In Pakistan: A Brief Lmentioning

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Cleaner and Sustainable Energy Production in Pakistan: Lessons Learnt from the Pak-TIMES Model

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“…Since energy poverty and limited clean cooking is largely a concern of developing and emerging countries [28], income seems to have a major role in consumer behavior. There is general agreement that household income represents a driver for the adoption of ICS [10,15,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. Higher-income households adopt sustainable cooking systems more frequently than do lower-income households.…”

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“…There is general agreement that more highly educated people tend to adopt ICS more frequently than do less-educated people, both men and women [3,15,29,30,32,35,37,38,45,47,52,57,[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68]. For example, a recent study by Jan et al 2017demonstrates a significant effect of primary or secondary education level on the adoption of ICS in Pakistan compared with no education [10]. Exceptionally, Troncoso et al (2007) found that education is not a key element of ICS adoption in rural Mexico [61], where women seem likely to become the early adopters if they have an open mind and not necessarily if they have many years of formal education.…”

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“…The design of cookstoves also varies according to location and the type of fuel available: for example some ICS are designed to burn only one type of fuel, while others can burn a variety of fuels [5]. Despite several ICS programs operating worldwide, the adoption and sustained use of ICS remains low among households [10][11][12]. An increasing number of scholars has addressed this topic from a variety of perspectives, focusing for example on stoves' technical characteristics and performance, on fuel availability or public policy interventions.…”

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Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

2018

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A lack of access to clean energy and use of traditional cooking systems have severe negative effects on health, especially among women and children, and on the environment. Despite increasing attention toward this topic, few studies have explored the factors influencing consumers’ adoption of improved cooking stoves (ICS). This systematic literature review (n = 81) aims to identify the main drivers and barriers to clean cooking from a consumer perspective. In addition, it aims to define how consumers perceive ICS with respect to traditional stoves. Thematic analysis revealed seven factors that may act as drivers or barriers to ICS adoption: economic factors; socio-demographics; fuel availability; attitude toward technology; awareness of the risks of traditional cookstoves and the benefits of ICS; location; and social and cultural influences. Perceptions focused on four topics: convenience and uses, aesthetics, health-related impacts, and environmental impacts. This review contributes to understanding of consumer behavior with regards to ICS. The findings suggest that availability and affordability of technology are not enough to enhance ICS adoption. Rather, policy makers and managers should approach customers with a less technical and a more personalized approach that takes due consideration of a local context and its social and cultural dynamics.

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“…It should be noted that there is a clear precedent for using this type of analytical model to better understand a discrete dependent variable, particularly when it involves the prediction of an individual's likelihood to adopt a particular choice or undertake a behavior [60,61]. In this particular study, although only 9% of respondents have had an energy audit, this represents 458 individuals, and the total sample size is still large (n = 5088).…”

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Understanding the Drivers of National-Level Energy Audit Behavior: Demographics and Socioeconomic Characteristics

Hewitt

Wang

2020

Sustainability

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The energy audit-an assessment of a home's energy systems performed by a trained auditor in order to provide the resident with strategies for saving energy and money-is provided by many utility companies throughout the United States for free or at a reduced cost. The uptake of such programs is generally low, and little is known about audit participants. Importantly, as more evidence points to the need to look beyond physical building characteristics to increase energy efficiency, this work explores if specific characteristics of the individual are correlated with increased participation in audit programs. This research analyzes the most recent (2015) national level Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) data through a binary logit regression to determine what socioeconomic and demographic factors, if any, are statistically significant in linking to the decision to undertake an audit, while controlling for physical building characteristics. The findings indicate that age has a significant and positive relationship with the decision to undertake an audit, as does being non-white, while renting has a significant and negative relationship. Knowledge about national-level participation in audit programs can help policy makers craft more strategic incentives to increase participation and, ultimately, help connect the audit decision to the more important next step of retrofits and upgrades to save energy.

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Adoption of improved cookstoves in Pakistan: A logit analysis

Cited by 43 publications

References 37 publications

Cleaner and Sustainable Energy Production in Pakistan: Lessons Learnt from the Pak-TIMES Model

Cleaner and Sustainable Energy Production in Pakistan: Lessons Learnt from the Pak-TIMES Model

Drivers and Barriers to Clean Cooking: A Systematic Literature Review from a Consumer Behavior Perspective

Understanding the Drivers of National-Level Energy Audit Behavior: Demographics and Socioeconomic Characteristics

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