The impact of wood stove technology upgrades on indoor residential air quality

Allen, Ryan; Leckie, Sara; Millar, Gail; Bräuer, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.016

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“…According to other studies (Allen et al, 2009), changing firewood stoves for more efficient technology did not consistently reduce indoor concentrations of PM 2.5 . This is due to the high level of infiltration in houses.…”

Section: House-value Dependence Of Firewood and Wood-stove Qualitymentioning

confidence: 88%

“…The effects on health from breathing air with high concentration of PM, especially PM 2.5 , are well documented (Cereceda-Balic et al, 2012;Allen et al, 2009). In Chile, studies of hospital admissions in south-central regions, between the cities of Temuco and Puerto Montt, showed higher incidence of chronic bronchitis in the general population, and notable incidence of cardiac diseases during winter season in elders (Gómez-Lobo et al, 2006).…”

Section: Health Issuesmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Proposals to enhance thermal efficiency programs and air pollution control in south-central Chile

Schueftan

González

2015

Energy Policy

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Section: House-value Dependence Of Firewood and Wood-stove Qualitymentioning

confidence: 88%

Section: Health Issuesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Proposals to enhance thermal efficiency programs and air pollution control in south-central Chile

Schueftan

González

2015

Energy Policy

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“…moisture, where n (n = nCO; nPM2.5), respectively represents the number of studies considered to obtain the mean values ±SD for the CO (nCO) and PM2.5 (nPM2.5) indoor concentrations for each category of installation. The blue squares represent the heating installations the orange squares illustrate the cooking installations [9,22,63,[73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87]91,94,95]. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)…”

Section: Emissions and Indoor Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Typical household WBSs (heating and cooking) according to technological models found in different key-geographies categorized by type and number of air-inlets[9,10,15,25,[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79].…”

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Mapping the performance of wood-burning stoves by installations worldwide

Carvalho

Jensen

Tarelho

2016

Energy and Buildings

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“…86 Similarly, following a wood stove changeout in 17 homes in northern British Columbia, only half of the homes had a reduction in indoor PM 2.5 concentration. 88 In Libby, MT, after more than 1100 pre-1988 New Source Performance Standards wood stoves were replaced with newer stoves, average daily PM 2.5 decreased from 45 to 21 μg/m 3 in a sample of 21 homes. 89 However, similarly to the Nez Perce Reservation and British Columbia changeouts, there was not a measureable indoor PM 2.5 reduction for all of the Libby, MT homes following the installation of a new wood stove.…”

Section: Recommendations To Lower Wood Smoke Exposurementioning

confidence: 99%

Wood Stove Pollution in the Developed World: A Case to Raise Awareness Among Pediatricians

Rokoff

Koutrakis

Garshick

et al. 2017

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

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Use of wood for residential heating is regaining popularity in developed countries. Currently, over 11 million US homes are heated with a wood stove. Although wood stoves reduce heating costs, wood smoke may adversely impact child health through the emission of gaseous and particulate air pollutants. Our purpose is to raise awareness of this environmental health issue among pediatricians. To summarize the state of the science, we performed a narrative review of articles published in PubMed and Web of Science. We identified 36 studies in developed countries that reported associations of household wood stove use and/or community wood smoke exposure with pediatric health outcomes. Studies primarily investigated respiratory outcomes, with no evaluation of cardiometabolic or neurocognitive health. Studies found community wood smoke exposure to be consistently associated with adverse pediatric respiratory health. Household wood stove use was less consistently associated with respiratory outcomes. However, studies of household wood stoves always relied on participant self-report of wood stove use, while studies of community wood smoke generally assessed air pollution exposure directly and more precisely in larger study populations. In most studies, important potential confounders, such as markers of socioeconomic status, were unaccounted for and may have biased results. We conclude that studies with improved exposure assessment, that measure and account for confounding, and that consider non-respiratory outcomes are needed. While awaiting additional data, pediatricians can refer patients to precautionary measures recommended by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to mitigate exposure. These include replacing old appliances with EPA-certified stoves, properly maintaining the stove, and using only dry, well-seasoned wood. In addition, several studies have shown mechanical air filters to effectively reduce wood stove pollution exposure in affected homes and communities.

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The impact of wood stove technology upgrades on indoor residential air quality

Cited by 43 publications

References 32 publications

Proposals to enhance thermal efficiency programs and air pollution control in south-central Chile

Proposals to enhance thermal efficiency programs and air pollution control in south-central Chile

Mapping the performance of wood-burning stoves by installations worldwide

Wood Stove Pollution in the Developed World: A Case to Raise Awareness Among Pediatricians

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