Monday, August 17, 2020

NUS study finds that air pollution is a driver of residential electricity demand


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/nuos-nsf081620.php

 

News Release 16-Aug-2020
National University of Singapore

 

A study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences revealed that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption, which in turn increases the carbon emissions that are co-produced in supplying the electricity. The study, set in Singapore, revealed that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits - in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions.


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