The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors
Summary: Behavioral responses to environmental risks create gains and losses. We use high-frequency datasets to elucidate such behavior responses against air pollution and find a “double-peaked” time pattern in reducing outdoor exposure and in increasing electricity consumption. Despite that one sta...
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| description | Summary: Behavioral responses to environmental risks create gains and losses. We use high-frequency datasets to elucidate such behavior responses against air pollution and find a “double-peaked” time pattern in reducing outdoor exposure and in increasing electricity consumption. Despite that one standard deviation increase in the Air Quality Index induces 2% less outdoor population and 6% more household electricity consumption at peak, most responses fail to match with the intra-day pollution peaks, implying ineffective exposure avoidance. We find an unbalanced trade-off between health benefits and energy co-damages. The behavior-induced change in annual residential power consumption (+1.01% to +1.20%) is estimated to be 20 times more than that in the population-based exposure (−0.02% to −0.05%), and generates 0.13–0.15 million more metric tons of citywide carbon emissions. Our results imply that by targeting peak pollution periods, policies can shrink the trade-off imbalance and achieve mutual improvements in exposure reduction and energy conservation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afd817f1f867429b9bf3932b487d6c9c2023-01-22T04:40:24ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-01-01261105597The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviorsQingran Li0Yang Zhou1William A. Pizer2Libo Wu3David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA; Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USAInstitute for Big Data, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of ORFE, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USAResources for the Future, Washington, DC, USAInstitute for Big Data, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; School of Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Corresponding authorSummary: Behavioral responses to environmental risks create gains and losses. We use high-frequency datasets to elucidate such behavior responses against air pollution and find a “double-peaked” time pattern in reducing outdoor exposure and in increasing electricity consumption. Despite that one standard deviation increase in the Air Quality Index induces 2% less outdoor population and 6% more household electricity consumption at peak, most responses fail to match with the intra-day pollution peaks, implying ineffective exposure avoidance. We find an unbalanced trade-off between health benefits and energy co-damages. The behavior-induced change in annual residential power consumption (+1.01% to +1.20%) is estimated to be 20 times more than that in the population-based exposure (−0.02% to −0.05%), and generates 0.13–0.15 million more metric tons of citywide carbon emissions. Our results imply that by targeting peak pollution periods, policies can shrink the trade-off imbalance and achieve mutual improvements in exposure reduction and energy conservation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222018697Environmental scienceEnvironmental healthHuman Geography |
| spellingShingle | Qingran Li Yang Zhou William A. Pizer Libo Wu The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors iScience Environmental science Environmental health Human Geography |
| title | The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors |
| title_full | The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors |
| title_fullStr | The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors |
| title_full_unstemmed | The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors |
| title_short | The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors |
| title_sort | unbalanced trade off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors |
| topic | Environmental science Environmental health Human Geography |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222018697 |
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