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Session

Air pollution 4
Location: Auditorium N: Agnar Sandmo
Session Chair: Shreekant Gupta, University of Delhi

Presentation 1

Are there synergies and tradeoffs in sustainable heating from cleaner stoves and home insulation? Evidence from air pollution control policies in southern Chile

Uribe Adolfo¹, Chavez Rebolledo Carlos², Gómez Walter³, Jaime Marcela⁴, Bluffstone Randy⁵

1: Center for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; 2: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Chile; 3: Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile; 4: Escuela de Administración y Negocios, Universidad de Concepción and Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Chile; 5: Department of Economics, Portland State University, USA

Discussant: Qinqin Xiong (University of Birmingham)

We evaluate the effects of two subsidy-based air pollution control policies on the private benefits of sustainable home heating in southern Chile. These policies include the replacement of wood-fired heating stoves with more efficient and less polluting pellet stoves and the installation of thermal insulation to improve energy efficiency. Combining electronic stove surface temperature and air pollution monitoring with household surveys, we estimate the effects of these policies on indoor air quality, temperature, and household expenditures on fuel for heating. We find that pellet stoves improve indoor air quality, while insulation has no independent effect. However, the installation of insulation without a pellet stove increases household air pollution. Moreover, the installation of insulation offset almost half the air quality benefits provided by pellet stoves. Insulation results in households obtaining considerable cost savings, especially when the costs are high due to using the expensive fuels associated with pellet stoves. These findings suggest that important tradeoffs between cost and indoor air quality come into play when the two technologies are promoted in tandem.