Kailiang Huang, Xiaoxu Li, Guohui Feng, et al. The current status of PM2.5 in kitchens of severe cold regions and its impact on health and economy: A case study of Liaoning province[J]. Energy and Built Environment, 2026, 7(2): 461-473.
DOI:
Kailiang Huang, Xiaoxu Li, Guohui Feng, et al. The current status of PM2.5 in kitchens of severe cold regions and its impact on health and economy: A case study of Liaoning province[J]. Energy and Built Environment, 2026, 7(2): 461-473. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbenv.2024.12.007.
The current status of PM2.5 in kitchens of severe cold regions and its impact on health and economy: A case study of Liaoning province
摘要
Abstract
In the kitchens in severely cold areas of China during winter
an effective balance has not been achieved between maintaining the indoor temperature and ensuring the air quality. Compared with other regions
the PM
2.5
pollution situation is more serious. In this paper
the PM
2.5
concentrations in 62 typical kitchens during the cooking and non-cooking processes were tested
and questionnaire surveys were conducted among 288 households. The health impacts and economic losses caused by cooking PM
2.5
in winter in Liaoning Province were quantitatively evaluated. The results indicated that the PM
2.5
concentration in the kitchen during the cooking process in Liaoning region is 0.438 mg/m
3
which is 0.295 mg/m
3
higher than that in Shanghai region. The highest PM
2.5
concentration (1.102 mg/m
3
) is generated when cooking four dishes
and it has the greatest impact on health and economy. In 2021
the contributions of being exposed to the PM
2.5
environment in the kitchen to the daily all-cause deaths
hospitalizations
and outpatient visits for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases were more than 3.78
15.50 and 3201.15 respectively. The indirect total economic loss caused by cooking PM
2.5
in Liaoning province was more than 844.53 × 10⁴ RMB. While meeting the temper
ature requirements
it is urgent to solve the problem of the high concentration of PM
2.5
in kitchens in cold areas to reduce the impact of the kitchen environment on health and economy.