Sentences with phrase «indoor air pollution levels»

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Machine and human activity adds warmth, dust and pollution, whilst air - conditioning for indoor comfort boosts outdoor temperature levels.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

Some researchers have pinned the blame on indoor air pollution and a study last year showed that when outdoor ozone levels rose, the number of people inside suffering from so - called «sick building syndrome» also increased.

This type of cooking paired with poor ventilation leads to high levels of indoor air pollution which can contribute to lung cancer.

Lower income populations across the world, like in rural China, are often where these high levels of indoor air pollution occur.

As the alternative ignition technique reduces particulate pollution from a single fire by an average of 87 %, the effect on levels of indoor pollution and ambient air pollution is dramatic.

In winter, especially, air pollution from diesel vehicles can reach dangerous levels and keep vulnerable children and seniors restricted indoors.

ICS are designed to achieve reduction in fuel consumption (non-renewable biomass) and improvement in levels of indoor air pollution.

This results in a significant reduction in non-renewable biomass consumption and levels of indoor air pollution in project households.

According to the company (based on information from the World Health Organization and the EPA), it might be better for people to track the air quality around them instead of focusing on their fitness trackers, as some 92 % of the world's population lives in places where the air pollution exceeds the levels considered to be «healthy», and even indoor air quality can be worse than outside air quality.