Fig. 6: Integrated modeling assessment framework.
From: Costs and health benefits of the rural energy transition to carbon neutrality in China
IMED|TEC residential model is a multi-province bottom-up energy system optimization model, GAINS model functions as an air quality model and IMED|HEL model serves as a health impact assessment model. The models are interconnected through soft-linking: IMED|TEC residential model provides provincial rural residential energy mix (including energy consumption and structure) inputs to GAINS model, which, in turn, supplies ambient PM2.5 concentrations to IMED|HEL model. By comparing the monetized health benefits derived from avoided premature deaths with the additional transformation costs, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted.
