A study on reduction of fine dust in relation to national greenhouse gas inventory

Abstract

With the increase in economic activities in Korea since 1970, air pollution problems such as greenhouse gases and fine dust have started to occur. In recent years, the risk of fine dust has become well known, causing the requirement for it to be reduced. Therefore, this study investigates mitigation methodology to reduce fine dust at the national level. In addition, fine dust and greenhouse gases both originate from fuel combustion. Therefore, they have been studied in connection with the national greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, this research was conducted on the building sector. Existing literature involves studies to reduce concentrations at the building and city levels. However, these studies focused on reducing total dust emissions at the national level. This study primarily analyzed the items proposed in the "Micro Dust Management Plan" and proposed a method to reduce fine dust. In addition, it was established that the national greenhouse gas emissions and emission sources are very similar, suggesting a linkage in reduction plans.