With industrial development and increasing vehicle density, PM2.5 has been increasing, becoming the primary focal pollutant in Taiwan. Studies in Taiwan have shown that long-term constant exposure to PM2.5 increases the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases which could lead to an increase of mortality. This is why air pollution reduction and control policies are the current leading focus of people in Taiwan. Since 2012, Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been cooperating with the US EPA to develop and create a “Taiwan Air Benefit and Control Assessment System (ABaCAS-Taiwan).” The system has currently incorporated Taiwan Emission Cost Analysis System (TECAS) with air pollution and health benefit system into a Mandarin-friendly format. ABaCAS-Taiwan has also expanded the local emission inventory as well as the control cost and health benefit database, creating a user-friendly and flexible system with a database of three air quality regions from the year 2013. The main objective of this project this year is to implement a Single-Source Air Quality Assessment Module to conduct a high resolution PM2.5 source analysis from Taiwan. This project will also create a control cost analysis and air pollution health benefit analysis as well as expand data on control policy costs of the Taiwan EPA with the newest health benefit database to the Taiwan EPA for further emission reduction policies.

Air Quality, decision support system, emissions control cost, health benefits