- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Consumer Packaging Perceptions and Trends
- Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Public Spaces through Art
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Natural Resources Institute Finland
2023
University of Vaasa
2019-2021
Multi-storey wood building (MSWB) provides options to enhance sustainable development. Despite this, no comprehension exists on how consumer perceptions differ regarding (1) willingness live in modern houses made of timber or (2) prejudices against living wood, although they play important role marked demand MSWB. In this research, views consumers the benefits from technological, ecological, social and economic perspectives are being studied. The material study is based data gathered...
Abstract In order to develop strategies for sustainable practices and enhance the replacement of non‐renewable materials with alternatives such as wood, it is essential recognize variables affecting consumers’ quality perceptions. Despite this, there still limited knowledge about perceived wooden building materials. Wood industry studies have date approached mainly by investigating indicators related product or supplier, while overlooking effects consumer characteristics on perception...
<ja:p>Evaluation of product attributes and the overall quality significantly affect consumer purchasing decisions. Previous studies on wooden products have mostly addressed wood from technical viewpoints, while largely disregarding environmental, social, economic aspects in assessments. Therefore, knowledge how sustainability are evaluated as a feature is narrow. This study investigated perceptions different indicators (i.e., cues attributes) interior with special focus value chain phases....
Abstract Wood products are seen globally as an important solution to substitute nonrenewable materials in the construction sector enhance life cycle sustainability of buildings. Globally, most prominent opportunities for change housing production lie multistory residential buildings, which built mainly concrete, steel, and bricks. The possibilities achieving multiple benefits from use wood buildings have gained interest among scholars, especially 2000s. However, research has been dominated...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide information on how citizens in nine countries across Europe perceive egg product quality and the importance a product's sustainability attributes (animal welfare, country origin production method) purchases. Design/methodology/approach data were gathered 2021 via an online survey European (Finland, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Romania Denmark). A total 3,601 responses collected. As methods analysis, exploratory...