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Building material preferences with a focus on wood in urban housing: durability and environmental impacts

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  • As societies urbanize, a growing proportion of the global population, and an increasing number of housing units will be needed in urban areas. High-rise buildings and environmentally friendly, renewable materials must play important roles in sustainable urban development. To achieve this, it is imperative that policy makers, planners, architects, and construction companies understand consumer preferences. We use data from urban dwellers in the Oslo region of Norway to develop an understanding of material preferences in relation to environmental attitudes and knowledge about wood. We emphasise wood compared with other building materials in various applications (structural, exterior and interior) within urban apartment blocks. We use 503 responses from a web-panel. Our findings show that Oslo area consumers tend to prefer materials other than wood in various applications in apartment blocks, especially structural applications. Still, some respondent prefer wood, including some applications in apartment blocks where wood is currently not commonly used. The best target for wood-based urban housing includes younger people who have strong environmental values. As environmental attitudes evolve in society and a greater proportion of consumers search out environmentally friendly product alternatives, the opportunities for wood to gain market share will most likely increase.
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  • Høibø, O., Hansen, E., & Nybakk, E. (2015). Building material preferences with a focus on wood in urban housing: durability and environmental impacts. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45(11), 1617-1627. doi:10.1139/cjfr-2015-0123
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  • 45
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  • The authors would like to thank various parties responsible for making this research possible. The majority of funding for this project comes from The Research Council of Norway (project:Increased Use of Wood in Urban Areas, project number 225345/E40). Lunner Almenning contributed financially to the project, and the following companies also provided support: Splitkon AS, Martinsons Byggsystem AB, Viken Skog SA, and AT Skog SA.
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