Comparative carbon footprint analysis of residents of wooden and non-wooden houses in Finland

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dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorOttelin, Juuditen_US
dc.contributor.authorAmiri, Alien_US
dc.contributor.authorSteubing, Bernharden_US
dc.contributor.authorJunnila, Seppoen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Built Environmenten
dc.contributor.groupauthorReal Estateen
dc.contributor.organizationLeiden Universityen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-01T13:06:16Z
dc.date.available2021-07-01T13:06:16Z
dc.date.issued2021-07en_US
dc.description.abstractSustainable forest management and harvested wood products together can create a growing carbon sink by storing carbon in long-lived products. The role of wood products in climate change mitigation has been studied from several perspectives, but not yet from a consumer's view. In this study, we examine the impact of wooden housing on consumer carbon footprints in Finland. We use the 2016 Finnish Household Budget Survey and Exiobase 2015, a global multi-regional input-output model. The sample size is 3700 households, of which 45% live in a wooden house. We find that residents of wooden houses have a 12(+/- 3)% (950 kg CO2-eq/year) lower carbon footprint on average than residents of non-wooden houses, when income, household type, education of the main income provider, age of the house, owner-occupancy and urban zone are controlled in regression analysis. This is not fully explained by the impact of the construction material, which suggests that the residents of wooden houses may have some features in their lifestyles that lower their carbon footprints further. In addition, we find that an investment in a new wooden house in an urban area has a strong reducing impact on a consumer's carbon footprint, while investments in other types of housing have a weaker or no reducing impact. Our findings support wooden housing as a meaningful sustainable consumption choice.en
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dc.identifier.citationOttelin, J, Amiri, A, Steubing, B & Junnila, S 2021, ' Comparative carbon footprint analysis of residents of wooden and non-wooden houses in Finland ', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 7, 074006 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac06f9en
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1748-9326/ac06f9en_US
dc.identifier.issn1748-9326
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/108589
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-202107017843
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironmental Research Lettersen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 16, issue 7en
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.subject.keywordwood productsen_US
dc.subject.keywordwood constructionen_US
dc.subject.keywordnegative rebound effecten_US
dc.subject.keywordgreen investmenten_US
dc.subject.keywordsustainable consumptionen_US
dc.subject.keywordENERGYen_US
dc.subject.keywordBUILDINGSen_US
dc.subject.keywordCONSUMPTIONen_US
dc.subject.keywordEMISSIONSen_US
dc.subject.keywordPRODUCTSen_US
dc.subject.keywordREBOUNDSen_US
dc.subject.keywordBENEFITSen_US
dc.subject.keywordINCREASEen_US
dc.subject.keywordLCAen_US
dc.titleComparative carbon footprint analysis of residents of wooden and non-wooden houses in Finlanden
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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