Comparative carbon footprint analysis of residents of wooden and non-wooden houses in Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15545199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juudit Ottelin (0000-0003-0878-5108, Aalto University, corresponding author), Ali Amiri (0000-0002-9476-8007, Aalto University), Bernhard Steubing (0000-0002-1307-6376, Leiden University), Seppo Junnila (0000-0002-2984-0383, Aalto University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 074006-074006 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ac06f9 |
| OpenAlex | W3168749604 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 53 |
Sustainable 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 CO 2 -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
Agricultural economics · Business · Carbon Footprint · Carbon sink · Civil engineering · Climate change · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Occupancy · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Engineering · Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |