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Exploring Homeowners' Attitudes and Climate-Smart Renovation Decisions: A Case Study in Kronoberg, Sweden
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Built Environment and Energy Technology.ORCID iD: 0009-0001-4786-5154
Lund University, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Built Environment and Energy Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0189-474x
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Built Environment and Energy Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4405-1056
2025 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 17, no 7, article id 3008Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study aims to assess the factors influencing homeowner behaviour regarding climate-adaptive renovations. This study extends the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) by integrating additional factors such as inherent homeowner qualities (IHQs) and building attributes (BAs) to better capture climate-adaptive renovation decisions. Different configurations for the impacts of these additional factors were tested, and their correlation to homeowner attitudes (ATs) and homeowner intentions (INTs) was studied. The results indicate that attitudes related to beliefs about climate change impacts are the strongest predictors of climate-adaptive behaviour. It was also found that IHQ was a strong determinant of homeowner attitudes and had a strong indirect impact on homeowner intentions to perform climate-adaptive renovations. Given the significant role of cognitive attitudes in shaping climate-adaptive behaviours, policy interventions should focus on fostering more climate-conscious attitudes. Targeted public campaigns can highlight localised climate risks and the benefits of adaptive renovations. Sharing narratives from regions affected by severe climate events, potentially in the form of targeted workshop sessions, could make climate risks more tangible, especially for those without direct exposure, fostering greater public engagement and adaptive actions.

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MDPI, 2025. Vol. 17, no 7, article id 3008
Keywords [en]
behavior, willingness, adaptation, intentions, beliefs
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Building Technologies
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Technology (byts ev till Engineering), Civil engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-138117DOI: 10.3390/su17073008ISI: 001465775100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105002357838OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-138117DiVA, id: diva2:1953452
Available from: 2025-04-22 Created: 2025-04-22 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved

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