Beyond Environmental Transparency: Brand Credibility as a Key Driver of Willingness to Pay for Low Global Warming Potential Construction Materials | ||
| Pollution | ||
| دوره 12، شماره 3، پاییز 2026، صفحه 874-885 اصل مقاله (464.53 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Original Research Paper | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22059/poll.2026.410414.3279 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Shahrbanoo Golchoobi Diva* ؛ Hamidreza Jafari | ||
| Graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran, P.O.Box 14155-6135, Tehran, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| The construction sector accounts for a substantial share of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, with embodied carbon from building materials increasingly recognized as a critical contributor. In response, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) have been promoted to enhance environmental transparency and support environmentally informed material selection. However, empirical evidence remains inconclusive as to whether standardized environmental information alone is sufficient to influence professionals’ willingness to pay (WTP). This study investigates how environmental attitude, environmental knowledge, and perceived brand credibility jointly shape construction professionals’ willingness to pay a price premium for green certified, low Global Warming Potential (low GWP) wall materials when standardized EPD based environmental information is provided. A quantitative cross sectional survey was conducted among 136 construction professionals. Simplified LCA results were used to develop uniform EPD style environmental profiles presented consistently across material alternatives. Data were analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation and multiple linear regression. The results show that environmental attitude and environmental knowledge are positively associated with willingness to pay at the bivariate level. However, in the multivariate regression model, only perceived brand credibility remains a statistically significant predictor of WTP (β = 0.497, p < 0.001), while the effects of environmental attitude (β = 0.155, p = 0.184) and environmental knowledge (β = −0.042, p = 0.655) are non significant. The model explains approximately 36% of the variance in willingness to pay (R² = 0.359). These findings indicate that even under standardized and transparent environmental information, professionals’ economic decisions are primarily shaped by credibility based considerations. EPDs function as necessary informational background conditions, whereas brand credibility—closely linked to trust, risk management, and professional accountability—emerges as the dominant driver of willingness to pay for low GWP construction materials. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Willingness to Pay؛ Environmental Attitude؛ Brand Credibility؛ Low-Gwp Materials؛ Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) | ||
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