European clothing consumption has increased dramatically in recent decades, leading to a current average of 26 kg of textiles annually purchased per capita (EEA, 2019). While garments (and most of clothing’s environmental impacts) are produced in other parts of the world, European municipalities face …

Sustainability has grown to be an important topic in wine-making in the past years and is now more relevant than ever, as the wine industry is experiencing a shift to a more environmental-friendly production of wine. The goal of this research was to identify the consumers’ preferences for the different …

Presentation at Healthy Buildings 2021 – 17th International Healthy Buildings Conference 21–23 June 2021

The indoor air quality (IAQ) in classrooms in higher education can influence in-class activities positively. In this context, the actual IAQ and students' perceived IAQ (PIAQ), perceived cognitive performance (PCP), and short-term academic performance (SAP) were examined in two identical classrooms during …

By 2050, the world population will have increased to 9 billion (Bongaarts, 2009). This increase will lead to significant growth in waste. Construction is one of the largest raw material users (Bribian et al., 2011), and this sector consumes about 40% of the energy-related CO2 emissions (Dean et al., …

Keynote presentation at WPL Seminar

The main problem within the hospitality industry lies with a significant food waste occurring in kitchens due to overproduction and kitchen employee behaviours causing environmental, complex ethical and economic issues. The research answers the question: What is the impact of AI technology (like Orbisk) …

Clear role descriptions promote the quality of interprofessional collaboration. Currently, it is unclear to what extent healthcare professionals consider pharmaceutical care (PC) activities to be nurses’ responsibility in order to obtain best care quality. This study aimed to create and evaluate a framework …

Purpose The purpose of this research was to explore women’s experiences after breast surgery with scar characteristics and symptoms, and its impact on their health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Material andmethods A qualitative study using semi-structured face-to-face interviewswas conducted among …

A topic of great social relevance in the current century is implementing innovative sustainable production processes. Globally waste management is one of the biggest sustainability challenges. With urbanization and a growing global population, the use of various products and discarding their waste has …