Prioritizing barriers and strategies for non-toxic material adoption in interior design
Vigneshkumar Chellappa, Shalini Sharma, Martina Zelenakova, Jozef Selín · 2026
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Vigneshkumar Chellappa and three colleagues present a 2026 study on why interior designers rarely choose non-toxic materials. Healthier materials cut harmful chemical exposure indoors, yet cost, habit, and poor information hold back their use. The team first mined the literature for obstacles and remedies, finding nineteen barriers and fifteen strategies.
Two rounds of expert voting refined the lists, and a ranking method then weighed them. The worst barriers were lack of awareness, weak client interest, cultural resistance, poor collaboration, and scarce data. The best-rated remedies were education campaigns, better client briefing, and teamwork across design trades. The authors offer the ranking as a practical roadmap for firms and policymakers who want cleaner indoor spaces.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Vigneshkumar Chellappa, Shalini Sharma, Martina Zelenakova, Jozef Selín |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 79 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |