Research conducted amongst more than 1,000 adults right across the country by YouGov, on behalf of Hamilton-based property developer Banks Developments, found that 23% of people in Scotland had made major changes to their everyday lives to take environmental issues into account.
A further 68% said they had made some changes to their lifestyles in this respect, through actions including switching household lights and appliances off when not in use (90%), recycling used materials (87%), using low-energy lightbulbs (76%) and buying products made from recycled materials (45%).
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It also points towards an increasing awareness in Scotland of the potential for sustainable housing design, with 40% saying that the environmental impact of the design of a given property would influence whether they would consider buying it or not.
Eighty-five per cent of people would be willing to consider buying an eco-home regardless of whether it looked different to the types of houses that have traditionally been built in Scotland, and 89% saying they would not be put off buying an eco-home even if the price were higher than a traditional type of home.
Colin Anderson, Managing Director of Banks, said: "Environmental issues have become more mainstream over the last few years and and you often hear politicians and other interest groups making wide-ranging or general comments about them.
"Our research, however, shows just how seriously ordinary people across Scotland take environmental issues and the effort they are now making, without a great deal of help yet from the public or private sector, to change their own way of life to tackle them."
(GK/JM)
