Glossary

A Living Lab is an innovative approach to product development by or with customers. The following features are relevant here:

• Collaborative product and service development: various stakeholders such as older people, the service industry, scientific institutions and public authorities work together to develop new products, services and technologies - from the idea to market maturity (co-creation).
• Real environments and virtual networks: Development takes place in real living environments (e.g. urban, rural regions) and virtual networks.
• Multi-contextual spheres: The different roles and environments of the users are taken into account in the application.
• Regional orientation: Living Labs are regionally oriented and emphasize regional complementarity.
• Involvement of real people: It is about the active involvement of real customers and citizens, taking into account their social and cultural environment.

Dr.-Ing. Jens Schumacher (2008). Living Labs: Characteristics, Potential Examples.

Location-based services provide people with selective information based on location-dependent data.

Source: WKO, 2024

https://www.wko.at/oe/tourismus-freizeitwirtschaft/digitalunterwegs-lang.pdf

LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) describes an aspirational lifestyle defined by attention to health, well-being and environmental protection.

Source: Choi, S. & Feinberg, R. A. (2021). The LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) scale development and validation. Sustainability, 13(4), 1598. doi.org/10.3390/su13041598