“I can’t imagine living anywhere else”: A qualitative longitudinal view of low carbon home residence

Shirani, Fiona, O'Sullivan, Kate, Pidgeon, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8991-0398 and Henwood, Karen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-5468 2025. “I can’t imagine living anywhere else”: A qualitative longitudinal view of low carbon home residence. Housing, Theory and Society 10.1080/14036096.2025.2559106

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Abstract

There is an identified need for housing to decarbonise, yet new technical configurations of homes have implications for the everyday lives and relationships that unfold within them. Active homes, which can generate, store and export electricity, include a range of technologies that may be unfamiliar to residents and alter aspects of everyday life. With a small number of active homes in the UK, little is known about how people find life in these innovative homes and adjust to the combination of technologies that they encompass. This paper addresses an identified need for qualitative longitudinal insights from residents, foregrounding their lived experiences within these innovative homes. We highlight how the temporal perspective afforded by a qualitative longitudinal study is particularly valuable in elucidating the dynamic, evolving and relational nature of learning to live in an active home. We suggest that qualitative longitudinal approaches can offer new insights into resident experiences, of relevance to wider work on decarbonisation transitions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Schools > Psychology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1403-6096
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Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 September 2025
Date of Acceptance:	3 September 2025
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2025 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180879

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