Oral histories of domestic heating transitions in England and Sweden: lessons on how heating transitions play out across place and time

AMBROSE, Aimee, PALM, Jenny, PARKES, Stephen and SPEAKE, Beth (2024). Oral histories of domestic heating transitions in England and Sweden: lessons on how heating transitions play out across place and time. International Journal of Housing Policy, 1-20.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2024.2350135
Open Access URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/19491... (Published)
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Abstract

Over the last seventy years, most European countries have undergone one or more transitions in home heating provision. Moving first away from burning solid fuels and towards communal or individual central heating systems and now towards low carbon electric heating systems. Heating transitions are awash with personal, social and cultural complexity but tend to be simplified into grand narratives that tell simple stories of technological triumph. Through analysis of 21 oral histories gathered across England and Sweden, we look beyond the techno-economic dimensions of heating transitions to understand how they play out in diverse ways in everyday life over time, producing different experiences and outcomes (socially, culturally, financially) across places and social groups. We reveal similarities and divergences between the outcomes associated with different heating transition routes pursued in each country, underlining the long-lasting consequences of heating change. The research reported in this article received full ethics approval from the University Research Ethics Committees at Sheffield Hallam University and Lund University. Informed, written consent was obtained from all research participants.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 1205 Urban and Regional Planning; 1402 Applied Economics; 1605 Policy and Administration; 3304 Urban and regional planning; 3801 Applied economics; 4407 Policy and administration
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2024.2350135
Page Range: 1-20
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2024 08:40
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2024 08:14
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/33855

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