Resilience in social housing: an investigation of heating practices in the UK

The social housing sector is crucial in reducing a nation’s overall CO2 emissions. While academic studies have examined housing energy performance during the design phase, they often overlook the dynamic changes in occupants’ behaviours through resilience, where occupants learn from their experiences and adapt them to their daily lives, responding to changes adaptively. This paper employs a practice theory approach to explore how inhabitants react to extreme situations, such as pandemics and cost of living crises, and how energy usage in social housing reflects the practice of resilience.