The social practices of householders are crucial for the realisation of energy policies, but their political aspects have been overlooked in previous research. The aim of this paper is to deepen the understanding of the possibilities of householders for political participation in energy transitions in the home. By analysing the social practices of householders in a low-energy building, the paper demonstrates that engagement in energy efficiency is hindered by the materiality and a lack of knowledge of - as well as reliability on - the building's energy system. Yet, the householders consider their lack of knowledge as individual responsibilities. While the necessity to form a political agenda stems from the unmet needs for thermal comfort in the individual home, the political agency to change the lack of influence is developed in the collectivity between the householders. The contestation of individual responsibilities brings forward a politicisation and democratisation of the energy transition. The results of this paper thus support the acknowledgement of different forms of political participation in energy transitions to shape future democratic and just energy systems.

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瑞典低能耗建筑住户的能源效率实践和政治


户主的社会实践对于能源政策的实现至关重要，但其政治方面在以往的研究中被忽视了。本文的目的是加深对户主政治参与家庭能源转型的可能性的理解。通过分析低能耗建筑中住户的社会实践，本文表明，对能源效率的参与因建筑能源系统的重要性和缺乏了解以及可靠性而受到阻碍。然而，住户们认为他们缺乏知识是个人的责任。虽然形成政治议程的必要性源于个人住宅对热舒适性的需求未得到满足，但改变缺乏影响力的政治机构是在住户之间的集体中发展起来的。个人责任的争夺带来了能源转型的政治化和民主化。因此，本文的结果支持承认能源转型中不同形式的政治参与，以塑造未来民主和公正的能源体系。