Media-engaged home renovation and the transition to zero carbon homes: Understanding change in everyday practices at home

This thesis explores how media engagement shapes home renovation and the transition to zero carbon housing. Drawing on qualitative data from 17 households across Victoria, Australia, it demonstrates how the house is reimagined via meanings and competencies of comfort, cleanliness and control, shaping future practices and the spatial and material configurations that support them. The critical role of imagination in media engagement and crises in routine as a precursor to change are emphasised. Findings reveal opportunities for media content to engage with future imagined practices and for environmental sustainability to be reimagined as a shaping principle in home renovation.