Project overview

Within the net-zero transition, buildings need to completely decarbonise comfort by 2050 yet deep retrofit at scale is unlikely. LCCC aims to understand how low-carbon comfort can be delivered at scale at least cost.

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Stephanie Gauthier MSc PhD FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Energy demand;
  • Built environment;
  • Behaviour change;
Connect with Stephanie

Email: S.Gauthier@soton.ac.uk

Professor Christina Vanderwel BSc, MASc, PhD

Professor

Research interests

  • Experimental Fluid Mechanics
  • Turbulence Measurements and Modelling
  • Building Aerodynamics and Urban Air Pollution
Connect with Christina

Email: C.M.Vanderwel@soton.ac.uk

Professor Sebastian Stein

Professor

Research interests

  • Citizen-Centric Artificial Intelligence Systems
  • Mechanism Design and Incentive Engineering in Multi-Agent Systems
  • Applications of AI in smart energy, transportation, electric vehicle charging and disaster response
Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Residential heat pump operation in the UK (LATENT project) and deferral situation with air conditioning operation in Indonesia
Berth Phileinta Ginting, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1087
Type: conference
The future of Responsive Facade for multi-storey residential buildings in tropical climates
Paloma Souza, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1084
Type: conference
Book of abstracts for the 2022 International Conference on Evolving Cities
Philip Turner, Abubakr Bahaj, Stephanie Gauthier, Tom Rushby & Luke Blunden, 2022
DOI: 10.55066/proc-icec.2022.abstracts
Type: report