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

Design intervention of retrofit fixed solar shading device for care homes in Sheffield, UK
Amit Imtiaz, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1156
Type: conference
Developing the ruins of the past: cultural heritage preservation and urban regeneration of a historical site in the United Kingdom
Rasha A. Almadi, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1157
Type: conference
Evaluating indoor air quality in buildings
Yaqin Tang, Wenzhuo Li, Valentina Marincioni, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1137
Type: conference
Improving biodiversity in the built environment: A study investigating façade solutions and their impact on local biodiversity
Noemie Lang, Renata Tubelo, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1149
Type: conference
Incorporation of microalgae technology in the built environment
Varun Pasikanti, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1151
Type: conference