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

Investigating thermal performance and climate resilience of the winter garden in an educational building
Atheya Rajeev, Vashundhara Radhakrishnan, Lucelia Rodrigues, Lorna Kiamba, Renata Tubelo, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1152
Type: conference
Life cycle energy and carbon analysis of office buildings in India
Shrankhla Jaiswal, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1141
Type: conference
Low embodied carbon ventilation systems for healthy learning spaces: comparative analysis of systems to provide fresh air in temperate climates
Mathieu Naccarato, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1139
Type: conference
Mass timber carbon solutions – reducing life-cycle carbon emissions with mass timber construction
Agostino Anselmo, Juan A. Vallejo, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1138
Type: conference
Roof daylighting for preserving artworks while enhancing visitor experience in London
Aditi Agrawal, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Luisa Brotas, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1146
Type: conference