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

Climate change mitigation and adaptation of UK complex-to-decarbonise homes: building fabric vs. systems upgrade approaches
Maimai Prayongrat, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Hector Altamirano, 2024
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1196
Type: conference
Cooling architecture: Prototyping an optimised PDEC-integrated façade panel to enhance urban thermal comfort
Elisa Martini, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Hector Altamirano, 2024
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1195
Type: conference
Correlation analysis of health and mould in buildings: based on the Health Survey for England
Shiqi Yang, Hector Altamirano, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Luisa Brotas, 2024
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1204
Type: conference
Deployment of renewable energy in the province of Punjab – drivers and barriers
Muhammad Ummad Arif, Ayesha Athar, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Hector Altamirano, 2024
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1199
Type: conference
Evaluating Large Language Models (LLMs)' understanding of ‘Black Crusts’ predictive models for built heritage preservation
Wenrui Sun, Josep Grau-Bove, Daniela Reggio, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Hector Altamirano, 2024
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1206
Type: conference