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Low Carbon Comfort Centre

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 re…
Connect with Sebastian

Email: ss2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Development of a timber-stone composite floor system and assessment for early-stage design
Adam Bigas, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1339
Type: conference
Evaluating the suitability of adaptive thermal comfort models for free-running buildings in different climatic conditions in India
Thirth Rishubh Jayapal, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
Type: conference
Evaluation of passive design strategies for high-rise office buildings in Ho Chi Minh City and their impacts on thermal comfort and energy efficiency
Daizie Truong, Daveed Chow, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1353
Type: conference
From geometry to reality : prototyping a 3D-printed translucent porcelain facade module
Sihan Wu, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1355
Type: conference
Heat deferral acceptance within the UK
Samantha Loveday, Stephanie Gauthier, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
Type: conference
Housing retrofits for more-than-humans : rethinking building fabric to support decarbonisation and biodiversity
Pragnya Thakur, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1352
Type: conference
How future decarbonisation pathways affect the life-cycle carbon footprint of rooftop PVs : a UK scenario analysis
Shufa Ansari, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1338
Type: conference