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

Low-carbon comfort management for smart buildings
Jennifer Williams, Benjamin Lellouch, Sebastian Stein, Christina Vanderwel & Stephanie Gauthier, 2022
DOI: 10.1109/ISC255366.2022.9922474
Type: conference
An evaluation of window parameters effects on daylight and energy saving in residential building in Saudi Arabia: An integrated optimisation and sensitivity analysis
Shima H. AlDhaheri, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1095
Type: conference
An experimental investigation of how human activities affect the behaviour of indoor airborne particles
Yiming Qi, Spyros Efthymiopoulos, Hector Altamirano, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1089
Type: conference
Assessing the effectiveness of passive cooling design strategies to reduce overheating in epilepsy care homes in the UK
Siva Sai Varsha Kakuturu, Zoe Upton, Lisa Clayton, Sanjay Sisodiya, Anna Mavrogianni, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1083
Type: conference
Comparative analysis of thermal comfort surveys with CFD simulations
Hassan Safdar Malik, Waqas Khalid, Absaar ul Jabbar, Adnan Munir, Adeel Waqas, Jawad Aslam, Hafiz Ali Haider Sehole, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1086
Type: conference
Comparative analysis of wall materials toward improved thermal comfort, reduced emission, and construction cost in tropical buildings
Mark Alegbe, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1094
Type: conference
Design strategies for future residential buildings in Delhi, India
Bhawana Chaudhary, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas, Rosa Schiano-Phan, Nichaphat Sukontason & Philip Turner, 2022
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1091
Type: conference