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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

Integrating vernacular passive design strategies in high-rise retrofitting : a framework for enhanced energy performance in Dubai
Nivedita Sinha, David Chow, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1351
Type: conference
Publicness as a dimension of social sustainability : evaluating regenerated public spaces in Manchester
Areeba Rizwan, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1349
Type: conference
Simulation-based assessment of smart adaptive façade retrofits for a tall office building in London
Farhan Ishrak, Tania Sharmin, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1341
Type: conference
Timber buildings and indoor air quality : evaluating the relationship between measured environmental conditions and occupant perception
Yilei Qiu, Samuel Stamp, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1348
Type: conference
To retrofit or reconstruct : the environmental future of London’s ordinary, unlisted buildings
Shaden Alshwaier, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1336
Type: conference
Transitional space typologies in three Athenian atrial buildings
Chara Pouliou, Paula Cadima, Simos Yannas, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1347
Type: conference
What is the impact of thermal conditions on staff thermal comfort and control in a surgical ward of a Northern England hospital?
Ciara E. McLarnon, Hector Altamirano, Luisa Brotas, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2026
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1346
Type: conference