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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Group

Our group undertakes research on fundamental fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, flow control, flight dynamics and aeroacoustics.

Agents, Interaction and Complexity

We research the science and engineering of complex areas. We focus on areas including human-machine teams and human-in-the-loop interaction.

Energy and Climate Change Group

The research group seeks engineering solutions for reliable, affordable and sustainable energy stemming from renewable resources.

Research outputs

Thermal comfort and childcare, Kerala, India
Afrin Ibrahim, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1136
Type: conference
Understanding sensory spaces through evaluating the impact of vibrations
Mahima Ashish Vora, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1147
Type: conference
Whole-building calibrated energy performance simulation towards energy sufficiency and net zero carbon. Case study of a medium-sized hotel
Benedict Tertsea Shinku, Antoine Regnier, Carola Koenig, Zahir Dehouche, Stephanie Gauthier, Fergus Nicol, Luisa Brotas & Rosa Schiano-Phan, 2023
DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/P1144
Type: conference
Simulation of outdoor air pollution in Southampton
Bryan Ming De Gan, Christina Vanderwel & Matthew Loxham, 2023
DOI: 10.55066/proc-icec.2022.103
Type: conference
Rethinking comfort profiles in adaptive building energy management systems
Jennifer Williams, Elnaz Shafipour Yourdshahi, Gongwei Shi & Sebastian Stein, 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22811324.v1
Type: conference