Lucelia Taranto Rodrigues

Contact

• workRoom B49 Lenton Firs
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 95 13176
• fax0115 95 13159
• lucelia.rodrigues@nottingham.ac.uk

Expertise Summary

Lucelia qualified as an architect in 1999 and spent the next five years working in practice on residential and commercial building projects where, among other things, she acquired experience in the use of recycled and reclaimed materials in modern architecture. Seeking to develop further her knowledge on sustainable issues, she completed an MSc in Renewable Energy and Architecture and explored the thermal performance of low-energy houses as part of her doctoral research. Lucelia is currently a lecturer at the department of Architecture and Built Environment where her teaching has a strong focus on environmental design and sustainable architecture. Her work has always been very cross-disciplinary, building the link between architecture, building science and renewable energy technologies.

Teaching Summary

Lucelia is currently a lecturer at the department of Architecture and Built Environment where her teaching, which is informed by research, has a strong focus on environmental design and sustainable… read more

Research Summary

Having come from architectural practice, her research has always been very hands-on, aiming to inform the sustainable practice of architecture and enhance the quality of the built environment through… read more

Selected Publications

• GILLOTT, M., RODRIGUES, L. and SPATARU, C., 2010. Low Carbon Housing Design Informed by Research Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability. 163(ES2), 77-86
• RODRIGUES, L., GARRATT, T. and EBBS, N., 2012. Is added sustainability equal to added value? Energy Conversion and Management. 60(tbc - April 2012),
• RODRIGUES, L. and GILLOT, M., 2011. The Summer Performance of the BASF House In: PLEA 2011 - 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium..

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Lucelia is currently a lecturer at the department of Architecture and Built Environment where her teaching, which is informed by research, has a strong focus on environmental design and sustainable architecture. Her work has always been very cross-disciplinary, building the link between architecture, building science and renewable energy technologies. Students under her guidance have designed a number of award winning projects, including the Nottingham H.O.U.S.E (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy, more information at www.nottinghamhouse.co.uk) for the Solar Decathlon competition.

Current Research

Having come from architectural practice, her research has always been very hands-on, aiming to inform the sustainable practice of architecture and enhance the quality of the built environment through research and consultancy in environmental science and design. Lucelia's areas of interest and expertise are related to sustainable architecture, the main focus being thermal performance of dwellings and its influence on energy use and human comfort. Her research and teaching cover areas such as:

• The thermal environment and building performance
• Modern methods of construction (MMC) and high performance building envelopes and materials
• Thermophysical properties of building materials and thermal mass
• Passive heating and cooling techniques
• Earth to air heat exchangers (EAHE)
• Phase change materials (PCM)
• Human comfort, delight and well-being in the built environment
• Thermal performance of dwellings - simulation and reality
• UK housing crisis, low-energy houses and building regulations
• Education for sustainability in architecture
• The integration of environmental design issues in architectural poetry

Lucelia has been invited to chair international conferences, to speak in CPD courses as well as in postgraduate courses at other universities, and to deliver presentations at the Prestige Paper Series at the Institute of Civil Engineers. She has also established a number of successful contacts and collaborations with world-class academic experts in academia and industry around the world. These relationships have led to a number of grants and sponsorships, most of which are still ongoing work. As an example of current sponsored research is the Network Rail funded project to investigate life-cycle assessment and carbon impact of the British rail station building stock, an exciting opportunity to influence the UK transport infrastructure at a national level.

• RODRIGUES, L., GARRATT, T. and EBBS, N., 2012. Is added sustainability equal to added value? Energy Conversion and Management. 60(tbc - April 2012),
• RODRIGUES, L., 2012. Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference Engineering Sustainability: ICE. forthcoming, (In Press.)
• BESSER, D., RODRIGUES, L. and LAU, B., 2011. Designing carbon neutral schools: The Victor Miller Building, a critical review In: PLEA 2011 - 27th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. 471-476
• GARRAT, T. and RODRIGUES, 2011. The Desirability of Energy Efficient Buildings in The UK In: SET 2011 - 10th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies. Istanbul, Turkey.. (In Press.)
• RODRIGUES, L. and GILLOT, M., 2011. The Summer Performance of the BASF House In: PLEA 2011 - 27th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium..
• RODRIGUES, L., 2011. Integrity: Conditioned Beauty. In: DEAN, D., ed., Made in the Middle Ground: Architecture + urbanism at ABE Nottingham 2011 Methexis Press.
• GILLOTT, M., RODRIGUES, L. and SPATARU, C., 2010. Low Carbon Housing Design Informed by Research Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability. 163(ES2), 77-86
• RODRIGUES, L. and GILLOTT, M., 2010. A Novel Space Conditioning System Incorporating Phase Change Materials and Earth to Air Heat Exchangers In: SET2010 - 9th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies. (In Press.)
• RODRIGUES, L., 2010. Learning by Doing The Timber Industry Magazine. Available at: <http://www.ttjonline.com/story.asp?storycode=62780>
• RODRIGUES, L., 2009. An Investigation into the Use of Thermal Mass to Improve Comfort in British Housing University of Nottingham. (In Press.)
• SCHIANO-PHAN, R., FORD, B., GILLOTT, G. and RODRIGUES, L., 2008. The Passivhaus standard in the UK: Is it desirable? Is it achievable? In: PLEA 2008 – 25th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Dublin. (In Press.)
• RODRIGUES, L., FOX, C. and GREEN, E., 2006. Building Regeneration: The Saye Farm Cottages: Updating Alderney's Heritage to Zero-carbon Houses In: Star City Conference: Mid Term Technical Feedback Meeting. (In Press.)