Maria Manuela Marinho de Castro
Researcher in Environmental Architecture
Architecture Staff
Glasgow School of Art
Research Interests
Fabric integrated thermal storage, Low carbon buildings, Energy performance of buildings, Ground integrated architecture, Ground thermal potential, Thermal simulations
Research Profile
Dr. Maria Manuela Marinho de Castro is a Researcher in Environment Architecture in the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU), Glasgow School of Art. She has joining MSA in 2016 and she is working at the moment on the Fabric Integrated Thermal Storage for Low-Carbon Dwellings (FITS-LCD), a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The project is a multi-disciplinary research collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, the Imperial College UCL, and the University of Bath.
She has recently completed her PhD in Sustainable Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, a research funded by the EPSRC through the High Fliers PhD Excellence Scholarship by the Faculty of Engimore...
Dr. Maria Manuela Marinho de Castro is a Researcher in Environment Architecture in the Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU), Glasgow School of Art. She has joining MSA in 2016 and she is working at the moment on the Fabric Integrated Thermal Storage for Low-Carbon Dwellings (FITS-LCD), a project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The project is a multi-disciplinary research collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, the Imperial College UCL, and the University of Bath.
She has recently completed her PhD in Sustainable Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham, a research funded by the EPSRC through the High Fliers PhD Excellence Scholarship by the Faculty of Engineering. Her thesis examines the heating and cooling potential of ground-integrated buildings on slope terrains. It analysis the effects produced by slope integration levels and types of slope building design. Her areas of interest extend to areas such as passive and low energy architecture, energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies in buildings, building thermal simulations, thermal comfort, natural ventilation and ground thermal energy.
Qualifications
BA Interior Design
Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas, Portugal
MSc, Multimedia Technologies
Nottingham Trent University, UK
MSc, Renewable Energy and Architecture
The University of Nottingham, UK
PhD, Sustainable Architecture
The University of Nottingham, UK
