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Indoor Environmental Quality, Building Performance Evaluation, Occupant Survey, User Satisfaction

Biography

Architect and Urban Planner graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2014); Master in Architecture (UFSC, 2022).

Since 2023 is developing her PhD at the Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings (LabEEE/UFSC), under supervision of Professor Roberto Lamberts.

In 2012 was granted with public founding scholarship Science without Borders (CsF - CAPES), participating in an exchange program at Cardiff Metropolitan University, on Architectural Design and Technology course, in Cardiff, Wales.

Currently leads her own company, working as a pratictioner Architect and Consultant, and acting as Inspector for the Brazilian Energy Efficiency in Buildings Labeling Program (PBE-Edifica) and as an Auditor for AQUA-HQE Certification at Fundação Carlos Alberto Vanzolini.

Has experience in Architectural Desing, working mainly on the following topics: environmental comfort, energy efficiency and sustainability.

Activities

Education and qualifications (2)

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BR

2020-10 to 2022-10 | Master of Science in Architecture (Postgraduate Programm in Architeture and Urban Planning (PosARQ))
Education
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Luiza de Castro

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BR

2008-08 to 2014-09 | Architect and Urban Planner (Architeture and Urban Planning)
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Funding (2)

User satisfaction evaluation of Internal Environmental Quality for office buildings

2021-09 to 2022-10 | Grant
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

88887.644663/2021-00

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Science without Borders

2012-09 to 2013-09 | Grant
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

99999.006508/2012-00 (Migrated - BEX)

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Works (5)

Design process for an occupant survey system to assess satisfaction with indoor environmental quality

Building Research & Information
2025-02-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Luiza Castro; Renata De Vecchi; Roberto Lamberts
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Natural ventilation in Brazilian homes: depicting perceptions, usage patterns and motivations in a questionnaire survey

Building Research & Information
2025-02-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Carolina Buonocore; Luiza Castro; Renata De Vecchi; Roberto Lamberts; Saulo Güths
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Practical differences in operating buildings across countries and climate zones: Perspectives of building managers/operators

Energy and Buildings
2023-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0378-7788
Contributors: Luiza de Castro; Maíra André; Karol Bandurski; Arkasama Bandyopadhyay; Mateus Bavaresco; Carolina Buonocore; Luiza de Castro; Jakob Hahn; Michael Kane; Carola Lingua et al.
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Luiza de Castro

Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations

Building and Environment
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0360-1323
Contributors: Luiza de Castro; Giorgia Chinazzo; Rune Korsholm Andersen; Elie Azar; Verena M. Barthelmes; Cristina Becchio; Lorenzo Belussi; Christiane Berger; Salvatore Carlucci; Stefano Paolo Corgnati et al.
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Luiza de Castro

USERS’ ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL FANS IN A WARM OFFICE SPACE IN BRAZIL

The Journal of Engineering Research [TJER]
2022-02-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1726-6742
Part of ISSN: 1726-6009
Contributors: Maíra Afonso de André; Carolina de Oliveira Buonocore; Luiza de Castro; Roberto Lamberts
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