Iris Costa Fajardo Werneck Loche
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Iris Loche is a postdoctoral researcher in the Building Performance group at Eindhoven University of Technology, contributing to the JUST PREPARE project. Her research focuses on developing renovation strategies for social housing to improve energy efficiency while considering the diverse needs and behaviours of residents.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Iris Loche holds a Ph.D. in Building Physics from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil (2024), and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Federal de Vi莽osa, Brazil (2018). In her doctoral research, she developed decision-making guidelines for balcony design to optimize daylight, thermal and energy performance in office buildings. During her PhD, she was also a visiting researcher at the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University and the Department of the Built Environment at Eindhoven University of Technology, where she advanced her research on sustainable building performance.
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