Dr Carolina Recart
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Architecture
Personal statement
Carolina Recart is an architect by training, currently serving as a Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow in Architecture and Health at the University of Strathclyde. She holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington, United States, where her doctoral research explored the unintended consequences of energy retrofits—particularly the risks of neglecting the hygrothermal performance of building envelopes. Prior to her current role, Carolina was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands. Her research there focused on strategies to reduce energy demand in existing buildings, with a particular emphasis on integrating occupants' energy practices into retrofitting processes. Her work aims to improve the energy performance of residential buildings and to envision innovative, low-energy futures for the built environment. Beyond her research, Carolina is actively engaged in academic publishing. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Building Performance Simulation and regularly contributes as a peer reviewer for several leading journals in the field.
Prize And Awards
- Early Career Editorial Board Member
- Recipient
- 2024
- Fulbright Chile
- Recipient
- 2018
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Recipient
- 2016
- Best Graduation Design Project - Architecture
- Recipient
- 2013
Publications
- Integrating residents' heating practices into energy retrofit decision-making : a sufficiency-oriented approach
- Loche Iris, Recart Carolina, Kuijer Lenneke, Loonen Roel
- Journal of Building Engineering Vol 112 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.113781
- Rethinking retrofit approaches : evaluating the impact of occupant heating practices on efficiency and costs
- Recart Carolina, Loche Iris
- 6th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (2025)
- Resident-oriented energy-saving measures : performance assessment of a warm room for apartment buildings
- Loche Iris, Recart Carolina, Kuijer Lenneke, Loonen Roel
- 6th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (2025)
- Quantifying energy efficiency potential in existing residential buildings : integrating heating practices into energy retrofit projects
- Recart Carolina, Loche Iris, Kuijer Lenneke, Loonen Roel
- CLIMA 2025 (2025)
- Performance assessment of energy saving measured tailored to resident’s heating practices
- Loche Iris, Recart Carolina, Kuijer Lenneke, Loonen Roel
- CLIMA 2025 (2025)
- Impacts of air cavities on hygrothermal performance of retrofitted timber frame assemblies in six U.S. climates
- Recart Carolina, Sturts Dossick Carrie, Mendez Echenegucia Tomas
- ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2023 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485248.100
Professional Activities
- Results in Engineering (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2025
- Journal of Building Engineering (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2025
- Buildings and Cities (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2025
- Buildings (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2024
- Energy Efficiency (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2024
- Atmosphere (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2024
Projects
- Modelling Innovative Use Scenarios for Future Domestic Comfort (MIESDOC)
- Recart, Carolina (Principal Investigator) Kuijer, Lenneke (Principal Investigator) Loonen, Roel (Principal Investigator)
- MIESDOC is an innovative research project aimed at exploring the potential of future scenarios involving unconventional residential energy retrofit approaches. MIESDOC is part of the Built Environment Heat Transition (BEHeaT) program initiated by the Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES). Within the broader BEHeaT program, research is conducted into the development of new technologies, materials, and dynamic models towards facilitating the energy transition in the Netherlands.
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- CD-Ines, Research Project
- Recart, Carolina (Principal Investigator)
- Funded by the Research Center for the development of construction Technology from the University of Bio-Bio to develop an IT tool for statistical assessment of airtightness levels in existing buildings in Chile
- 03-Jan-2014 - 31-Jan-2016
- FONDEF VIU, Research Project Stage 1 and 2
- Recart, Carolina (Principal Investigator)
- Principal Investigator. Funded by Chile’s National Agency for Innovation and Development to develop energy-efficient and ready to install cladding system.
- 03-Jan-2014 - 01-Jan-2017
Contact
Dr
Carolina
Recart
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Architecture
Email: carolina.recart@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted