Dr Linda Toledo
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Architecture
Personal statement
I am a Strathclyde Chancellor’s Fellow in Healthy Buildings and a lecturer in the Department of Architecture. I was trained as an architect and after gaining professional experience in Italy and Belgium, I pursued a Master's in Sustainable Design and obtained a PhD in Sustainable Buildings.
My research looks at the risks of overheating and poor indoor air quality in low-energy housing (new build and renovated) and the role of adaptive comfort and ventilation in this. My research covers different themes of the sustainable built environment (i.e. thermal comfort, low-energy design, urban regeneration and climate change adaptation), with research experiences in different countries (Italy, the UK, Brazil and Perú).
I have recently been awarded a Seal of Excellence Fellowship for the project ADAPTIVE HOUSING at EURAC Research in Bolzano (Italy), where I am using climate change projections to test the vulnerability and resilience of low-energy homes in the context of rising temperatures.
Publications
- Photovoltaic technologies in historic buildings and protected areas : comprehensive legislative framework in Italy and Switzerland
- Lucchi Elena, Dall'Orto Isabella, Peluchetti Alessia, Toledo Linda, Pelle Martina, López Cristina Polo, Guazzi Giulia
- Energy Policy Vol 161 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112772
- Risks of overheating in highly insulated English houses : an investigation into the design process, comfort performance and occupant behaviour.
- Toledo Linda
- (2018)
- Development of the ASHRAE global thermal comfort database II
- Ličina Veronika Földváry, Cheung Toby, Zhang Hui, de Dear Richard, Parkinson Thomas, Arens Edward, Chun Chungyoon, Schiavon Stefano, Toledo Linda
- Building and Environment, Vol 142, pp. 502-512 (2018)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.06.022
- Convergence and interoperability of BIM with passive design principles
- Crilly Michael, Toledo Linda
- 22nd International Passive House Conference 2018, pp. 371-377 (2018)
- Resilience in Latin America : exploring flooding mitigation in Bogotá (Colombia)
- Toledo Linda, Novegil-González-Anleo Francisco Javier, Cubillos- González Rolando-Arturo
- 33rd International on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017 (2017)
- Vulnerability and resilience in energy efficient homes : thermal response to heatwaves
- Toledo Linda, Cropper Paul C, Wright Andrew J
- 33rd International on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017, pp. 875-882 (2017)
Projects
- Research to identify if changes to guidance in standard 3.14 ventilation in 2015 have been effective in improving ventilation and indoor air quality
- Howieson, Stirling (Co-investigator) Sharpe, Tim (Principal Investigator) McGill, Grainne (Co-investigator) Toledo, Linda (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Principal Investigator)
- The 2015 regulations required all new dwellings to have CO2 monitors installed to alert the occupants to poor indoor air quality that would encourage them to open windows and provide purge ventilation.
- 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023
- Measure, inform, nudge: an integrated, human-centric air quality measurement and visualisation system
- Sharpe, Tim (Principal Investigator) McGill, Grainne (Co-investigator) Toledo, Linda (Researcher)
- SBRI Phase 2 Project - follow on from RKES 201683
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- Research to identify if changes to guidance in Standard 3.14 Ventilation in 2015 have been effective in improving ventilation and indoor air quality
- Sharpe, Tim (Principal Investigator) Howieson, Stirling (Co-investigator) McElroy, Lori (Co-investigator) McGill, Grainne (Co-investigator) Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Co-investigator) Toledo, Linda (Researcher)
- Scottish Governement Tender response (consultancyu services)
- 18-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Linda
Toledo
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Architecture
Email: linda.toledo@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted