SPEAKERS

Raúl Castaño
Tampereen korkeakoulusäätiö sr

Dr Raúl Castaño is an interdisciplinary architect engineer with a focus on sustainable, resilient and affordable housing. Through his PhD, he developed a novel model to assess energy vulnerability based on the relationship between building performance and households’ quality of life. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University, Finland, where he teaches the importance of a human-centred lens to achieve sustainable, resilient and affordable housing.

Ongoing activities focus on: Climate Change and Summer Energy Poverty; Transport Energy Poverty; Sustainable, Smart and Affordable Built Environment; Urban Shrinkage.