About me
Taru Lehtinen (née Lindberg) is a housing design teacher and PhD student at Tampere University School of Architecture.
My special interest is in architectural spatial design solutions and occupancy for ecological sustainability in housing design. Ecological sustainability focus is related to energy efficiency and operational carbon footprint of the buildings, not forgetting the essential qualitative factors such as delight and human well-being. As a housing design teacher, in turns, my interest is to share up-to-date knowledge in teaching, working interactively with the students.
Research topics
Housing Design
Sustainability
Energy Efficiency
Carbon Footprint
Spatial Design
Occupancy
Research unit
Selected publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Lindberg, T., Kaasalainen, T., Moisio, M., Mäkinen, A., Hedman, M. & Vinha, J. (2018) Potential of space zoning for energy efficiency through utilization efficiency. Advances in Building Energy Research, Taylor & Francis, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17512549.2018.1488619
Kaasalainen, T., Mäkinen, A., Lehtinen, M., Moisio, M. & Vinha, J. (2020) Architectural window design and energy efficiency: Impacts on heating, cooling and lighting needs in Finnish climates. Journal of Building engineering, 27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2019.100996
Selected other publications
Moisio, M., Kaasalainen, T., Lehtinen, T. & Hedman, M. (2018) Energiatehokkaan arkkitehtisuunnittelun ohjekortisto. [Instruction card file for energy efficient architectural design.] Tampere: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto, Asuntosuunnittelu, julkaisu 32. 148 p. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201901221135
Lehtinen, T., Papinsaari, A., Kaasalainen, T., Moisio, M. & Hedman, M. (2018) Peruskoulut ja energiatehokkuus – Tilallisista ja toiminnallisista suunnitteluperiaatteista. [Comprehensive schools and energy efficiency – On spatial and functional design principles.] Tampere: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto, Asuntosuunnittelu, julkaisu 34. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-15-4287-9
Kaasalainen, T., Lehtinen, T., Moisio, M. & Hedman, M. (2018) Ikääntyneiden tehostettu palveluasuminen – Tilallisten ratkaisujen tehokkuudesta ja toimivuudesta. [Assisted living for the elderly – On the efficiency and functionality of spatial design solutions.] Tampere: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto, Asuntosuunnittelu, julkaisu 33. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-15-4286-2
Lindberg, T. (2015) Vihreä asuinkerrostalo: Selvitys ekologisen asuinkerrostalon passiivisista suunnitteluratkaisuista energiatehokkuuden ja hiilijalanjäljen näkökulmista. [Green Apartment Block: A report of ecological apartment block's passive design strategies in energy efficiency and carbon footprint perspectives.] Master's Thesis. Tampere University of Technology, School of Architecture, Housing Design, Publication; no 21, 325 p.