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Retrofit of floor insulation and scaling with robotic technology
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Author(s)
King, Alexis
David, Lawlor
Dayna, Kivell
Dan, Lewis
Toby, Burgess-Clerke
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Retrofit of contemporary and historical buildings represents a significant challenge with consideration of oft interrelated issues such as energy, moisture, access, costs, value for money, longevity of the intervention as well as whether the task can be undertaken with residents in-situ and skills required. For residential buildings with a ground-floor cavity between 15 and 20% of the energy loss associated with the home can typically be reduced by use of comprehensive underfloor insulation. However, installation of insulation in a void represents a significant undertaking conventionally requiring removal of furniture and flooring and installation of carefully cut insulation boards. The task can also be undertaken by means of a robot fed into an opening between joists that traverses the cavity spraying insulation foam on the underside of the flooring that remains otherwise undisturbed. The use of robots to undertake this form of retrofit building improvement provides a route for scaling and has now been demonstrated on over 5000 homes. With over 10
million buildings in the UK with underfloor voids, and many more worldwide, scaling of such a process is a key
consideration, and use of robots to undertake this form of intervention by retrofit companies is gaining traction.
Date Issued
2025-10-27
Date Acceptance
2025-05-15
Citation
International Retrofit Conference 2025 Proceedings, 2025, pp.259-264
URI
DOI
ISBN
9781917780049
Publisher
The University of Salford
Start Page
259
End Page
264
Journal / Book Title
International Retrofit Conference 2025 Proceedings
Copyright Statement
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom. This conference proceedings is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Source
International Retrofit Conference 2025
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2025-07-03
Finish Date
2025-07-04
Coverage Spatial
Salford, UK