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@inproceedings{King:2025:10.17866/6xrn-cx50,
author = {King, A and David, L and Dayna, K and Dan, L and Toby, B-C and Childs, P},
doi = {10.17866/6xrn-cx50},
pages = {259--264},
publisher = {The University of Salford},
title = {Retrofit of floor insulation and scaling with robotic technology},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.17866/6xrn-cx50},
year = {2025}
}
TY - CPAPER
AB - 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 10million buildings in the UK with underfloor voids, and many more worldwide, scaling of such a process is a keyconsideration, and use of robots to undertake this form of intervention by retrofit companies is gaining traction.
AU - King,A
AU - David,L
AU - Dayna,K
AU - Dan,L
AU - Toby,B-C
AU - Childs,P
DO - 10.17866/6xrn-cx50
EP - 264
PB - The University of Salford
PY - 2025///
SP - 259
TI - Retrofit of floor insulation and scaling with robotic technology
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.17866/6xrn-cx50
ER -