Plus Dane Housing has appointed Q-Bot to upgrade its housing stock and use its robots to install underfloor insulation over the next two years. The contract is also the first to be done through Procurement for Housing’s ‘social housing emerging disruptors’ framework. The large retrofit programme aims to improve the energy efficiency of at least…
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Q-Bot robots win eco-award
Q-Bot has won the 2018 Ashden Award for UK sustainable buildings following its innovative use of robots to insulate suspended floors. When insulating a house, treating cavity walls and lofts are relatively easy. For properties with suspended floors, a quarter of the heat loss can be through the floor. Traditional methods of insulating suspended floors…
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Warmth on prescription from robots at Islington Council
The serious health effects of cold homes have led London’s Islington Council to trial a ‘warmth on prescription’ programme aimed at improving the homes of those with serious health conditions, using robots from Q-Bot to insulate floors. The Q-Bot devices crawl under suspended timber floors and insulate them from below, making the property not only…
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