Publications in Scientific Journals:
B. Sommer, U. Pont, G. Moncayo, P. Bauer, Jakob Braun, M. Sommer-Nawara, I. Prieler, T. Brus, A. Mahdavi:
"Recent progress of SPIDER: Aspects of subtractive approaches to existing building's performance improvement";
Journal of Physics: Conference Series,
2069
(2021),
012086.
English abstract:
This contribution reports about methodology, progress and preliminary findings of a recent exploratory Research and Development project, pertaining to the (semi-)automated thermal retrofit of existing building's envelopes. Thereby, the potential of robots, which autonomously identify areas of facades that can be used for inserting openings into the existing wall material, is examined. The idea is based on the fact that masonry walls of historic masonry walls (especially of Gründerzeit buildings built between 1850 and 1918) often have been structurally over-dimensioned. As such, the spare thickness of the walls could be used for thermal insulation purposes. The initial idea to implement air cavities for insulation purposes is in correspondence with the predominant functional principle of most insulation materials.
German abstract:
(no german Abstract):
This contribution reports about methodology, progress and preliminary findings of a recent exploratory Research and Development project, pertaining to the (semi-)automated thermal retrofit of existing building's envelopes. Thereby, the potential of robots, which autonomously identify areas of facades that can be used for inserting openings into the existing wall material, is examined. The idea is based on the fact that masonry walls of historic masonry walls (especially of Gründerzeit buildings built between 1850 and 1918) often have been structurally over-dimensioned. As such, the spare thickness of the walls could be used for thermal insulation purposes. The initial idea to implement air cavities for insulation purposes is in correspondence with the predominant functional principle of most insulation materials.
"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012086
Electronic version of the publication:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012086/meta
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