<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/D83370F5-53A7-4D94-A20A-D07AC6F61FA3" ns1:id="D83370F5-53A7-4D94-A20A-D07AC6F61FA3"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/159297B7-10DF-4EE3-AF60-4DB8605CBF6D" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C7BDFFA9-156C-43AA-9A21-39196A5ECF48" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/FAABF2EB-AEB2-4A67-A79E-39B8F8121932" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C7BDFFA9-156C-43AA-9A21-39196A5ECF48" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2017-05-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/1B8658BA-18F2-48E4-BF34-A91E8A693687" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2016-12-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">132438</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Intelligent Air Brick (IAB)</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>SHS is an energy advisory organisation that has delivered 15,000 assessments and energy efficiency 

interventions (~120,000 tCO2 savings) under the ECO scheme and has developed innovative retrofit solutions. 


Domestic space heating is responsible for 15% of the greenhouse gases. Up to 20% of our homes' heat escapes 

through the floor. This affects nearly 9 million homes, 20% of which lives in Fuel Poverty. Despite this, floor 

insulation hasn’t become widespread yet, due to the high cost and high disruption. 


We idenitifed a need for a low-cost hogh impact passive ventilation to utomatically control the air-flow via air-

bricks to floor voids, in order to a) reduce floor heat loss; b) improve dwelling airtightness; c) mitigate risk of 

condensation. The same mechanism can then be adopted to other applications within the home (e.g. trickle 

vents, bathroom extracts, loft soffits).</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>