Mergers are never simple. When Platform Housing became one of the UK’s largest housing providers after the merger of Fortis Living and Waterloo Housing, it inherited a major IT headache. How did Platform Housing go about solving an overly-complicated networking situation that came with a high price tag? Unified but complex Following the successful merger…
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084 – November 2021
IoT building moisture monitoring at Places for People
Places for People is trialling a small number of building moisture index (BMI) diagnostic systems to assess, monitor and protect its trial properties against excess moisture. The housing provider is the first external user of the BMI technology, launched by the Property Care Association (PCA) following a three-year research project with the Institute for Environmental…
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Housing in 2035…
Home working, green spaces and energy efficiency – uncovering housing priorities for the next decade; Civica’s Mark Holdsworth looks ahead to the future of social housing in 2035. Today’s housing providers are facing tightening finances while balancing affordable rents. They’re trying to be more responsive to the resident voice. They’re having to meet new and…
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Speculative design – The wider implications of AI in housing
This article is based on work from the CHAI academic research project, which explores how individuals can best recognise and protect themselves against potential security risks posed by AI-enabled smart technologies in the home. It is a three-year EPSRC-funded project involving five UK universities in collaboration with Housing Technology. Benefits vs. risks of AI technologies…
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Modular housing – Production, process & standardisation
To meet the UK’s challenge of delivering two million homes during a time of skills shortages and rising materials’ costs, we need to show that technology can help us achieve our goals; adopting a manufacturing approach means embracing the principles of production, process and standardisation. Standardised components Often referred to as ‘platform design for manufacture…
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Digital twin or digital cousin?
A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical object. It comprises an interconnected system of sensors and data analysis methods using aspects of artificial intelligence to learn about the systems it is monitoring and predict when issues may arise based on the experience it has seen. The impact on an organisation of having…
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