Clydebank Housing is using Aico’s 3000 and 600 series detectors as well as its Ei1000G SmartLink gateway to ensure tenant safety, future-proof its housing stock and meet the latest legislation to maintain compliance. In 1999, the housing provider acquired 750 houses from Scottish Homes, increasing its total stock to around 1,100 properties, catering for all…
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Mobile and new ways of working
Housing Technology asked senior executives from Digital Space (formerly Timico), Fortem, NEC Software Solutions (formerly Northgate Public Services) and Places for People on the changes they expect from mobile technologies combined with new ways of working, in the context of repairs and maintenance, dynamic scheduling, remote access, tenant services, productivity and reporting. How has mobile…
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Go digital or go home
By 2025, all housing providers will need to be fully digital, according to recent research from Altair & 3C Consultants. That’s a bold statement to make, but one that makes you sit up and think. Imagine the clock has turned back a few years; not long ago, losing a laptop meant losing your data. In…
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8×8’s real-time video repairs at Platform Housing
Platform Housing has extended its use of 8×8’s ‘experience communications as a service’ (XCaaS) cloud-based software with the addition of two-way video interaction for real-time repair diagnoses and fixes. Platform Housing’s maintenance subsidiary, Platform Property Care, conducted a pilot project to extend 8×8 XCaaS with 8×8 Video Interaction. During a month-long evaluation, the repairs and…
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Getting value from your data
The housing sector is heavily regulated, with housing providers required to support and improve the lives of tenants while meeting a number of regulatory requirements. It’s therefore vital to keep on top of areas such as finance, maintenance and repairs, tenancies and voids, contractors and partner agencies and much more. Many housing providers cite difficulties…
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Getting practical with the internet of housing
The business case for the adoption of an ‘internet of housing’ strategy by housing providers is now well-proven after numerous trials (see our archive at housing-technology.com), predicated on the installation of IoT devices in tenants’ homes and communal areas coupled to back-office analytics and reporting software. The next stage in the widespread adoption of IoT…
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