In the face of the current UK housing crisis, where a staggering 90,000 new homes are needed each year to meet the increase in demand, the role of repairs and asset maintenance on properties is becoming increasingly critical. Prioritising asset management Housing providers grapple with the imperative of prompt repairs and maintenance to meet the…
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Editor’s Notes
Variety, imagination, rigour & determination We’ve just completed the first round of judging the inaugural Housing Technology Awards 2024 before the entries are reviewed by our external panel of judges. Without going into the details of individual entries, the awards’ entries are a true showcase of both the breadth and depth of technology-based innovation and…
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Regenda’s Propeller Powered asset-tagging software
Regenda Group is working Propeller Powered to deploy the software provider’s Prop-FS fire door system across its properties. The Prop-FS digital toolkit comprises inspection scheduling, QR asset tagging, job management and reporting. From the end of 2021, Regenda’s fire inspectors will be using Propeller’s mobile app to capture fire-door inspection outcomes on site, tagging all…
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Remotely monitoring & protecting connected communities
The concept of digital twins and using data to create a virtual representation of a physical object has been part of FireAngel’s innovations since 2007 when the IoT landscape began to take shape. With housing providers facing growing pressure to improve fire safety for residents and maintain a ‘golden thread’ of asset information, meeting these…
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Aico launches new environmental sensors
Aico has launched a new range of IoT-based HomeLink environmental sensors, marking the company’s first ‘smart home’ product beyond its well-established smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms since its acquisition of HomeLink in 2020. Available in two models, the Ei1020 measures temperature and humidity while the Ei1025 measures temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide; both IoT-based sensors are…
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Digital twins in housing
Housing Technology interviewed executives from CGA Simulation, Chimni, Civica, Gray Fox Consulting, NEC Software Solutions, Simul8 and Twinview about the role of digital twins in housing and how they can be used for better business operations, improve tenant safety and support more rigorous governance and regulatory compliance. What is a digital twin? Gray Fox Consulting’s…
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