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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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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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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