The Heat Networks (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 were introduced with the objective of empowering the end-users of communal heating systems to better manage their energy use through the installation of individual heat energy meters and free access to consumption data. Two years further on, district heating specialist Insite Energy’s managing director, Peter Westwood, explains…
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Scotland’s Housing Network benchmarks with Clearview
Scotland’s Housing Network is the latest organisation to implement Clearview Business Intelligence and Reporting. Scotland’s Housing Network is the largest housing benchmarking and practice exchange organisation in Scotland, with over 120 local authorities and housing providers as members, representing almost 90 per cent of the sector by stock in Scotland. The purpose of the network…
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Alysium makes new appointment
Alysium Consulting is continuing its focus on the housing sector with the appointment of Julian Freeman as a senior consultant. Ian Lever, managing director, Alysium Consulting, said, “This is the first of a number of strategic appointments that we will be making this year after having had a very strong start to 2016. “We hope…
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Five ways wearable technology will change our lives
The internet of things (IoT) is the networking of the physical world and nothing epitomises this more than wearable technology. Everyone has become used to objects such as the Fitbit activity tracker and the Apple Watch but many people don’t appreciate the limitless potential of how wearable technology could affect their lives in the future….
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The future is bots…
Last month, at a tech meet up in London, a group of developers, entrepreneurs and the generally ‘tech curious’ got together to get their heads around all the excitement and hype surrounding the forthcoming ‘rise of the bots’. “Bots”, one excited digital engagement manager informed me, “will be everywhere by the end of the year.”…
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Be bullish with drone technology.
Interest in unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly referred to as drones, has grown significantly over the past few years. This increase in popularity has prompted an influx of publicity, both wanted and unwanted, most notably the reported collision between a drone and a British Airways flight at Heathrow airport. However, although this recent peak in…
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