An internet of things (IoT) initiative in Renfrewshire is helping to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save local authorities millions of pounds on property management and repair bills. Working with Renfrewshire Council, smart asset management company iOpt Assets has been detecting temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels at 50 social homes around…
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Housing Management
Key steps for GDPR
Although many of the main principles of GDPR are the same as the current Data Protection Act and even if you are already complying with this, there are new elements and significant changes which mean organisations will need to rethink their current procedures and practices. There are a variety of ways in which housing organisations…
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GDPR and housing
Cutting straight to the point about GDPR, the central sentiment is that data belongs to the individual and not to you. Depending on the letters you are planning to send then different rules apply. Housing providers would be unlikely to send marketing letters (which would mean that if you have built your database yourself then…
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Corgi launches compliance software
Launched a year ago, Corgi Technical Services has reported on the success of its Compliance Document Management System (CDMS), developed to seamlessly link into housing providers’ gas and electrical compliance workflow processes. CDMS reads any electronic documents produced by any third-party data-capture or certificating software without the need for direct integration. Using artificial intelligence (AI),…
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Smart-Ventilation launches IoT housing app
Smart-Ventilation has developed an IoT-enabled, low-energy ventilation system that provides an intelligent means to control indoor air quality and reduce condensation and moisture problems, particularly for modern airtight properties. Smart-Vent is connected to the cloud via LoRaWAN, removing the need for a broadband router in each property. Remote data access provides real-time monitoring and environmental…
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Grŵp Cynefin takes MIS AMS housing software
Grŵp Cynefin has gone live with new ActiveH housing management software from MIS AMS to manage its rents, repairs, resident communications, planned maintenance, business intelligence reporting and CRM in a single integrated system. Following its creation from the merger of two smaller housing providers, Grŵp Cynefin began evaluating how to integrate the new organisation’s housing…
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