FireAngel’s software product manager, Jaison Mathai, explores why housing providers should consider adopting a mobile-first approach to not only increase productivity for alarm installers but to also empower residents to take control of their fire risks. Adopting a mobile-first approach in housing through the use of apps can give tenants a more convenient and engaging…
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Infrastructure
Combating mould – Linking ‘feet on the ground’ with IT
Black mould is nothing new to housing providers and local authorities, but rises in the cost of living and high energy costs over the past year have seen its damage to homes and the accompanying health hazards skyrocket. A UK government report, ‘Damp and mould in social housing: initial findings’, published earlier this year stated…
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NEC Housing & Switchee’s damp & mould partnership
NEC Housing is partnering with Switchee to make it easier for housing providers to identify properties requiring attention and take proactive action, with a particular focus on damp and mould problems. The collaboration will combine NEC’s information management system with real-time data gathered from Switchee’s IoT-based smart devices. The combined data can then be reviewed…
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Grand Union gets 12,500 smart homes with Aico
Grand Union Housing has introduced Aico’s smart-home technologies across its portfolio of 12,500 properties to improve residents’ safety, reduce damp and mould concerns, and ensure compliance with shifting regulations. Aico’s HomeLink Connected Home IoT sensors were chosen by the housing provider for the real-time monitoring of indoor environmental conditions such as humidity and temperature as…
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Midlothian Council installs 7,000 Aico IoT sensors
Midlothian Council has begun a rollout of over 7,000 Aico Ei1000G gateways across its housing portfolio to improve compliance, help with asset management and enhance residents’ safety. The council opted to install the Ei1000G gateway across its entire housing stock; Midlothian Council had already installed Aico’s 3000 Series alarms in their properties which allowed for…
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Cybersecurity – Why your CEO should be worried
I am sure we all remember when public-sector organisations like housing providers held the view that they would never be subject to a cybersecurity attack, with us all assuming that those risks were reserved for financial and private-sector organisations with billion-pound turnovers. After all, of what value was the information held by public-sector organisations; it…
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