When cybercriminals strike, it’s easy for housing providers to forget the impact a breach can have on their tenants as they focus their energies on restoring IT systems. Housing providers might not seem to be obvious targets for cybercriminals, but they appeal to them for several reasons: They hold a treasure chest of personal data;…
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Infrastructure
Driving down disrepairs with data
As the colder months creep closer, how can housing providers use sensor technology to target disrepairs and establish healthier homes? In 2018, 17,000 people died because they couldn’t afford to heat their homes. And the following year, four million properties were found to fall short of the minimum requirements of the Decent Homes Standard. Sadly,…
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Stirling Council rolls out Aico’s HomeLink sensors
As part of its five-year plan to make more housing available, Stirling Council is using Aico’s HomeLink IoT-based environmental sensors to get more data on the state of its properties with a view to moving towards proactive maintenance. The data collected from the HomeLink sensors, including indoor temperature, relative humidity and carbon dioxide, is helping…
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Aico helps with housing decarbonisation
Applications for the next wave of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) open in September 2022, with Aico offering to help housing providers with their bids for funding. The SHDF is a £3.8 billion programme to help housing providers fund improvements to the energy performance of their property portfolios. This latest wave of funding includes…
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IoT and social housing
While IoT technology has been firmly established as an essential tool in commercial settings for some time, it’s only more recently that its many benefits are being realised within domestic properties (incl. social housing). From reducing energy waste and managing internal air quality (IAQ) to enhancing security, IoT technology offers a way for tenants to…
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The technology foundations for decarbonisation & disrepair
Tackling decarbonisation and disrepair are rightly at the top of the agenda for the majority of housing providers in the UK. The housing sector carries an enormous responsibility when it comes to the UK’s ‘net zero’ agenda. According to the government, heating our homes accounted for 17 per cent of all UK carbon emissions in…
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