In the wake of the pandemic, a new phenomenon has manifested as people reassess their work/life balance, dubbed by the media as ‘the great resignation’. With many employees choosing to resign from their jobs, the great resignation means that businesses are experiencing a significant skills shortage. A recent survey suggested that almost a third of…
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Infrastructure
Aico launches AudioLink+
Aico has launched the second version of its award-winning AudioLink technology to make it easier and faster to access real-time data from Aico’s alarms via its free AudioLink+ app. With the average time to take a report taking around five seconds, the Aico app generates a simple-to-read, colour-coded report on a range of alarm data…
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Cyber-attacks and reputation management
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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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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