The concept of digital twins and using data to create a virtual representation of a physical object has been part of FireAngel’s innovations since 2007 when the IoT landscape began to take shape. With housing providers facing growing pressure to improve fire safety for residents and maintain a ‘golden thread’ of asset information, meeting these…
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Aico launches new environmental sensors
Aico has launched a new range of IoT-based HomeLink environmental sensors, marking the company’s first ‘smart home’ product beyond its well-established smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms since its acquisition of HomeLink in 2020. Available in two models, the Ei1020 measures temperature and humidity while the Ei1025 measures temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide; both IoT-based sensors are…
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Cybersecurity – What’s the problem?
The problem is that cybersecurity is everybody’s problem and unless every department is involved in discussions on the solution then no solution will be truly effective. The USA’s National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) puts it very well in its Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook: “Directors need to understand and approach cybersecurity as an enterprise-wide risk management…
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Digital twins in housing
Housing Technology interviewed executives from CGA Simulation, Chimni, Civica, Gray Fox Consulting, NEC Software Solutions, Simul8 and Twinview about the role of digital twins in housing and how they can be used for better business operations, improve tenant safety and support more rigorous governance and regulatory compliance. What is a digital twin? Gray Fox Consulting’s…
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Solving network headaches with virtualisation
Mergers are never simple. When Platform Housing became one of the UK’s largest housing providers after the merger of Fortis Living and Waterloo Housing, it inherited a major IT headache. How did Platform Housing go about solving an overly-complicated networking situation that came with a high price tag? Unified but complex Following the successful merger…
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IoT building moisture monitoring at Places for People
Places for People is trialling a small number of building moisture index (BMI) diagnostic systems to assess, monitor and protect its trial properties against excess moisture. The housing provider is the first external user of the BMI technology, launched by the Property Care Association (PCA) following a three-year research project with the Institute for Environmental…
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