Following a two-year pilot project in 500 homes, Flagship Group is installing Switchee smart thermostats in 20,000 of its properties from April 2021 onwards, with the aim of moving closer to a proactive and predictive maintenance strategy. As well as cutting tenants’ fuel bills, data is sent from the Switchee devices via the mobile phone…
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Sophos whitepaper on cyber-security in housing
Sophos has just published a whitepaper, ‘Housing-sector cybersecurity: How to build strong security foundations & respond to cyber incidents in 2021’. The whitepaper profiles three housing providers, Action Housing & Support, Futures Housing and Williamsburgh Housing, and looks at how they have developed their own solutions to the problems of cybersecurity risk, limited budgets and…
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Vericon’s connected boiler trial in Cambridge
South Cambridgeshire District Council has installed Vericon Systems’ BCM devices in tenants’ homes as part of a ‘connected boiler’ pilot project to remotely monitor the condition of boilers and predict when failures are likely. The devices are monitored and managed via Vericon’s online portal, with performance data that can be recorded and analysed to predict…
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Are you ready for a breach?
The increased threat of ransomware in housing Cybercriminals no longer simply target multinational companies, the NHS or governments with ransomware; they increasingly have smaller organisations, such as housing providers, in their sights. Before the pandemic, digital transformation was already underway, with housing providers adopting smart home solutions, introducing tenant portals and generally taking a ‘digital…
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Riverside’s ‘digital business’
Riverside Group is a group of complementary businesses driven by a clear social purpose, with a charitable housing provider at its core. It’s critical that our income goes as far as it can; we need to deliver more and better services with the same money, so gaining value for money from our technology spending is…
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Digital approaches to mould and damp
According to recent research, mould and damp are a growing problem in social housing – with all the associated health and legal risks. FireAngel’s director of connected homes, James King, discusses how, with new digital technologies, housing providers can minimise those risks and respond to problems quickly and proactively. Condensation, damp & mould Over the…
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