This article is based on work from the CHAI academic research project, which explores how individuals can best recognise and protect themselves against potential security risks posed by AI-enabled smart technologies in the home. It is a three-year EPSRC-funded project involving five UK universities in collaboration with Housing Technology. Benefits vs. risks of AI technologies…
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Infrastructure
Modular housing – Production, process & standardisation
To meet the UK’s challenge of delivering two million homes during a time of skills shortages and rising materials’ costs, we need to show that technology can help us achieve our goals; adopting a manufacturing approach means embracing the principles of production, process and standardisation. Standardised components Often referred to as ‘platform design for manufacture…
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Digital twin or digital cousin?
A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical object. It comprises an interconnected system of sensors and data analysis methods using aspects of artificial intelligence to learn about the systems it is monitoring and predict when issues may arise based on the experience it has seen. The impact on an organisation of having…
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Aico engages Poplar HARCA’s tenants
Poplar HARCA is about to deploy Aico’s IoT-based environmental sensors which will monitor temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide across its housing portfolio. As part of its implementation plan, Aico recently hosted a two-day tenant engagement session with the housing provider and some of its tenants, where they discussed the importance of fire safety and walked…
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Pinpointing high-risk residents with IoT
Nick Rutter, chief product officer at FireAngel, explores how housing providers can use the internet of things (IoT) to identify those most at risk of a fire in our communities and intervene to prevent future incidents. In the past year, purpose-built properties had around 7,000 fires reported, according to government figures. However, it’s estimated that…
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Untangling risk management
Risk management should be part of all housing providers’ ongoing business operations; after all, taking risks and mitigating those risks is part and parcel of everyone’s daily lives. However, in the context of risk management, it’s worth being a little more specific about what we mean, first to avoid confusion, and second as a way…
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