Aico has had a longstanding relationship with Southend-on-Sea City Council for many years, supporting the installation of its fire and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm systems. The council aims to reach net-zero emissions by 2030 and is now launching a proactive retrofit programme for its 6,000 homes. These properties comprise 46 per cent of the council’s…
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Protecting the vulnerable with connected technology
Advances in smart solutions are creating safer homes and protecting potentially vulnerable residents from danger. When dementia affects more than 900,000 people in the UK (estimated to grow to 1.6 million by 2040) and with one in six of the adult population affected by hearing loss, the increasing need for innovative solutions to safeguard potentially…
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Southwark Council upgrades residents’ safety with Aico
Southwark Council has a portfolio of nearly 38,000 properties, including six high-rise blocks on the Brandon estate in south London. Recognising that its current alarms had nearly reached the end of their operational life, the council embarked on a significant upgrade project. Transforming the fire alarm infrastructure The Brandon estate’s existing alarm system relied on…
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A silver bullet from the Open Data Forum
What happens when you have a conversation about how technology and data could be the ‘silver bullet’ to the many challenges and hurdles faced in social housing? The answer is a small and committed group of individuals from housing providers, government, local authorities and consultancies who have formed to champion the ideas of collaboration, transparency…
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Self-customisation killed the ‘home brew’
My first job, while still at university, was to help a company move its customer relations database from an Access creation to an industry standard CRM. That was back in 2000, and ‘home brew’ low-code options have been around far longer. They all have the same back story, led by someone who knew a particular…
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The next generation of housing IT
Housing Technology’s editorial team is in the middle of researching the next generation of IT providers for our sector, the results of which will be published in our special Proptechs & Housing IT Start-ups 2024/25 report in July. If you’re using or investigating innovative software options from smaller technology start-ups and/or proptechs, we’d love to…
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