Your Homes Newcastle is taking an innovative approach to fire safety with a pilot project using thermal imaging cameras. YHN has installed Mobotix thermal-imaging cameras in three of its 45 multi-storey blocks across Newcastle in a trial partnership with OpenView Security Solutions. The project involves the installation of Mobotix thermal cameras in bin-chute rooms to…
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Castleton’s £1.3m deal with Connect Housing
Connect Housing has chosen Castleton Technology as its partner in a £1.3 million, five-year contract for the implementation of an organisation-wide suite of ERP-based housing software. The project is already underway and due to be completed by April 2020. Following a tendering and procurement process facilitated by Alysium Consulting, Castleton will deliver its integrated housing…
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Housing Insight signs Hafod Care
Hafod Care has signed a five-year contract with Housing Insight for its PanConnect supported housing software. The system is scheduled to go live in April 2019 across all of Hafod’s supported housing teams. PanConnect is already being used as a fully-mobile, floating support and care platform by other Welsh housing and care providers including Llamau,…
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Halton Housing trials Informetis AI & energy project
Halton Housing is working with AI and smart-energy start-up Informetis to trial a new method of ensuring its elderly and vulnerable tenants are safe using data from electrical appliance usage in their homes. Informetis is a spin-out from Sony’s former energy R&D division. Its aim is to enable the collection, analysis and reporting of electricity…
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Prodo’s guide to channel shift
Digital marketing agency Prodo has just published ‘Shift! How to Make Channel Shift Happen in Housing’, specifically around how social housing providers should approach channel shift and digital transformation. Prodo surveyed hundreds of housing contacts in various roles and carried out interviews with senior housing professionals involved with channel-shift projects. The result is a comprehensive…
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Castleton Technology buys Deeplake Digital
Castleton Technology has bought Deeplake Digital, developer of the Communications Manager software, for an undisclosed sum. Reported to be complementary to Castleton’s existing suite of digital engagement solutions, the acquisition of Deeplake Digital and its Communications Manager software supports the provision of two-way SMS communication between housing providers and their tenants, as well as extending…
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