iOpt is monitoring 2,400 social homes on behalf of Renfrewshire Council over the next four years for temperature, humidity and carbon-dioxide levels. The council and iOpt have already achieved a positive RoI in terms of repairs and maintenance costs, but the project’s aim is to demonstrate a much wider RoI across the whole of the…
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iOpt wins million-pound IoT housing deal
iOpt has won a tender worth up to £1 million with Renfrewshire Council to install real-time IoT devices in the council’s housing stock. The initiative has £150,000 support from the Scottish government’s ‘CanDo’ innovation fund. The two-year project will begin when lockdown restrictions are eased, with IoT sensors being fitted in selected empty properties being…
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How to tackle fuel poverty with IT
With Spring in sight, over 600,000 households will be breathing a sigh of relief as they survive yet another winter in fuel poverty. Fuel poverty is officially defined as a household which spends more than 10 per cent of its net income, after all housing costs are taken out, on heating the home and other…
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iOpt expands senior team
iOpt has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Stewart Carruth as its operations director and Jack Slater as the company’s head of technology. iOpt’s former summer intern Lewis Forster has also joined the company as a data scientist following his graduation from Glasgow University with a degree in maths and statistics. Stewart Carruth,…
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The internet of things in housing
Housing Technology interviewed experts on the internet of things (IoT) from BT Enterprise, Comms365, iOpt, Northgate Public Services and Shaw Consulting on the ways in which IoT could help housing providers and their tenants, how to go about introducing an IoT programme and deriving useful data from it, and dealing with a plethora of different…
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iOpt smart devices to combat fuel poverty
iOpt, a Glasgow-based technology start-up, has developed an IoT-based platform and associated smart devices which enable managers of large property portfolios to monitor the environment of their assets remotely. Dane Ralston, founder and managing director, iOpt, said, “Our IoT platform and sensors can help housing providers pre-empt fuel poverty problems for their tenants. Our product…
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