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Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This document aims to highlight current challenges in the Social Housing segment and how current smart technologies and property management technology trends can be used to address some of these challenges. The document also highlights how the Simaxx Analytics platform is utilising the latest technology to provide the necessary insights to help address these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHALLENGES IN SOCIAL HOUSING<\/p>\n\n\n\n (National Housing Federation, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UK has set in law a target to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. To achieve this, housing associations need to work in partnership with the government to insulate many of their homes and replace fossil fuel heating systems with ‘clean heat’ technologies such as heat pumps and heat networks. Decarbonising Britain\u2019s homes is not only an essential part of tackling the climate emergency, but it also combats fuel poverty, supercharges the economy, creates jobs, and creates warmer homes and cleaner air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With large and distributed building portfolios, it can be difficult to identify how and where reductions can be made in energy consumption and carbon emissions. Smart meters, that capture Utility data, can be paired with cloud-based analytic platforms to provide profile alerts, monitor consumption, target anomalies, and reduce environmental impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Continued pressure on organisations to achieve more on planned and remedial maintenance with the same or less staff need smart solutions to maximise the efficiencies of available resources. Landlords and Social Housing organisations have an obligation to provide safe living space with respect to critical services. In the light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, the internal environmental conditions also contribute to a tenant\u2019s overall satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BUILDING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. HEAT CONTROL<\/strong> 4. IOT FOR BETTER ASSET OPTIMISATION Social Housing and Compliance Requirements<\/strong> Due to the poor success rate of energy efficiency retrofit works, the Government department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has introduced the PAS 2035 standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Section 14 of this standard highlights the requirements for monitoring and evaluation of and Energy Efficiency Measure (EEM) projects, to \u2018determine whether the intended outcomes of the retrofit project have been realized, and to identify and learn from any project-specific or systematic problems with the retrofit risk assessment, the dwelling assessment, the retrofit design, the installation of EEMs, or the testing, commissioning, or handover of EEMs\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Smart Technology, such as the Simaxx Analytics platform, can facilitate the data gathering and assessment process for EEM projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Simaxx and the Innovative Housing Programme (IHP)<\/strong> We are working with Technology providers to receive the data from sites using a secure cellular communication platform. The data collected from the site is presented in a simple and consistent dashboard view. Analytics and alerts are then configured to provide insights into the performance of the properties based on Key measurements prioritised by the local council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reports and alerts can be tailored to provide effective post-occupancy validation of the installation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For further information contact \u2018sales@simaxx.com\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Innovative Housing Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Innovative Housing Programme (IHP) aims to create demonstrator schemes to help inform the Welsh Government about the type of social housing it should support financially in the future. The programme has supported innovation in construction techniques, delivery pathways and housing types across all tenures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Houses that generate their own power and homes built using local supply chains are some of the projects to share in \u00a391m of innovative housing funding during the first three years of the programme. The programme has so far funded 52 capital schemes to deliver over 1,400 new innovative homes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Welsh Government Document 2021)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
2. ENERGY EFFICIENCY <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE<\/strong>
Makes use of IoT sensors and other hardware devices to get a report on the state of a commercial building and all the equipment in it. These kinds of innovations tell you exactly when and where maintenance should be provided (IT Trends, 2018).
2. AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENT
<\/strong>One major trend is how smart building air quality can have an impact on the productivity of tenants. IoT devices can be used to check and measure the air quality as well as the CO2 level (Future proptech, 2018). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The use of thermal imaging will allow managers to check for equipment that is outside of the temperature range. Making issue detection easier and enabling a maintenance timeframe before system disruption occurs. (Facility executive, 2018).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>IoT helps to create asset optimisation. It enables managers to use technological solutions, improving the uptime of building equipment mitigating possible loss of product (Future proptech, 2018).
5. IOT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
<\/strong>The most important impact that IoT has on buildings is energy efficiency. Using data to provide well-founded information helps managers to control their assets better and reduce harmful waste in the environment (Facility executive, 2018)
6. REAL-TIME DATA ACCESSIBILITY
<\/strong>IoT applications allow managers to conduct various experiments to check the result of optimization. It also enables them to use IoT devices in monitoring buildings systems using a single view panel (IT Trends, 2018).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nUse cases in Social Housing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The UK devolved parliaments are investing significantly into the use of Smart Technology as part of a strategy to tackle the challenges of climate, sustainability, and net-zero goals within the Social Housing Segment. Programmes such as the Innovative Housing Programme in Wales are well underway. Similar schemes are under review in England and Scotland. (Clean Growth Strategy, Green Deal & Catapult Connected Places). Websites like Housemark.co.uk are a useful repository for collating information about current trends in the segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simaxx has been working with key stakeholders in the Welsh Government\u2019s Innovative Housing Programme. The Simaxx platform is already being used to monitor the performance of over 300 properties in local regional council social housing stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\nContinuous Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n