SHAL Housing has launched a smart-home scheme in partnership with Vericon Systems, Adey and City Plumbing to evaluate the use of intelligent technologies to enhance the efficiency and management of its properties’ heating systems.
City Plumbing kitted out five SHAL Housing properties with Adey’s Sense range of digitally-enabled systems that help to prevent heating system breakdowns, integrated with Vericon’s IoT sensors and boiler monitoring system.
Vericon’s technology provides real-time data from IoT sensors, including the ability to monitor the temperature and humidity of individual rooms for the early detection of damp and mould.
Combined with Adey Sense’s connected filters, SHAL Housing now receives real-time alerts to prioritise ‘at risk’ systems, allowing for timely maintenance before breakdowns occur.
The housing provider reported significant improvements in four out of the five properties in the trial, including the identification of faults and inefficiencies in their heating systems before the properties’ tenants were even aware of them.
Angela Gascoigne, CEO, SHAL Housing, said, “The Vericon and Adey system enables us to make sure that our boilers and whole gas system is working as well as possible. We can monitor information from the system and be proactive in terms of maintenance instead of relying on tenants to tell us if there’s a problem.”
