The prospect of up to six months of social isolation has immediately drawn attention to connectivity in people’s homes. That attention has been largely focused on the high bandwidth needs of entertainment, social engagement and working from home. The communication networks have all come out to share their network loading data and explain to us…
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Flagship’s Switchee IoT expansion
Following the successful trial of Switchee IoT devices at 10 Flagship properties in 2017, the housing provider is now extending the project to almost 500 properties across Norfolk and Suffolk, with the aim of reducing fuel poverty and rent arrears, preventing damp and mould, and improving boiler maintenance. The first phase involved Flagship, Switchee, Gasway…
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Switchee wins Ashden Award for its innovative smart thermostat
Switchee has won the 2017 Impax Ashden Award for Energy Innovation. Switchee’s smart thermostat, designed specifically for the social housing sector, is intended to cut fuel bills for tenants and help housing providers to maintain the quality of their stock. The Ashden Awards are given to pioneers in sustainable energy and are a globally recognised…
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Switchee in the Future 50
Switchee, a provider of smart thermostats for social housing, has been included in Real Business’ Future 50, an annual list of the UK’s 50 most disruptive and innovative companies. Switchee is the only social housing-related start-up in this year’s Future 50. Since its inception in 2015, Switchee has been working with a number of local…
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Switchee raises £480,000 seed funding
Clean-tech start-up Switchee has raised a further £480,000 in seed funding to drive forward its roll-out of the first smart thermostat for large social housing providers. The latest investment brings the company’s funding to more than £1 million following the £600,000 secured in April last year. The capital will be used to expand the reach…
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Unlocking the value of IoT data
At its core, the internet of things (IoT) is the layering of connectivity onto everyday objects. As advancements in microchip technology continue to drive down the size and cost of connective chips, it has become increasingly viable to add small sensors to a growing number of everyday ‘things’. The trend is accelerating and has already…
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