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CASE STUDY:
SELWOOD HOUSING
Selwood Housing is a social housing provider Aico eagerly absorbed feedback from Selwood
in South West England with over 30 years Housing’s users, subsequently developing a
of experience and a portfolio of some 7,000 Property Insight Scores Report, which provided a
properties. A further 1,700 homes are expected sortable, filterable 0 to 100 score for each room
to be added by 2034. With the help of Aico’s and home.
IoT technology a pilot initiative was devised to
Robert Mcferran, Planned Improvement Project
enhance customer wellbeing by leveraging
Surveyor for Selwood Housing, commented:
advanced technology to monitor and manage
environmental conditions within the housing “ The equipment and devices are first class. They
stock. provide real-time data that is crucial for damp
and mould surveyors as we look to eradicate
Initially 100 properties were selected for the
damp and mould from within our housing stock.
pilot, representing a diverse range of housing
archetypes that had previously been identified as The equipment allows us to be proactive in our
having risks. Aico’s Ei1025 Environmental Sensors approach with regular updates provided by Aico’s
were strategically installed in key areas such HomeLINK technology, flagging up any of our stock
as wet rooms, habitable rooms and kitchens. that is of high risk of damp and mould.
This installation involved the integration of Aico’s
HomeLINK Gateway, enabling communication From a damp and mould perspective the
between sensors and the cloud-based HomeLINK development of the system has been helpful
portal. as the alerts for damp and mould have been
adjusted so only the very high risk properties are
Post installation training was provided to surveyors flagged. Going forward, I believe the approach to
and members of the management team at historic damp and mould will be very much data
Selwood Housing to help them navigate the driven, so further development may be required
system. The HomeLINK portal empowered the which we are happy to be part of. “
Selwood team to readily access real-time data
With damp and mould having featured in a
and customise notifications, ensuring that the
correct department responds to each specific number of news reports, this case study is seen as
offering crucial insights for organisations seeking
need and that transparency enables efficient
resource allocation and timely intervention. The to proactively address the quality of housing
through advanced environmental monitoring
training also covered the system features and how
solutions.
data is calculated in order to produce actionable
insights, risk scores and damp and mould risk Reference: Electrical Review, Volume 258, No.1, Spring 2004,
intelligence. p.26-27
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