iOpt Wins 12 Projects in 12 Weeks
iOpt today announces the award of 12 new projects over the past 12 weeks.
iOpt today announces the award of 12 new projects over the past 12 weeks.
iOpt is the leading provider of internal environmental sensors to the social housing sector in the UK, who has developed unique algorithms that interprets data into actionable insights for social housing providers.
iOpt is deploying its environmental and compliance sensors across a number of properties for 11 social housing providers and a large independent private rental company across the UK including the South East, London and Scotland.
There has been an increasing interest in the technology over the past year, month-on-month iOpt has seen increases in enquiries, in October enquiries increased by 276% on September.
Asset Managers, in particular, are increasingly looking towards advanced technology as part of their ongoing operations to manage portfolios and to improve service. By simply monitoring CO2, humidity and temperature within properties, social housing providers can unlock a plethora of intelligence.
Tactically, it can be used to manage properties remotely, making better use of time and resource as well as making data-based decisions about the major issues affecting the sector including; mould, damp, fuel poverty, issues with occupancy and the effectiveness of retrofit programs.
One of the social housing providers deploying the sensors is Great Places, who manage over 24,000 properties across the North. Its Lead Innovator - Phil Doyle, said: “When embarking on this initiative to research how a new technology like IoT can benefit us and our customers, it was crucial to find a supplier that would share our journey and our ambition. We are happy to have found that partner in iOpt.”
Mactaggart & Mickel, a private rental landlord, is deploying the sensors across a number of their properties in London. Craig Ormond a Director at Mactaggart & Mickel explains their reasons for using the solution: “Being a good landlord attracts good tenants. We manage a large portfolio of properties and are keen to create an attractive environment for our tenants. iOpt’s remote monitoring solution allows us to see the internal environment of homes in near real-time and allows us to measure temperature, humidity and CO2 levels.
“We also decided to extend their role to include fire door monitoring. The iOpt solution will allow us to reduced property visits through the ability to diagnose issues remotely and more importantly it will inform decisions regarding maintenance spend through evidence collected from data.”
““We have been working hard over the past few years to rationalise the data that is generated from our sensors. Our ambition is to constantly innovate and to work with our customers to understand their points-of-pain, how they consume data, how that fits into their wider business strategies and to stay nimble so we can adapt to their needs.”
The past 12 weeks have definitely seen our biggest growth since our inception in 2016. I think it shows a shift in the perception of IoT and the sectors understanding of how it can be used to solve some basic problems in the sector. The insights our sensors can provide is never ending. Every time we talk to clients we discover different ways we can use the data to solve problems our customers are encountering, as a result we have tripled the number of Data Analyst’s and Business Intelligence Analyst’s in the team to accelerate our learning.”
