Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on the way we use our homes and in the context of social housing this generates numerous challenges to residents and landlords. People have spent more time in their own homes than ever before, leading to higher levels of disrepair. Meanwhile, repairing properties is difficult and costly for landlords as a result of social distancing requirements, and landlords are facing higher levels of rent arrears due to wider financial impacts.
The need to find smarter ways of improving housing quality is made more urgent by the introduction of new legislation to the sector. On the 20th of December 2018 the _Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018_ received royal assent. The bill received widespread bipartisan support from politicians as well as high-profile members of the housing industry.
Switchee will design and accredit a sensor that includes CO2, volatile organic compounds (VOC), temperature, light and humidity monitors and that can be deployed at low cost into social housing properties and communicate over the GSM (Cellular) network. The sensor will communicate via the new Switchee Econa home hub.
Switchee will also develop a FFHH landlord accessible SaaS portal and associated complex and proprietary data algorithms. These purpose-built algorithms will make an assessment on the property's current and future predicted state with respect to compliance with the FFHH Act.
Switchee is the market leader in IoT-enabled data analytics for the residential landlord market. Our mission is to help landlords access the information they need to deliver exceptional homes to their residents while reducing carbon emissions generated by the housing sector.
We are currently working with over 50 housing providers. Our initial market focus has been on UK social housing, but we have big ambitions to help improve the quality of other sectors of the housing market in the UK and beyond.
What makes Switchee stand head and shoulders above any other competitors is our access to multiple real time, accurate data feeds, coming directly out of the properties we help to manage.
Switchee installs internet-connected devices in each property. Our unique equipment allows residents to make better use of their heating system. It also provides the raw data feeds Switchee uses to generate real time analytics on how the property is performing.
This project aims to expand the scope of services and analytics that Switchee can offer to landlords by building on top of our novel hardware.
When this project is completed, Switchee will be able to:
* help landlords quickly identify if a property is suffering from damp and mould
* enable facilities managers to target the properties with high risk issues
* determine if a boiler is going to break down and quickly get it fixed before it does
Our data feeds open up massive opportunities for social landlords to get smarter about how they manage their properties, and huge public health benefits from ensuring that insulation, heating and ventilation matches the occupancy demands in the property.
Switchee have built a proof of concept prototype (patent pending) smart thermostat for larger landlords which will be the first of its kind, as it will monitor occupant usage patterns and adjust heating provision accordingly. We have tested the prototype in a cohort of social housing and received a very positive response. We have 9 further UK housing associations signed up for concept trials. The value proposition is that by monitoring and learning occupancy habits and trends, Switchee can optimise heating controls and reduce both energy bills and the carbon foorprint of social homes by up to 20%. The data Switchee uses to understand occupancy patterns can give landlord maintenance and customer support teams valuable management information.
This project seeks to take Switchee from a prototype device that has already demonstrated proof of concept and take it through the development stage. We will work with potential end users to gain commercial feedback and evidence of utility, to enable a focussed project launch after project completion.
Switchee have built a proof of concept prototype smart thermostat for larger landlords which will be the first of
its kind, as it will monitor occupant usage patterns and adjust heating provision accordingly. We have tested
the prototype in a cohort of social housing and received a very positive response. We have 9 further UK
housing associations signed up for concept trials. The value proposition is that by monitoring and learning
occupancy habits and trends, Switchee can optimise heating controls and reduce both energy bills and the
carbon foorprint of social homes by up to 20%. The data Switchee uses to understand occupancy patterns can
give landlord maintenance and customer support teams valuable management information.
This InnovateUK project seeks to take Switchee from a prototype device that has already demonstrated proof
of concept and take it through the development stage. We will work with potential end users to gain
commercial feedback and evidence of utility, to enable a focussed project launch after project completion
Our product is an intelligent, Internet connected, autonomous thermostat that we project can
save between 10 and 20% in home energy use. We are focused on the social housing market.
This project focuses on delivering the research required to demonstrate technological
feasibility and a basic prototype that delivers sufficient functionality to enable basic trials with
our partners, thereby validating that customer needs have been met.
switchee is an all-in-one home automation system targeted at the B2B managed housing
market. It integrates multiple novel technologies into a single unit which turns an existing
light switch or thermostat into a smart, connected device. It provides property management
functionality in additional to standard home automation features.
Switchee is a simple, all-in-one home management and energy saving device which provides complete heating, lighting and security control from a single affordable device designed to appeal to the main stream consumer.