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environment, gym or care home, is periodic service and maintenance. Water controls are no exception and must be checked regularly to make sure they are never out of action, resources aren’t wasted and they are delivering the experience users expect. IoT enabled water controls will deliver live data to facilities teams about their condition, age and frequency of use. Using this data, taps and showers within a building will develop a bespoke service schedule that’s precise and cost effective for the estates team to action.
At Rada, it’s our view that facilities teams are best placed to capitalise on the power of the IoT technologies. Estates teams are working in this data-rich environment through existing building management systems, so they are in a good position to act upon this new era of ‘smart’ data and create more dynamic, enhanced and intelligent building to the benefit of all. It is this collaboration and interaction between multiple devices, premises and people that is central to the IoT enabled experience.
Vision to reality Several developments are collectively accelerating the adoption of IoT technologies:
• The networks to support this technology are here now. IoT and big data are two sides of the same coin. Having an enabled, smart device is one thing, but it is the ability to gather and analyse this data to develop meaningful intelligence that offers the real value. Connectivity speeds and reliable connection is the corner stone for IoT. This is improving all the time: 4G is now standard and the 5G roll-out in the UK starts in 2020. There is a continued drive to roll-out fibre broadband as standard across the UK. This will offer massively improved speed and functionality. Narrowband-IoT, a technology specifically developed for IoT, is also being rolled out in the UK and will have a strong role to play.
• The government sees IoT as a key area of growth for the UK’s digital economy and has taken steps – including an investment of over £40m – to push development forward. This support has been given to research hubs and startups, and the investment has funded iotUK, an organisation tasked with encouraging the adoption of IoT in business and the public sector.
• There’s a drive for efficiency and resource optimisation, both with staff, materials and energy and water consumption. The IoT has vast potential to achieve massive resource efficiencies. This is not about technology replacing people, but helping them to do a better job and creating better premises.
• Adequate cyber security measures must be in place before further control over devices and people’s data is given to artificially intelligent systems. The government, in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre, has delivered its Secure by Design report. This sets out how it will work with industry to develop a new code of practice that will ensure security is embedded in the product development process.
At Rada, it’s our belief that the conditions for the IoT are here. To deliver the vision it’s now up to us as manufacturers to embrace the technology and integrate it into what we design and create.
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