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Creating healthy homes: Aico launch newEnvironmental Sensors


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ntroducing an exciting innovation in home life safety frommarket leaders Aico, their brand- newHomeLINK Environmental Sensors.


Designed to create bettermaintained, healthier, energy efficient homes, Aico’s Environmental Sensors are discreet and secure, placed throughout the home tomonitor temperature, humidity and


Carbon Dioxide (CO2). Available in twomodels; the Ei1020measures


temperature and humidity while the Ei1025


measures temperature, humidity and CO2, the Environmental Sensors provide actionable insights into conditions such asmould risk, draught risk, excess cold, heat loss and indoor air quality. Sustainability is part of Aico’s core ethos and they


are passionate about supporting the drive to reduce carbon footprint throughout the industry. Insights fromthe new Environmental Sensors on indoor environmental conditions allow for preventative measures and proactivemaintenance, enabling landlords to adhere to requirements outlined in Standards and Legislation, such as theHomes (Fitness forHumanHabitation) Act 2018 and the Energy Efficiency Standard for SocialHousing, as well as supporting reaching net-zero targets. Seamlessly integrating with Aico’s revolutionary


Ei1000G SmartLINK Gateway, the Environmental Sensors overcomemany challenges, from compliance and carbon footprint tomould risk and fuel poverty. The SmartLINK Gateway extracts the data fromEnvironmental Sensors and provides a central hub for data fromboth Fire and Carbon Monoxide alarmsystems and Environmental Sensors. AdvancedMachine Learning technology


constantly interprets the data to provide clear, actionable insights which are available via the HomeLINK dashboard. TheHomeLINK dashboard provides


detailed property and portfolio views and is designed formultiple user roles.With data from Environmental Sensors and connected Fire and CarbonMonoxide alarmsystems segmented by high,medium and low risk, top-level data can be viewed on themain dashboard, while deeper insights can be accessed to tackle problems, maintain compliance and enable preventative strategies within housing stock.With all data in one place, landlords can benefit fromincreased efficiency and improved assetmanagement. As resident engagement is a crucial focus for


Aico, they have developed theHomeLINK Resident App, specifically designed for the Environmental Sensors, in order to empower residents. Through theHomeLINK Resident App, residents are provided with personalised, user friendly data and insight into their home health through an overall


rating, temperature, humidity and CO2 data and handy advice on themeasures they can take to improve the quality of their home, including alarm testing notifications. Aico’sManaging Director, NealHooper


comments: “As the European leader in home life safety, it is vital that we innovate to drive the UK housing industry forwards,meeting the needs of our customers in novel ways, aligning with sustainability and net zero targets, with resident engagement and wellbeing at the fore. This is exactly what ourHomeLINK Environmental


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Sensors will do. Alongside our SmartLINK Gateway, our Environmental Sensors will support in the advancement of the connected home, providing a wealth of benefits to landlords and residents alike.” Chris Jones, Chief Executive Officer of


HomeLINK says of the launch: “Prior to our acquisition by Aico,HomeLINK had huge demand for Environmental Sensors due to the obvious and sizeable compliance andmaintenance business case they presented. As Aico’s first smart home product outside of smoke and CarbonMonoxide alarms, these sensors represent a large milestone.Having already connected 65,000 devices in UK social housing, and with backorders of several thousand of the new sensors, it is clear that Internet of Things technologies have truly taken hold in the sector.” The brand-new Environmental Sensors,


HomeLINK dashboard and Resident App adds another dimension to resident safety while helping landlords tomeet their strategic goals, creating safer, healthier homes.


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