SmartCore for Housing Associations – How Can We Help?
For many housing associations, budget, resident safety, and environmental impact are top of the agenda.
We are working with a UK-based housing association that manages and own various homes and buildings across the south of England. They required an automated emergency lighting solution that reduced the time it takes to test their sites, reducing the cost involved in this process, and strengthened their compliance through schedules, clear data, automated reports and preventative maintenance. Our emergency lighting software solution is cost-effective and easy to deploy. Read the full case study here.
Recent tragic events such as Grenfell have cast renewed focus on fire safety strategies. Removing some of the risks associated with manual testing and clearly demonstrating when the last tests were carried out, what the results were and when the next ones are due is vitally important to ensure compliance is maintained. This allows emergency light testing to be centralised across multiple sites and can be used remotely to manage and monitor multiple buildings from one central location.
Our software works with any hardware, so it can be extremely cost-effective to deploy. If emergency lights are already installed, we can integrate with them and take over control and monitoring.
Alternatively, in partnership with one of our emergency lighting OEMs, we can deliver a full end-to-end solution for housing associations through an existing hardware integration and quote for a full emergency lighting installation.
Discover more about the solution here.
Another area where our software can add value is when it comes to achieving net zero strategies.
We are all experiencing the impact of global warming with climate change causing heat waves, wildfires and droughts across the country…not the weather usually associated with the UK. The government are tackling this with a net zero 2050 target, updated building regulations that require lighting in new and existing buildings to be monitored, and many buildings will soon have to present ESG scores and improvement plans.
At amBX, we can simultaneously manage both general and emergency lighting systems, saving management costs by unifying control.
In addition, our open architecture allows us to connect our software with other building systems or access data from other systems and devices. This allows us to share important operational data with relevant stakeholders to create accurate ESG scores and provide a true picture of how a building or portfolio of buildings are performing without needing to install any additional hardware.
We can access current usage values, energy, efficiency, and carbon emissions for lighting and can even simulate changes to gain an understanding of the best energy strategy for your building before applying it to the physical asset.
We are also cloud agnostic; therefore, we can communicate with any cloud provider.
To understand more about how our ESG Solution could benefit your housing association, click here.
When it comes to building safety and environmental impact, we must act now. No singular business will solve these challenges alone; an integrated strategy is required. Our network of OEMs, smart building platforms, BMS providers and consultants allow us to offer guidance and advice whilst ensuring the most suitable solutions are deployed to meet individual needs.