Transforming housing, health and care with innovative IoT technology and data-driven insights

Overview

Organisations across integrated health, care, and housing sectors are facing growing challenges in proactively managing escalating risks while maintaining sustainable, comfortable, and safe environments for service users and tenants. Ageing properties, increasing operational costs, and the need for proactive property and care solutions all demand smarter, data-driven approaches.

In response to these challenges, a pioneering collaboration between Glasgow-based technology innovator Archangel, Bield Housing & Care, and the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) has explored the potential of smart technology to transform the way housing providers monitor and manage their properties while also supporting tenant well-being.

About the Project

Funded by DSIT as part of the Glasgow City Region (GCR) 5G Smart and Connected Places Programme. The project deployed unobtrusive sensors through advanced connectivity solutions to Bield’s Langvout Court in Biggar, South Lanarkshire. These smart devices provided intelligent insights to enable enhanced housing and care delivery in a rural setting.

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