Smarter Homes, Safer Tenants: dbfb and Iris IoT’s Digital Housing Solution

dbfb and Iris IoT are proud to announce our Digital Housing solution, which has been specifically developed to help Social Housing organisations control costs, improve services and protect tenants. The launch coincides with acceptance onto the Procurement For Housing (PfH) Social Housing Emerging Disruptors (SHED5) and Network & Telecoms frameworks.

The Digital Housing solution provides robust, scalable and affordable Connectivity and IoT infrastructure, tailored for social housing environments. By deploying both public and private 5G, WiFi and full fibre networks, dbfb ensures that every resident, regardless of income or location, can access high-speed internet.

The services also bring together a range of Computer Vision and IoT technology into a single AI enabled management portal that provides intelligent insights on key metrics such as damp, energy usage, air quality, CO2, smoke, temperature, occupancy, CCTV and more to provide a unified management system that ensures visibility of costs, satisfaction and tenant safety.

Stuart Smith, Head of Public Sector and Innovation at dbfb Communications commented “with the ever rising cost of services, combined with new legislation such as Awaabs law for mould detection and an ever increasing need to improve tenant experience, the pressures on Social Housing providers are ever increasing. In addition, Housing Associations don’t just provide an essential roof over tenant’s heads, they also provide crucial services to people, some of whom are the most vulnerable in our society. As an established provider with a broad range of integrated services for Housing, we have a unique opportunity to partner with Housing Associations, to ensure that tenants are not only kept safe and satisfied, but also are not excluded from the opportunities that many people take for granted.

Stuart Smith added “We already have a long-established track record of providing services to Care Homes, including the latest Technology Enabled Care for elderly people in assisted living. The ability to build upon this innovation, through frameworks such as the Social Housing Emerging Disruptors program, means that we can bring the innovation we are pioneering within IoT and AI to benefit the broad range of people within Social Housing, and provide them with the best opportunity to Thrive”.