iOpt Limited - Disruptive Innovators Network

What we do

iOpt’s solution reduces tenant visits by 70%, cutting carbon emissions, vehicle use and cost. Our solution provides data that allows social housing providers to intervene in properties that would, in-time, lead to excessive maintenance and repair costs. Tenant management teams can monitor occupancy to ensure properties are being utilised as expected. Legal teams have evidence of misuse or abandonment. Energy teams can easily identify tenants are struggling to pay bills, which impacts their health and the quality of the property.

What we can help you with

We monitor a plethora of assets within a property to allow social housing providers to make better informed decisions in relation to managing their stock and taking care of the welfare of their tenants.

iOpt’s end-to-end solution delivers actionable insights that:

Detect the conditions of damp and mould;
Identify abandonments and occupancy issues, including over and under occupancy;
Highlight fuel poverty;
Recognise poor air quality and sub-standard property conditions;
Identify poor performing properties; helping to meet net zero targets;
Accurately measure retrofit work, demonstrating the effectiveness of work carried out;
Can provide an estimate of annual kWh consumption;
Determines if tenants are using a property effectively.

Our solution

The tenant management teams can monitor occupancy to ensure their properties are being utilised as expected. Legal teams have evidence of misuse or abandonment. Energy teams have insight into tenants who may be struggling to pay their bills, which in turn impacts the quality of the property and of course quality of life. Renfrewshire Council identified that specific savings of £192 per property had been realised and identified these savings across a number of areas including:

Proactive intervention in issues such as mould growth
Improved social benefits - fuel poverty detection
Reduced property visits through remote diagnosis
Reduction in lost revenue due to early identification of abandoned properties
Ability to restructure capex spend through evidence based strategic planning

The benefits of working with us

On average customers achieve a return-on-investment within two years. We work with our customers on a continual basis to ensure we are maximising the benefits of the solution and deployment.

Case study - Renfrewshire Council

Renfrewshire Council, commented: "iOpt provides a platform to assist asset managers in protecting their properties and their tenants from environmental conditions that will negatively affect asset and stock conditions and tenants’ health. Those conditions may occur naturally, due to fabric failure or due to the actions of the tenant.

iOpt’s solution tackles the fundamental problems seen by asset managers and tenants in social housing, which are damp and mould growth, followed by excess cold. The problems are predominantly due to high levels of moisture (damp, humidity, condensation), a lack of heating and a lack of regular ventilation.

iOpt’s sensors measure the environment and energy usage within a property. The data generated is used to generate reports and alerts that subsequently lead to actions being taken directly to mitigate problems, or preventative strategies are formed to stop these types of problems from occurring."