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Sutton and Richmond Councils are planning to deploy in-home sensors to improve the safety of vulnerable residents in social housing.
They are preparing to begin a 12-month trial in March under which the sensors will be placed in 100 homes in each of the boroughs, managed by the Sutton Housing Partnership (SHP) and Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP).
The step is being taken with IoT Solutions Group as part of the InnOvaTe project to promote the use of internet of things technology among the South London Partnership of local authorities.
A single battery sensor connected by narrowband IoT will be placed in the kitchen of each home to report on a number of internal environmental factors. The data will be processed and reported to support officers with information about the resident to indicate whether they are likely to be active or if the property has become too cold.