Addressing Fuel Poverty in the UK through Halo Smart IoT Solutions
Fuel poverty solution
Addressing Fuel Poverty in the UK through Halo Smart IoT Solutions
by Tiago Fernandes, Research & Development Engineer | Halo Smart IoT
With climate change and rising costs, it is more important than ever to ensure everyone has access to basic living conditions.
The issue of fuel poverty in the UK is a growing concern. In 2022, an estimated 13.4% of households (3.26 million) in England were in fuel poverty. This is a significant increase from the previous year, and the situation is expected to worsen. The charity National Energy Action (NEA) has estimated that the total number of households across the UK in fuel poverty increased from around 4 million in summer 2020 to 6.7 million in October 2022.
Halo Smart IoT: A solution to fuel poverty
Halo Smart IoT provides smart IoT solutions for housing monitoring and management. One of Halo Smart IoT specialised hardware and software technologies is the Fuel Poverty Solution. This solution is designed to tackle the issue of fuel poverty, which becomes a significant issue during the winter season when residents face the challenge of allocating a large portion of their income to heating their homes.
Why choose Halo Smart IoT?
Halo Smart IoT offers a range of benefits for both landlords and tenants. For landlords, the benefits include proactive estate monitoring to anticipate and prevent issues, compliance and performance reporting, free installers’ training and support, easy and rapid IoT hardware installation, and tamperproof IoT hardware design.
For tenants, the benefits include enhancing the health and wellbeing standards, without interference with tenants’ day-to-day lives, no operation cost to the tenant, no invasion of tenants’ privacy, and aesthetic IoT hardware design.
The importance of addressing fuel poverty
Addressing fuel poverty is not just about providing cheaper and more effective and efficient solutions. It’s about ensuring that everyone has access to basic living conditions. Halo Smart IoT unlocks immediate possibilities and can extend its impact to a significantly broader audience.
In conclusion, the worsening fuel poverty statistics in the UK and the world highlight the urgent need for solutions like those provided by Halo Smart IoT. By leveraging the power of IoT, we can significantly impact the fight against fuel poverty and ensure a better future for all.