The Housing Ombudsman’s Spotlight report into damp and mould in social housing properties caused ripples in the sector after it encouraged landlords to take a zero tolerance, data-driven approach to tackling the issue.
Explore FireAngel’s solutions that can support landlords with identifying properties in disrepair or at risk of developing damp and mould.
Solutions and semi-connected technology
FA3328-EUT: Temperature and Humidity Sensors with Carbon Monoxide Alarm with 10 Year Lifetime Battery
Designed to protect residents in social housing and private rented homes, the FA3328-EUT has built-in temperature and humidity sensors that log readings in properties.
Using FireAngel’s free Installer App, Sync‑It
(NFC technology) allows advanced diagnostics to be easily extracted with multiple shareable report options to support landlords in pinpointing properties at risk of damp and mould.
There are three types of reports available: Full Maintenance & Compliance Report, Quick Report or Product Test. Discover further information on the types of data you can extract in these reports with our detailed breakdown.
The alarm also senses carbon monoxide (CO) using an advanced electrochemical sensor and intelligent sensing algorithm to detect low level CO. Other features include a unique pre alarm ventilate warning, quiet self-test and alarm memory indicating a previous activation in the past 30 days.
The FA3328-EUT has been rigorously tested in-house and is third party approved and certified to BSI Kitemark standards.
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FA3322-EUX10: Digital Display Carbon Monoxide Alarm with 10 Year Lifetime Battery
The FA3322-EUX10 offers environmental monitoring of temperature and humidity levels in a property, providing warning for prolonged dangerous environmental conditions. Advanced diagnostics support can be downloaded via cable (sold separately).
The multi-functional digital display provides visual user instructions and alerts to dangerous carbon monoxide (CO) or temperature and humidity levels, with LCD colour variations depending on event type to help keep residents safe.
Find out more about the FA3322-EUX10
Smart solutions and IoT technology
FS2550W2ZB: Home Environment Gateway
The FS2550W2ZB features in-built temperature (accuracy: ±0.5 ºC) and humidity sensors (accuracy: ±3% RH) with automatic reporting to the FireAngel Connected platform.
FireAngel’s Home Environment Gateway delivers a holistic resident safety solution, encompassing fire safety, AI-driven risk stratification and background environmental monitoring.
Through additional Zigbee sensors, the solution takes resident safety and wellbeing to previously unachievable levels, enabling housing providers to prioritise condensation, damp and mould interventions and increase fire prevention measures for residents who need it most.
The Gateway is ceiling mounted and occupies the same footprint of a smoke alarm. It can also be installed as a baseplate of an existing FireAngel mains-powered alarm, so no additional wiring is required.
Collected data is uploaded to the FireAngel Connected, where it can be processed to identify properties at serious risk of developing damp and mould or tenants who may need further support.
Whilst Connected offers substantial insight via its dashboard, it also deploys open‑source API code which allows full integration with a landlord’s current asset or resident management system if required. Data can be viewed in a centralised dashboard or integrated into existing asset management systems through open API.
Find out more about the Home Environment Gateway
A smart approach to futureproofing homes
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, which has now received Royal Assent, is set to dramatically reform the housing sector to protect tenants’ lives and compel landlords to address problems rapidly.
The Act also includes Awaab’s Law, providing more protection to residents in homes affected by damp and mould, with strict new time limits outlined for social landlords to investigate a reported problem.