Oct

NEW: Landlord launches tool that watches tenants’ water and electricity consumption

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You can call it snooping, or you can consider it clever tech that spots leaky taps and toilets or electric lights left on for too long.

Either way, a new service launched by leading build-to-rent behemoth Quintain, which operates a huge site with some 3,250 rental apartments adjacent to Wembley football stadium, has launched a data tool that monitors units within developments that, the company says, helps tenants live more sustainably.

Its data reporting tool has been developed in-house and measures the utilities consumption of every apartment in the company’s portfolio.

It automatically reads meters every 15 minutes and sets this data against the unique context of each home, factoring in its size, number of occupants and sunlight orientation.

The system can identify issues such as a light left on in a vacant home or excess water consumption that could indicate a leak. The Quintain Living team can then connect with residents to address any issues and get any maintenance tasks sorted.

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Specific issues include faulty toilets that are continually flushing while the company also says it can help tenants to operate their homes more cannily during the current cost-of-living crisis.

“We are committed to optimising the consumption of resources in the homes that we manage,” says Danielle Bayless, Chief Operating Officer, Quintain Living.

“Using this pioneering tool, we have proven to reduce the consumption of electricity, hot and cold water and heating across our portfolio. This has had a meaningful impact on unnecessary use of resources, with the added benefit of reducing costs.”