Blue Maestro Tempo Pilot

One hundred Blue Maestro Tempos are making their way to Housing Providers taking part in the first Connected Home Consortium pilot programme.
CHC pilots aim to get the best new technology out in the wild to allow social housing providers to discover how new devices can help solve old problems, while also providing valuable feedback to tech companies about what works in the real world and what really doesn’t!
Our first pilot is focusing on technology to help manage tenancy issues related to temperature, damp and condensation in the home. Housing Providers want to ensure that their residents live in comfortable and safe environments and with millions of pounds worth of assets to maintain, having the insight to make the right ventilation modification or offer the correct advice to alleviate a damp problem is crucial.
Connected Home Consortium members piloting the pebble-like environment sensor are using it to find out if it can provide this type of insight during a pilot that will run for 3-4 months.

Blue Maestro’s Tempo is a small and lightweight, temperature, humidity and pressure sensor which can record environmental conditions every 2 seconds. Readings from the device are collected by a smart phone running the Tempo app over Bluetooth Low Energy.
Housing providers can use the devices to supplement their current processes for dealing with temperature, heating, condensation and damp issues while also discovering new approaches enabled through the technology. We are encouraging Housing Providers to experiment with the devices in ways not possible with existing tools used for measuring environmental conditions in the home. Traditionally, kit used for moisture and temperature measurement would be expensive and require an expert to calibrate, Tempo’s simplicity and low price point overcome both these issues.
Early feedback has indicated that Housing Providers are excited about the ease of roll out, configuration and data collection. The process is so simple that the devices can distributed and installed without the involvement of a specialist, thereby saving cost and enabling a faster more proactive response to tenant complaints.

As sensor technology becomes cheaper and more connected, access to data on the environmental performance of homes will become increasingly abundant and form part of a housing provider’s housing management system. Using these vast data-sets, predictive and targeted maintenance interventions will be possible, not to mention new insights into fuel poverty and the links between health and heating. This data can also be used when it comes to designing new accommodation, informing design with information never before available.
Right now we want to discover if the Tempo will enable housing providers to help their residents understand the thermal properties of their accommodation, through providing them with clear advice based on the evidence and insight about the resident’s specific home. Housing Providers will also attempt to identify where more serious maintenance may need to be carried out. Blue Maestro are interested in all use-cases – successful and unsuccessful – so they can further develop their product to meet the challenges and issues experienced in UK housing.
If you are interested in joining the Connected Home Consortium or would like to pilot your technology in the UK housing sector connect with us @connectedhomeC or drop us an email at jay.saggar@connectedhome.io