Cutting Energy Waste in HMOs and Student Housing with Prefect Controls

Mark My Words Podcast

Mark Homer interviews Adrian from Prefect Controls about their intelligent heating control system for HMOs and student accommodation. Adrian explains how Prefect's room-by-room controls help property managers like Mark reduce energy waste from tenants who crank the heat up and open windows! With energy prices skyrocketing, he expects Prefect will reduce his bills 20-30%. Tune in to hear how Mark and Adrian implemented Prefect across Mark's properties and the tenant experience so far.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Prefect is designed for rooms, unlike smart home systems made for houses. Central control and data is key.
• Tenants cranking heat and opening windows wastes energy. Prefect stops this.
• Prefect monitors temperature, occupancy, noise and more in each room.
• Data helps identify issues like banned space heaters quickly.
• With remote access, managers don't need to enter rooms to check occupancy.
• The payback period depends on energy savings, but Mark expects 20-30% lower bills.

BEST MOMENTS

"The thermostat gets put right up to maximum, which might be 30 degrees, and then the temperature is often regulated by opening the window."

"We can see if the range goes much higher. We've got tenants where the rooms are going to 28, 29. In fact, we found one where he was consistently 37 degrees."

"You know, we, we set the parameters or you guys set the parameters according to your sort of normal temperature range."

"I was expecting, um, a saving on our energy bills of maybe 20 to 30 per cent."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://www.youtube.com/user/progressiveproperty https://www.progressiveproperty.co.uk/the-progressive-co-founders/

ABOUT THE HOST

Mark has bought, sold or has managed around 1,000 property units for himself, Rob, his family and his investors since 2003. He is a system and spreadsheet geek and has developed a complex, confidential deal analyser system of buying residential, commercial and multi-let properties.

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