Conference Highlight: Bield Housing opens the first Scottish demonstration site showcasing housing technology of the future
Our new digital hub in West Lothian showcasing housing technology of the future has opened its doors to tenants for a first look.
Last year, Bield secured £75k worth of funding from the TAPPI project as the only Scottish demonstration site. We have used some of this money to open a digital hub at our West Port development in Linlithgow, allowing tenants, staff and other stakeholders to trial and give feedback on digital care advancements of the future.
The Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI) project aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people. Led by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN), the TEC Services Association (TSA) and funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust, TAPPI seeks to address the opportunity that technology has to enhance the lives of our ageing population and the barriers that prevent its adoption.
The West Port hub consists of four spaces including two bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, one kitchen space and one living space. There is also a consultation room and a dining space. Each room has been fitted out with different technologies for people to test.
Bield will be showcasing this at our
Tec in Housing
‘There’s no place like home’
in person event on 19 Sep, Radisson Blu Hotel Glasgow
Opening plenary: Opportunity
“We’re not in Kansas anymore” ~ Dorothy
Lynne Douglas and Gary Bailley, Bield Housing & Care
Leaving behind the black and white world of analogue Bield Housing takes us on a journey to a new digital domain. Join Lynne Douglas as she discusses how Bield has overcome uncertainty and fear of the unknown to explore the full potential of smart technology in housing and hear how it has influenced the development of Bield’s corporate strategy.