Ideal properties for Irus

Prefect Irus’s control ecosystem is especially suited to property types where efficient, flexible, and occupant-responsive space and water heating control drives major benefits.

In addition, monitoring for water wastage and leaks, watching over cooking surfaces, and granular metering of individual flat/floor/block utilities provide peace of mind for landlords that their properties offer safe, compliant and comfortable accommodation.  

These sectors and accommodation types benefit most:

1. Student Accommodation

• Multiple rooms with varying occupancy patterns.
• The need to reduce energy waste while maintaining comfort.
• High demand for remote management and fault detection.
• Kitchen safety for residents often living on their own for the first time.
• Where occupants are NOT directly paying the energy bill there may be little motivation to consider their cost of consumption
• Benefits from occupancy-driven heating and humidity control to reduce complaints and maintenance.

2. Built-to-Rent / Co-Living Accommodation

• Similar to student housing, but with long-term residents.
• Energy savings from smart control adapted to individual flat or room usage.
• Enables landlords/property managers to optimise energy costs and maintenance remotely.

3. Hotels and Hostels

• Rooms are occupied intermittently with varying patterns.
• Prefect Irus can improve guest comfort, reduce energy used in vacant rooms, and help spot equipment issues quickly.
• Transient occupants benefit from safety devices in unfamiliar kitchens.
• Supports automated and responsive heating schedules.

4. Healthcare Accommodation

• Includes care homes, supported living, and assisted living facilities.
• Precise temperature and humidity control improves resident health and comfort.
• Vulnerable people are protected with auto-shut-off kitchen safety products.
• Early detection of system faults is critical.
• Helps balance comfort with tight energy budgets.

 5. Multi-Tenant Residential Buildings

• Apartment blocks, mixed-use buildings with individual units.
• Enables granular control by unit or room.
• Useful for sub-metering, fault detection, and reducing communal heating waste.

 6. Educational Facilities with Boarding

• Boarding schools, halls of residence, and dormitories.
• Similar needs as student accommodation for occupancy-based control.
• Helps facilities teams manage large estates efficiently.

 7. Social Housing

• Energy efficiency is a major concern.
• Helps housing associations reduce fuel poverty by controlling heating intelligently.
• Maintenance savings from early fault detection.

Why These Sectors Benefit Most

Feature: Multiple rooms with variable occupancy   Why It Matters: Maximises savings from occupancy-driven heating

Feature: Need for remote monitoring          

Why It Matters: Reduces on-site visits and speed’s fault response

Feature: Energy and sustainability focus   

Why It Matters: Supports carbon reduction and ESG targets

Feature: Health and comfort requirements               

Why It Matters: Ensures safe humidity and temperature levels

Any building with multiple individual rooms or units, variable occupancy, and a need for efficient, smart heating control stands to gain from installing the Prefect Irus ecosystem.

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