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A group of twelve people, members of the Homes and Housing Advisory Board, sit and stand in a casual office setting, engaged in conversation and smiling. Papers and notes are posted on the board behind them.
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Homes and Housing Advisory Board unveiled to champion healthy and resilient homes
Connected Places Catapult brings together industry experts to help scale up building retrofit for health and resilience.
Four individuals are seated at a table signing documents during the Seoul x London agreement signing ceremony, as indicated by the large sign behind them.
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International partnership to develop smart homes innovation hub
Thames Freeport has agreed a ground breaking partnership with the Seoul Digital Foundation, South Korea, the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and Connected Places Catapult to launch a Smart Homes Innovation Hub in Barking, London.
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Oldham aims high with healthier housing
Retrofitting homes can improve quality of life and reduce carbon emissions, and is the focus of a new project to be carried out with one local authority in northern England.
A diverse group of approximately 40 people, some standing and others seated, gathered in a modern conference room. Many wear lanyards. A virtual attendee appears on a monitor in the background.
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11 SMEs join three new healthy ageing testbeds
Connected Places Catapult is pleased to welcome 11 new SMEs to our Homes for Healthy Ageing Programme to test their innovations and technologies in our next three testbeds
An elderly couple sits together at a table, looking at a laptop screen and smiling. They appear to be engaged and happy.
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Homes for Healthy Ageing: New Location Partners Announced
Connected Places Catapult is pleased to announce our new Location Partners who have recently joined our Homes for Healthy Ageing Programme who will be developing testbeds to trial and demonstrate innovative solutions to address the following challenge themes.
A row of modern, two-story brick houses with garages line a suburban street under a clear sky.
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Homes for Healthy Ageing Programme Partner Announcement
A row of modern townhouses with beige and dark gray exteriors is shown under a bright blue sky. Each townhouse has large windows, balconies, and a garage.
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8 new SMEs join Sunderland and Northern Ireland Testbeds
A row of modern, red-brick townhouses with white-framed windows and small front gardens, situated on a quiet street under a clear blue sky.
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Homes for Healthy Ageing: supporting SMEs to tackle Social Isolation and Cold and Damp Homes
Social isolation and damp, cold homes disproportionately affect our ageing population in the UK. Over 1.4 million older people are ‘often lonely’ and a significant proportion of ‘excess deaths’ which occur during winter can be traced to cold and damp homes.   These are the challenges which Connected Places Catapult are tackling with our first two testbeds in the Homes for Healthy […]