Published: 30.04.2023
The company has concluded the implementation of the project “Prototype development of the innovative multi-apartment housing management platform HOUSELOG”. During the implementation of the project, the prototype of the innovative multi-apartment residential building management platform HOUSELOG was developed, as well as the testing of the platform was carried out and the possibilities of its adaptation in the existing infrastructure in Latvia and Norway were explored.
In the final month of the project implementation, the platform prototype testing and proposal development were provided by Riga Technical University specialists.
The target group of the developed platform will be residents of pre-retirement and retirement age, as well as persons with disabilities, who until now have not had ample opportunities to participate in issues related to the management of an apartment building, nor have they had the opportunity to make decisions based on data. Benefits from the implementation of the platform – improvement of the standard of living, as they will have access to more information about the operation of the building, opportunities to reduce energy supply costs, to make decisions based on data;
One of the guiding principles behind the development of the HOUSELOG platform is to provide residents with an environment where data is presented to them in an understandable way, on the basis of which they can make a decision. These decisions are important not only from the point of view of building conservation and energy efficient management, they are also important to reduce the risks of social inequality.
The total cost of the project was EUR 185,576.59, of which EUR 129,903.61 was received as support from the Norwegian Financial Instrument.
Published: 31.01.2024
The implementation of the company’s project “Prototype development of the innovative multi-apartment housing management platform HOUSELOG” is nearing completion. During the last months, SIA “AMITUM”, which developed the platform, together with the company’s employees, have been actively working on the development and completion of the platform. A large part of the necessary interactive sections of the platform has been developed, incl. integration with Tilde chatbot and authentication provided. Sections such as Energy efficiency block, energy efficiency calculator and control system have been fully created and tested. Full integration with the database of the State unified computerized land register has been carried out. API development with third-party system integrations, incl. integration with Metbox (viewer reading) complete. In addition, the section “Voting (survey) block”, QR codes and the building’s public information page are nearing completion of development. At the same time, documentation on server configuration, integrations, software deployment and renewal has also been developed. Work continues on supplementing the authorization block with Smart-ID and eSignature authentications, as well as the Technical block, Mobile apps for iOS and Android.
It is expected that the development of the platform will be fully completed by the end of February 2024.
Published: 29.09.2023
The company continues actively to implement the project “Development of a prototype of the innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG”. During the last months the selected IT service provider SIA “AMITUM” together with the company’s employees have continued the development of the platform, in particular implementation and testing of such sections as “Calendar”, “User Profiles”, “Informational Board”, “Meetings” and “Installations of data loggers and submission of the indicators”. The “Tilde” Ltd as a selected service provider has implemented and successfully tested the virtual assistant and it’s full compliance with operations of platform. In addition, the company has selected “METLINK” Ltd for the supply and installation of nodes and components necessary for the construction of the platform.
It is expected that the development of the platform will be completed in the first quarter of 2024.
Published: 03.02.2023
The company continues actively to implement the project “Development of a prototype of the innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG”. During the last 4 months the selected IT service provider SIA “AMITUM” together with the company’s employees have both revised the general tasks of the platform segments and carried out the development and testing of several specific platform blocks. Also, the company has already started to define work tasks for the development of the virtual assistant and to define the technical specifications of the necessary equipment to be installed in order to put platform fully operational.
Published: 30.09.2022
The company has started the implementation of the project “Development of a prototype of the innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG”, to which a grant in the amount of EUR 129,999.80 from the Norwegian financial instrument program have been attracted.
The company’s employees have both started work on the development of the prototype themselves, and have also selected the IT service provider within the framework of the public procurement “Development of multi-apartment housing management platform system blocks and their integration with various systems” (id. no. 2022/02-NOR). Ltd “VILKS” has concluded a contract with the IT service provider SIA “AMITUM” in 29.09.2022. Within the framework of the contract, it is planned to develop the system (platform) blocks, connect them with sensors, and carry out system (platform) testing and operational improvement.
Published: 02.05.2022
The project “Development of a prototype of the innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG” receives a grant in the amount of 129 999,80 EUR from the Norwegian Financial Mechanism Program. The aim of this project is to develop a prototype of an innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG, to test it and to study its adaptation possibilities in the existing infrastructure in Latvia and Norway.
Projektu atbalsta Norvēģijas granti/ Supported by Norway through the Norway Grants
Project name: Development of a prototype of the innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG
Project Number: NP-2022/21
Programme: Norwegian Financial Mechanism’s 2014-2021 Programme “Business Development, Innovation and SME’s”
Open call for proposals: Small grant scheme “Development of technologies supporting the quality of life”
Co-financing beneficiary: Ltd “VILKS”
Project partner: Bjørn Naustvik
Total project’s eligible costs: 185 814,00 EUR
Grant funding: 129 999,80 EUR
Project purpose: is to develop a prototype of an innovative multi-apartment residential house management platform HOUSELOG
Place of project implementation: Katlakalna street 9A, Rīga, LV-1073
Project implementation period: 24 months (1 April, 2022 to 31 March, 2024)
Contact person: Andrejs Stolers, phone: 29188799, e-mail: andrejs.stolers@vilksgroup.com
Further information about the programme: https://eeagrants.lv/
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