Vent-Axia’s new smart fan helps landlords stay ahead of Awaab’s Law

As Awaab’s Law comes into effect today for social landlords in England, Vent-Axia is urging landlords to take proactive steps to improve poor indoor air quality (IAQ), and tackle damp and mould. Introduced following the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, the law requires landlords to investigate and fix damp and mould issues within strict timeframes, ensuring faster repairs and safer homes.

Acting early not only protects tenants’ health but also helps landlords cut costly repairs, maintenance bills and potential legal claims. With private registered providers of social housing spending a record £8.8bn on repairs and maintenance in 2023/2024¹ and poor housing conditions costing the NHS £1.4bn annually² in treatment costs, these figures highlight the scale of the issue and the importance of prevention. Vent-Axia stresses that tackling damp and mould through effective ventilation is vital to create healthier, compliant homes and reduce future costs.

To support landlords in meeting these new requirements, Vent-Axia has launched its new Lo-Carbon Revive 7 Switchee-Enabled smart ventilation. Designed specifically for social housing, the new product integrates Vent-Axia’s smart-enabled fan technology with Switchee’s in-home connectivity to deliver energy-efficient ventilation, real-time environmental insights, tamper-proof performance, and proactive communication between landlords and residents.

“Awaab’s Law marks an important shift for landlords,” said Ashley Smith, Product Manager at Vent-Axia. “We are here to support landlords in providing proactive protection against condensation, damp, and mould. Our Lo-Carbon Revive 7 already delivers energy-efficient ventilation with a datalogger to track fan usage, ensuring it is used as intended. Now, the Revive 7 Switchee-Enabled takes that capability further by providing real-time indoor air quality data to help landlords spot early warning signs of condensation, damp and mould, improve compliance, and protect both housing and residents’ wellbeing. Not just a fan, Revive 7 offers intelligent protection for landlords’ residents, properties, and peace of mind.”

The Lo-Carbon Revive 7 is a popular, energy-efficient, filter-less unitary fan offering high performance and near-silent operation. Designed to tackle condensation and mould, the Revive 7 already incorporates a sophisticated in-built data monitoring system; however, by integrating Switchee’s real-time data insights, landlords can now proactively manage properties and support residents in a completely new way. The solution offers continuous, real-time monitoring of indoor air quality, while improving compliance, protecting housing stock, and enhancing tenant wellbeing.

Providing instant insights into humidity, temperature, and fan usage, the Revive 7 Switchee Enabled gives early detection of damp, mould, or poor air quality. This proactive approach delivers humidity trends across property portfolios, helping social housing providers target resources, identify at-risk homes, avoid unnecessary call-outs, and offer more tailored resident support. With direct messaging capabilities and localised temperature tracking, it also enhances communication with tenants, allowing landlords to provide environmental recommendations, such as turning heating on, without needing property access. This proactive approach saves money by preventing the escalating costs associated with damp, mould and repairs.

Designed to meet the specific needs of the social housing sector, it offers high efficiency, near-silent operation, a slimmer profile, and great performance, exceeding the updated Part F of the Building Regulations. This gives social housing landlords confidence that the new Lo-Carbon Revive 7 can tackle the issues of condensation and mould, while improving the efficiency of housing stock and comfort for residents. Its slimmer profile means it is even easier to install in a wider range of locations, and is especially useful for window applications since it avoids interference with window blinds.

Offering flexible positioning, the new product comes with the same IPX4 rating for wall and ceiling mounting. It is also available as a SELV model, boasting a new transformer, which is more compact and around half the size and weight of previous units, making siting easier.

The intelligent Lo-Carbon Revive 7 includes an adjustable trickle speed option, an interchangeable intermittent mode and a smoother humidity boost transition. It also offers the option to adjust the trickle speed between 6-16l/s, with a boost to 18/l/s, 30l/s and 60l/s. This is useful in properties with exceptionally high occupancy that would require a higher trickle speed to remove excess moisture from the air and provide good IAQ. The Revive 7’s mixed flow technology maximises airflow on trickle, avoiding unnecessary boosting, thus increasing resident acceptability. Similarly, Vent-Axia’s ambient response humidity sensor avoids nuisance tripping while protecting properties from damaging condensation and mould.

Featuring Smart Sense intelligent technology, Revive 7 is quick to install with a clear alphanumeric LED display and a simple three-button menu for commissioning and data gathering. Smart Sense technology automatically adjusts display orientation for wall or ceiling mounting, saving time on site and reducing installation complications. The Revive is the only fan on the market with specific lock settings to prevent tampering.

Revive 7’s Smart Sense also includes a datalogger, which tracks fan usage to ensure it is used as intended. Social housing landlords can then interrogate the fan on how many days it has been on humidity boost mode, pull cord boost mode or trickle, helping them build a profile of resident activity and aiding them in investigating any humidity problems, allowing them to work with residents to ensure a healthy indoor environment. The display shows real-time data so landlords can reassure residents of the low-running costs.

Plus, the Revive 7 is low maintenance since its Multi-Vortex technology does not require a filter, while the highly sculpted interior actively repels dust, avoiding clogging, thus helping to avoid callbacks. The product is also boasts reliability backed by up to seven years’ warranty.

For social housing landlords requiring further ventilation advice visit Vent-Axia’s social housing hub: https://www.vent-axia.com/social-housing.