UK Space Agency backs Home Horizon
Home Horizon, one of seven projects funded by the UK Space Agency, is designed to rank social landlords' homes by summer overheating risk.
We are delighted to announce that Home Horizon is one of seven new projects (opens in a new tab) funded by the UK Space Agency through Commercial Climate Services Call 4, with a combined investment of £500,000.
Home Horizon brings satellite data into social housing. Using free Landsat and Copernicus data alongside open building records, it is designed to rank every home in a social landlord’s stock by summer overheating risk, not just the homes with sensors.
The timing matters. From 30 November 2026, Awaab’s Law extends to excess heat (opens in a new tab) in social housing in England, and summer 2027 will be the first summer under the new duty. Overheating is hard to spot in a winter inspection, and Home Horizon is being built to show landlords where to look first.
This winter we will calibrate the ranking against readings from small indoor sensors. Summer 2027 is the full test. We will set our measures of success in advance and publish what we find, openly.
“Overheating usually comes to light when a resident reports it,” said Callum Wright, who leads Home Horizon. “Free satellite data lets us look at every home in a landlord’s stock before summer arrives. Having the UK Space Agency behind us is a huge boost, and we can’t wait to work with landlords to get this ready for summer 2027.”
Get involved
We are inviting social landlords to see a free ranking of their own homes, built from open data, and help us sharpen it by telling us where it is wrong. Get in touch.
Find out more on the Home Horizon page.
Funded by the UK Space Agency through Commercial Climate Services Call 4.
