Leveraging IoT for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance in Smart Buildings

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10.2991/978-94-6463-728-1_82How to use a DOI?

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Internet of Things (IoT); Energy Efficiency; Smart Buildings; Sustainability; Building Management System; Environmental and Operation Performance

Abstract

Architecture and construction sectors are major global energy consumers,; underscoring the crucial importance of creating sustainable environments. Implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in building management systems is identified as an effective strategy for combating these environmental challenges. By counterpoising the critical variables, we characterizedthe Environmental and Operation Performance of Non-IoT Buildings and IoT Buildings over a one-week period. Our principal objectives were first, to assess energy consumption and CO2 emissions; second, to monitor temperature and humidity levels; and third, to analyze occupancy-related energy utilization patterns..

From our analysis, we conclude that IoT-enabled buildings consume significantly less energy annually and have a lower environmental impact. More specifically,IoT buildings consume 120000kwh/year on average, which is 20,000kwh less than non-IoT buildings and emit CO2 60 tons/year on average which is 15 tons less than non-IoT buildings. Based on which the control of temperature was optimized by 50% that allowed achieving temperature fluctuations not exceeding ± 1 ℃ against ± 3 ℃ before and relative humidity was changed to stay mostly within 40–60% range against 50–70%. Additionally, the implementation of remotely controllable lighting in IoT-enabled buildings, adjusted based on occupancy, reduced average lighting energy consumption during unoccupied periods by 30%.The results support a IoT’s potential to revolutionize environmental gains as well as functional optimization in contemporary buildings. The future work should further explore the consequences on an extended range of strategies, AI and ML integration processes, and various kinds of buildings to maximize the enhancement of sustainable urban development practices.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Pawan Whig
AU  - Pushan Kumar Dutta
AU  - Pronaya Bhattacharya
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/19
TI  - Leveraging IoT for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance in Smart Buildings
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Green Building, Civil Engineering and Smart City (GBCESC 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 898
EP  - 914
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-728-1_82
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-728-1_82
ID  - Whig2025
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