Abstract
We spend about 90% of our lives in indoor living environments. Thus, it is essential to provide indoor air quality monitoring for enhanced living environments. Advances in networking, sensors, and embedded devices have made monitoring and supply of assistance possible to people in their homes. Technological advancements have made possible the building of smart devices with significant capabilities for sensing and connecting, but also provide several improvements in ambient assisted living system architectures. Indoor air quality assumes an important role in building productive and healthy indoor environments. In this paper, the authors present an Internet of Things system for real-time indoor air quality monitoring named iAir. This system is composed by an ESP8266 as the communication and processing unit and a MICS-6814 sensor as the sensing unit. The MICS-6814 is a metal oxide semiconductor sensor capable of detecting several gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ethanol, methane, and propane. The iAir system also provides a smartphone application for data consulting and real-time notifications. Compared to other solutions, the iAir system is based on open-source technologies and operates as a totally Wi-Fi system, with several advantages such as its modularity, scalability, low cost, and easy installation. The results obtained are very promising, representing a meaningful contribution for enhanced living environments as iAir provides real-time monitoring for enhanced ambient assisted living and occupational health.
Highlights
In 2050, 20% of the total population will be aged 60 years or older [1]; the expansion of disorders, medical services costs, and lack of caregivers will lead to significant social impact.ambient assisted living (AAL) is a relevant field of research
This paper presents the iAir system, an indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring solution based on the Internet of Things (IoT) composed of a hardware prototype for environment sensing and web/smartphone interface for data access
Using IAQ real-time monitoring, these situations could be avoided and early interventions could be made in the building to provide enhanced occupational health
Summary
In 2050, 20% of the total population will be aged 60 years or older [1]; the expansion of disorders, medical services costs, and lack of caregivers will lead to significant social impact. This paper presents the iAir system, an IAQ monitoring solution based on the IoT composed of a hardware prototype for environment sensing and web/smartphone interface for data access. This system uses an open-source ESP8266 as the processing and communication unit and a MICS-6814 air sensor as a sensing unit. This data can be accessed by the building supervisor to detect unhealthy conditions in real time and plan interventions to provide a more productive and healthier living environment for the occupants and be used as a decision-making tool.
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