Blockchain Based Connected Vehicles for Smart Green City Environment

Abstract

Air pollution is perceived as a modern-day curse, a fatal by-product of increasing urbanization and rapid industrialization. The phenomenon has a plethora of negative impacts, including human health issues, damage to ecosystems, decreasing quality of food crops, and abatement of environmental standards. Passenger vehicles are a major contributor to air pollution, producing significant amounts of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, among other pollutants. It is therefore necessary to enforce greener practices among citizens and introduce a reliable mechanism that encourages responsible behavior to support the environmental cause. The proposed work aims to circumvent the aforementioned problem with an IoT-enabled solution powered by blockchain technology to foster environment friendly practices in registered vehicle owners. The real essence of this project is to leverage technological innovations to solve pollution issues that befoul the urban atmosphere. We seek to achieve this goal with a financial reward-penalty scheme that drives the urban populace to practice green living, while monitoring pollution levels using an IoT device. The ability of blockchain networks to provide a verifiable record of actions and violations [1], coupled with the capabilities of Internet of Things (IoT) paradigms to detect pollution levels present in vehicular exhaust, is exploited in this project.