Abstract
The paper aims to design and develop an innovative solution in the Smart Building context that increases guests’ hospitality level during the COVID-19 and future pandemics in locations like hotels, conference locations, campuses, and hospitals. The solution supports features intending to control the number of occupants by online appointments, smart navigation, and queue management in the building through mobile phones and navigation to the desired location by highlighting interests and facilities. Moreover, checking the space occupancy, and automatic adjustment of the environmental features are the abilities that can be added to the proposed design in the future development. The proposed solution can address all mentioned issues regarding the smart building by integrating and utilizing various data sources collected by the internet of things (IoT) sensors. Then, storing and processing collected data in servers and finally sending the desired information to the end-users. Consequently, through the integration of multiple IoT technologies, a unique platform with minimal hardware usage and maximum adaptability for smart management of general and healthcare services in hospital buildings will be created.
Highlights
During the COVID-19 pandemic, high-tech solutions like the Internet of Things (IoT) for smart buildings have been critical in keeping our urban societies functional [1,2]
This paper focuses on Bluetooth low energy (BLE)-based systems since BLE is deployed in mobile phones and wearable electronics, and it is expected to grow rapidly in its usage
BLE indicates its suitability for simple positioning systems, where accuracy is not a priority
Summary
During the COVID-19 pandemic, high-tech solutions like the Internet of Things (IoT) for smart buildings have been critical in keeping our urban societies functional [1,2]. The aim of highlighting the smart building with IoT technologies is to identify COVID-19 cases, decrease the spread, and reduce the impact of the pandemic. Smart buildings, supported by IoT, were primarily relied upon for security, automated management and control, increasing energy efficiency, safety, usability, and accessibility. As lockdown eases, they will help manage building occupancy levels and social distancing [3,4,5]. This research is aimed to improve smart buildings’ features by adding queue management, smart navigation of places to minimize people connection, and social distancing safety mechanisms. Environmental advancement features to increase people’s safety are features that this project can offer in the subsequent development [6,7,8]
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