Internet of Things for Sustainability: A Case Study of University Campus

Sustainability plays a key role in three different dimensions namely environmental, societal and economics. In line with the seventeen goals set by Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the objective is to foresee the different options in building a sustainable University campus enabled using Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The different building blocks of sustainable campus infrastructure are water resource administration, waste management, electric appliance management, parking space management, disaster management, garden area management, renewable energy, security aspects and electric vehicle management. The remote monitoring and control of the devices in the campus is facilitated for optimal utilization of the resources thereby achieves sustainability. The device connected to the internet fall in three different sectors namely Personal Area Network (PAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). The Message Queue Telemetry Transfer (MQTT) protocol is used for data exchange between the devices. The users can control the devices using the mobile application built using the MIT app inventor platform. The HC-05 and NODEMCU - ESP8266 are the components used to provide user with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity in the prototype unit developed. The standard Key Performance Indicators are used to evaluate the proposed system for assessment.