Toward an Intelligent Campus: IoT Platform for Remote Monitoring and Control of Smart Buildings

Area of Science:

• Building energy management
• Internet of Things (IoT) applications
• Smart building technologies

Background:

• High costs of current building management systems hinder adoption in small/medium buildings.
• Lack of intelligent infrastructure limits energy data accessibility.
• Growing demand for efficient power consumption monitoring in buildings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose a low-cost IoT platform for remote monitoring and control of building energy consumption.
• To address the limitations of existing expensive building management solutions.
• To facilitate data collection, storage, and visualization for energy usage.

Main Methods:

• Development of a four-layer IoT architecture: power, data acquisition, communication network, and application layers.
• Integration of various sensor nodes and measurement devices for diverse data collection.
• Implementation and testing of the platform in real-world scenarios (office, classroom, laboratory) on a university campus.

Main Results:

• Successful design and implementation of a functional IoT platform for energy monitoring.
• Demonstrated capability for real-time data collection, storage, and visualization of energy consumption.
• Validation of the platform's effectiveness across different building environments.

Conclusions:

• The proposed low-cost IoT platform offers a viable solution for intelligent building implementation.
• It enables building automation, cost reduction in power consumption, and enhanced end-user comfort.
• Provides a guideline for adopting open-source solutions for future smart building development.