DIGI Green Tech User Manual
IoT-Enabled
Green Technology
The IoT Provides Always/Everywhere Connectivity and
Intelligence for Green and Sustainable Solutions
practices and stewardship. In fact, an Intel study found that
64% of business decision-makers believe the IoT can help
solve long-standing environmental challenges.
In addition to concerns for the environment, organizations
Green Tech Innovation Starts with IoT
Green Technology, or “Green Tech” is seeing massive
growth due to environmental concerns and the availability
of enabling technologies.
worldwide have a clear set of business reasons to deploy
IoT-enabled technologies:
Tedious, manual processes are both costly and
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resource-intensive
From agriculture and energy to transportation and smart
cities, the Internet of Things (IoT) is paving the way for
organizations and municipalities to embrace green
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Traditional service models that require on-site visits from
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service personnel for everything from routine status logs
to rebooting hardware are not sustainable or scalable
Organizations want fast, real-time insights into potential
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equipment failures for predictive maintenance
Automated processes — such as using sensors to detect
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and adjust lighting based on conditions — can save
massive amounts of energy and impact the bottom line
With its ability to deliver secure connectivity and local
intelligence through ruggedized system-on-module
(SOM) computers, edge compute-capable radio frequency
modules and high-performance cellular routers, the IoT
plays a central role in countless applications — from green
energy and electric vehicles to lighting controls and water
management. Here are just some of the ways the IoT is
making an impact on sustainability issues.
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Smart Agriculture
Clean Water
A variety of factors — such as population growth, pollution, and
soil fatigue — make it increasingly challenging to maximize crop
production. IoT applications can monitor crop growth, soil conditions, pesticide usage, irrigation cycles, weather patterns, and
fertilizer coverage to identify optimal irrigation patterns, minimize pesticide usage, and maximize yields — even as available
land decreases.
Air Quality
According to the World Health Organization, many cities around
the world fall short of air quality recommendations — leading to
elevated risks of stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic
and acute respiratory diseases, such as asthma. IoT solutions can
monitor air quality in a variety of ways, including traic emissions
(using mobile pollution sensors in densely populated cities),
improve fuel eiciency of autonomous vehicles, streamline
vehicle flows via smart traic lights, and more. In less populated
regions, IoT sensors and networks can monitor methane pipelines to promptly identify harmful leaks and emissions.
Biodiversity and Habitat Monitoring
Conservationists and zoologists who are intent on preserving
threatened and endangered species need accurate data. Using
cameras, sensors, and cellular communications, IoT solutions
can be deployed in the remotest of locations to help study animal
behaviors and habits in a non-invasive manner and collect actionable data. Lakes and waterways can be monitored for invasive
species, and Green Tech also supports remediation measures.
Clean Energy
We can improve water quality and increase water conservation
with smart applications of IoT technology. This includes applications that improve the eiciency of water/wastewater treatment
plants, detect water leaks and monitor water quality.
Industrial Monitoring
The IoT helps drillers and refineries optimize their output while
minimizing any potential environmental impact, such as chemical
spills or leaks. Lower pipeline losses improve the environment and
the bottom line. Remote monitoring and alerts can support predictive maintenance, which minimizes truck rolls and site visits,
and helps to prevent critical failures of industrial tanks, as well as
ships and vehicle fleets transporting chemicals.
Smart Home/Smart Building
The IoT has already played a strong role in residences, creating
“smart homes” that use sensors and edge intelligence to reduce
consumption, maximize the use of alternative energy, improve
comfort, and lower utility bills. In the past 10 years, these IoT
devices have saved billions in KwH. Smart buildings incorporate
green tech to reduce energy usage, convert to solar, use more
eicient HVAC technology and more.
Transportation
From public transit to electric and autonomous vehicles, IoT
devices are changing the nature of vehicles and transportation.
The range of use cases includes smart city buses, adaptive control
to optimize traic flow on city streets, and fleet monitoring technology to report on engine and driver analytics — all of which can
reduce emissions.
From smart-grid solutions like solar panels and wind turbines to
smart metering solutions that improve energy eiciency, the IoT
provides real-time monitoring of electricity generation, distribution, and usage across homes, oices, and public spaces to
reduce carbon footprint. As renewable energy continues to grow
in importance, the IoT will play a pivotal role.
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Smart Cities
More cities are turning to IoT solutions to optimize operations
in everything from city lighting to municipal water systems and
wastewater management — improving the bottom line, while
reducing resource use.
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