A Roadmap for Enabling Industry 4.0 by Artificial Intelligence

9Environmental and Industrial Applications Using Internet of Things (IoT)

Manal Fawzy^1,2,3, Alaa El Din Mahmoud^1,2,3 and Ahmed M. Abdelfatah ^1,2*

¹Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

²Green Technology Group, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

³National Biotechnology Network of Expertise (NBNE), Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

This chapter aims to depict the need to turn our daily life practices into smart ones to improve the quality of life. Internet technologies and data processing have advanced to allow access to and interaction with different equipments all around the world. Therefore, the role of the Internet of Things (IoT) and sensors in this respect was discussed. IoT as a physical system that is connected over the networks plays a critical role in intelligent decision making, system performance enhancement, and service management. IoT helps in the development of the most powerful industrial systems as well as a variety of applications in industry and environment. This chapter gives a review of most IoT applications in a smart environment, agriculture, and smart environmental monitoring, such as air, soil, and water monitoring. Also, the environmental health-related to COVID-19 monitoring is highlighted. The key challenges in IoT applications in industry and environment were also highlighted.

Keywords: IoT, smart environment, ecosystem, water, ...