Green Internet of Things: A Research Direction on G-IoT Based Energy Efficient Smart City

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Smart cities are becoming important innovation and economic development hubs and thus need special attention and concentration. Sustainable, effective, and smart solutions for transport, governance, the climate, quality of life, and so on are needed for the drastic increase in urbanization over the past few years. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a forum for global communication between millions of internet-connected electronic devices. Wireless and wired sensors, home appliances such as televisions, refrigerators, etc., Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), etc. were included in these devices and electronic appliances. The Internet of Things has many advanced and pervasive smart city applications. The energy demand for IoT applications is growing, while the number and specifications of IoT devices continue to rise. Smart city strategies must also have the potential to use resources effectively and manage the associated challenges. Energy management is seen as a crucial framework for the implementation in smart cities of complex energy systems. Smart cities have been fitted with numerous electronic devices on the basis of the Internet of Things (IoT), thereby being smarter than ever, due to the increasing advances in advanced metering and digital technologies. The goal of this article is to provide a thorough overview of the challenges and management of energy in smart cities. In addition, the IoT technologies for smart cities and the key components and features of a smart city are listed in this survey.

Keywords: Green IoT, smart city, Internet of Things, big data, security, privacy, data center, sensors