Energy-Efficient Buildings for Biosphere’s Sustainability

Abstract

For decades now, the planet’s biosphere sustainability has been at stake due to human, social, economic and environmental factors that have negatively impacted our earth. With global warming and greenhouse gas emissions on the rise, there is every need to worry. Climate change today has a significant impact on almost every aspect of our environment, economies, societies and the planet’s biosphere which is under immense threat of extinction. The building sector is a key contributor to carbon dioxide emissions in the world today. Reducing the building sector's production of greenhouse gasses and other negative impacts to safer levels is a big challenge today and it must be met quickly and decisively. Luckily, there are many Information and Communications Technology (ICT) technologies that already exist to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions and adverse climatic change effects. The purpose of this research is to review the nexus of Internet of Things innovations to deliver Net Zero energy buildings (NZEBs) that can mitigate global warming for a sustainable biosphere. This will help achieve favourable energy efficiency for a sustainable world from the adverse climatic upheavals due to increased global warming. The specific objectives of the research are: i) To examine the gravity of emissions from non-energy efficient buildings and the extent to which they contribute to global warming; ii) To explore the components and capabilities of IoT technology and infrastructure that influence the design of internet of things; iii) To specify ways of integrating machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to reconstruct past climate events and improve future predictions. Data analysis was done at the National Construction Authority with a target population consisting of 350 technical and management staff. The research fronts a future of worldwide energy efficiency for a sustainable biosphere to be realized by mass implementation of the Internet of Things, M2M energy-efficient buildings technology