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IdeAir: IoT-Based System for Indoor Air Quality Control

Abstract:

The burning of fossil fuels by cars and household appliances, which make people’s lives easier, causes air quality to deteriorate. Fossil fuel-dependent (water and space) heaters, which help low-income people to live in better conditions, can cause their death. Many solutions to this social problem have been proposed; however, all of them suffer from some drawback that makes their application impossible for households with limited economic resources. This paper proposes the design of IdeAir, a low-cost Internet of Things (IoT)-based indoor air quality monitoring system that aims to reduce the disadvantages of existing systems. IdeAir captures data on harmful gases and determines their concentrations, issuing alarms and notifications according to their concentration levels. Its development has been carried out following the Test-Driven Development Methodology for IoT-Based Systems (TDDM4IoTS), which, together with the tool used (based on this methodology) for the automation of the system development process, has facilitated the work of its developers. Preliminary results on the functioning of IdeAir show a high level of acceptance by potential users.