Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Noise Monitoring for Enhanced Living Environments Based on Internet of Things

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'19 2019)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 932))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

Environmental noise has a direct influence on human health and also on the quality of life. The environmental noise effects on health are not only related to annoyance, sleep and cognitive performance but can also be linked with raised blood pressure. Therefore, noise pollution must be seen as severe world public health challenge and should be monitored not only inside buildings, as people spend about 90% of our lives indoors, for enhanced occupational health but also in outside for enhanced living environments in smart cities. Noise real-time monitoring allows the detection of unhealthy situations and to notify the building or the city managers to take interventions to decrease the sound levels quickly. Considering the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and technologies, the iSound, a solution for real-time noise monitoring based on IoT has been developed. This solution is composed by a hardware prototype for ambient data collection and web portal for data consulting. The iSound is based on open-source technologies and is a totality Wi-Fi system, with several advantages compared to existing systems, such as its modularity, scalability, low-cost and easy installation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Murphy, E., King, E.A.: Principles of environmental noise. In: Environmental Noise Pollution, Elsevier, pp. 9–49 (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  2. Khan, J., Ketzel, M., Kakosimos, K., Sørensen, M., Jensen, S.S.: Road traffic air and noise pollution exposure assessment–a review of tools and techniques. Sci. Total Environ. 634, 661–676 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Stansfeld, S.A., Matheson, M.P.: Noise pollution: non-auditory effects on health. Br. Med. Bull. 68(1), 243–257 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Auger, N., Duplaix, M., Bilodeau-Bertrand, M., Lo, E., Smargiassi, A.: Environmental noise pollution and risk of preeclampsia. Environ. Pollut. 239, 599–606 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Foraster, M., et al.: Exposure to road, railway, and aircraft noise and arterial stiffness in the SAPALDIA study: annual average noise levels and temporal noise characteristics. Environ. Health Perspect. 125(9), 097004 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Gupta, A., Gupta, A., Jain, K., Gupta, S.: Noise pollution and impact on children health. Indian J. Pediatr. 85(4), 300–306 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Christensen, J.S., Hjortebjerg, D., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Ketzel, M., Sørensen, T.I.A., Sørensen, M.: Pregnancy and childhood exposure to residential traffic noise and overweight at 7 years of age. Environ. Int. 94, 170–176 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Murphy, E., King, E.A.: An assessment of residential exposure to environmental noise at a shipping port. Environ. Int. 63, 207–215 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Zanella, A., Bui, N., Castellani, A., Vangelista, L., Zorzi, M.: Internet of Things for smart cities. IEEE Internet Things J. 1(1), 22–32 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Murphy, E., King, E.A.: Environmental noise and health. In: Environmental Noise Pollution, pp. 51–80. Elsevier (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  11. Stansfeld, S.: Noise effects on health in the context of air pollution exposure. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 12(10), 12735–12760 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Lercher, P.: Noise in cities: urban and transport planning determinants and health in cities. In: Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Khreis, H. (eds.) Integrating Human Health into Urban and Transport Planning, pp. 443–481. Springer, Cham (2019)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  13. Morillas, J.M.B., Gozalo, G.R., González, D.M., Moraga, P.A., Vílchez-Gómez, R.: Noise pollution and urban planning. Curr. Pollut. Rep. 4(3), 208–219 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Saha, A.K., et al.: A raspberry Pi controlled cloud based air and sound pollution monitoring system with temperature and humidity sensing. In: 2018 IEEE 8th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, NV, pp. 607–611 (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  15. Hassanalieragh, M., et al.: Health monitoring and management using Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensing with cloud-based processing: opportunities and challenges. In: 2015 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing, New York City, NY, USA, pp. 285–292 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  16. Akkaya, K., Guvenc, I., Aygun, R., Pala, N., Kadri, A.: IoT-based occupancy monitoring techniques for energy-efficient smart buildings. In: 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW), New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 58–63 (2015)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Murphy, E., King, E.A.: Conclusions and future directions. In: Environmental Noise Pollution, pp. 247–260. Elsevier (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Camporese, R., Borga, G., Iandelli, N., Ragnoli, A.: New technologies and statistics: partners for environmental monitoring and city sensing. In: Crescenzi, F., Mignani, S. (eds.) Statistical Methods and Applications from a Historical Perspective, pp. 347–358. Springer, Cham (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Caragliu, A., Del Bo, C., Nijkamp, P.: Smart cities in Europe. J. Urban Technol. 18(2), 65–82 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Schaffers, H., Komninos, N., Pallot, M., Trousse, B., Nilsson, M., Oliveira, A.: Smart cities and the future internet: towards cooperation frameworks for open innovation. In: Domingue, J., Galis, A., Gavras, A., Zahariadis, T., Lambert, D., Cleary, F., Daras, P., Krco, S., Müller, H., Li, M.-S., Schaffers, H., Lotz, V., Alvarez, F., Stiller, B., Karnouskos, S., Avessta, S., Nilsson, M. (eds.) The Future Internet, vol. 6656, pp. 431–446. Springer, Heidelberg (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  21. Chourabi, H., et al.: Understanding Smart Cities: An Integrative Framework, pp. 2289–2297 (2012)

    Google Scholar 

  22. Talari, S., Shafie-khah, M., Siano, P., Loia, V., Tommasetti, A., Catalão, J.: A review of smart cities based on the Internet of Things concept. Energies 10(4), 421 (2017)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Universal Open Platform and Reference Specification for Ambient Assisted Living. http://www.universaal.org/

  24. Pitarma, R., Marques, G., Ferreira, B.R.: Monitoring indoor air quality for enhanced occupational health. J. Med. Syst. 41(2) (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  25. Marques, G., Pitarma, R.: An indoor monitoring system for ambient assisted living based on Internet of Things architecture. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 13(11), 1152 (2016)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Marques, G., Roque Ferreira, C., Pitarma, R.: A system based on the Internet of Things for real-time particle monitoring in buildings. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 15(4), 821 (2018)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Maisonneuve, N., Stevens, M., Niessen, M.E., Steels, L.: NoiseTube: measuring and mapping noise pollution with mobile phones. In: Athanasiadis, I.N., Rizzoli, A.E., Mitkas, P.A., Gómez, J.M. (eds.) Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, pp. 215–228. Springer, Heidelberg (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  28. Zimmerman, T., Robson, C.: Monitoring residential noise for prospective home owners and renters. In: Lyons, K., Hightower, J., Huang, E.M. (eds.) Pervasive Computing, vol. 6696, pp. 34–49. Springer, Heidelberg (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  29. Zappatore, M., Longo, A., Bochicchio, M.A., Zappatore, D., Morrone, A.A., De Mitri, G.: Improving urban noise monitoring opportunities via mobile crowd-sensing. In: Leon-Garcia, A., Lenort, R., Holman, D., Staš, D., Krutilova, V., Wicher, P., Cagáňová, D., Špirková, D., Golej, J., Nguyen, K. (eds.) Smart City 360°, vol. 166, pp. 885–897. Springer, Cham (2016)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  30. Sellers, D.E., Grams, R.R., Horty, T.: Documentation of hospital communication noise levels. J. Med. Syst. 1(1), 87–97 (1977)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Yarar, O., Temizsoy, E., Günay, O.: Noise pollution level in a pediatric hospital. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2018)

    Google Scholar 

  32. Huh, S.-Y., Shin, S.-Y.: Economic valuation of noise pollution control policy: does the type of noise matter? Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. (2018)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Polytechnic Institute of Guarda – Unit for Inland Development, Av. Dr. Francisco Sá Carneiro, nº 50, 6300–559, Guarda, Portugal

    Gonçalo Marques & Rui Pitarma

Authors
  1. Gonçalo Marques
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Rui Pitarma
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rui Pitarma .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Faculdade de Engenharia/LIACC, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  4. DIMES, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Marques, G., Pitarma, R. (2019). Noise Monitoring for Enhanced Living Environments Based on Internet of Things. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST'19 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 932. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16187-3_5

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation