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Building the internet of the future is on its way with the help of the Internet of Things. In order to benefit from the Internet of Things, first a smart environment has to be created. On the other hand, global trend of thinking is that we are moving towards a green future in which mankind will be more aware of its impact on the environment. This trend has started to significantly affect all of us, as well as companies, IT departments and faculties. This paper is a case study that discusses the energy efficiency of Internet of Things, and suggests introduction of an action plan for achieving sustain-ability objectives in a faculty environment. In the second and third chapter of the paper, the main questions of the case study are answered: Why care about the environment and what the advantages of Internet of Things are? Furthermore, in the fourth chapter, is described the way of connecting these two topics. In the fifth chapter, the plan and the systems that can be developed within the Internet of Things are presented. In the fifth chapter is presented the plan and the systems that can be developed within the Internet of Things. The paper concludes with the research challenges that hinder broader introduction of the concept of greener Internet of Things.
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The author’s gratitude goes to assistant Saša Kuhar for her advice, encouragement and support. This paper was also supported by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Maribor.
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Ivanovski, D. (2015). The “Green” in Internet of Things: Case Study of Faculty Environment. In: Uden, L., Heričko, M., Ting, IH. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organizations. KMO 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 224. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21009-4_42
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