Internet of Things in Academic Environments. Case of Success at the University of Misiones

Lighting, ventilation, and air conditioning environments at the Universidad Nacional de Misiones are variables manually controlled even today. It is a fact that devices remain connected even in the absence of students/teachers, with no control or capacity of implement some action on temperatures or artificial/natural lighting. It is necessary to start an intelligent automated control of equipment and appliances, to reduce substantially the energy cost and to contribute to cut down the greenhouse effect. The proposed solution is carried out by using non-expensive components and the existing physical infrastructure in the location. The system performs monitoring, control of lighting and air condition equipment, as well as the presence of people in the environments. The control unit allows driving and monitoring the built modules by an application developed for the purpose