With governments and environmental activists pushing for more efficient energy use or a complete shift to renewable energy, innovators have no option but to come up with solutions that will fit into the eco-friendly ideal. This logicsimilarly applies to the ever expanding subject of Internet of Things.
As more and more people embrace theIoT, it is estimated that the number of connected devices will shoot to 50 billion in the next 5 years.
This is a negligible increase on a per homestead or institutional scale. “The bump in energy consumption could be a couple of watt hours a month or a bucketful of AA and AAA batteries a year. Multiply this by millions of connected homes, schools, offices or retail centers and you get a huge figure that will give a significant bump to our carbon footprint,” argues Gayan Gamage, founder and CEO at EKOOR.
EKOOR Green Internet of Things initiative aims at our non-renewable energy dependency for smart things by creating more efficient IoT devices that consume less power and also encouraging the use of alternative power sources to power as many smart devices as possible.
“Green technology doesn’t necessarily mean that all smart things will run on renewable energy. There are times when this is not possible.
But taking a step towards at least looking at the possibility of powering through alternative means as well as reducing power consumption .”should be encouraged in the industry”
Focusing on green technology will make devices of the future more reliable and economical to run. Even though these eco-friendly IoT devices might be a little bit costlier, experts argue that the low maintenance costs will cover for the extra dollars sooner than later.
About EKOOR
Headquartered in Markham, Canada, EKOOR develops proximity beacons that are powered from ambient indoor light. Beacons are both Apple iBeacon™ & Google Eddystone™ compatible and can be used for location based actions/notifications for home automation,retailers, shopping malls, museums, banks etc.
Visit at: www.ekoor.io
