IOT-Enabled monitoring of historic buildings and surroundings : a conceptual design

Abstract

Historic buildings are considered an important asset for countries and societies as they reflect the cultural past as well as become a source of income for both the country as well as the people living in the area. UNESCO has declared that important historic buildings belong to the entire world irrespective of where they are actually located. Thus, governments and other organizations make special efforts to preserve them. One of the important pre-requisites for effective conservation is the proactive monitoring of them. Effective monitoring schemes need to be vigilant around the clock and alert the responsible parties when attention is required. This paper presents a model for using Internet of Things for effective monitoring of historic buildings. A prototype system was developed to test the proposed model that gives acceptable results.