It’s Earth Day on the 22nd April, which means it’s time to focus on looking after our planet. The Earth Day Network is doing a fantastic job at bringing people together to tackle major environmental challenges by committing to small, individual ‘Acts of Green’. They’re running multiple campaigns, from reforestation and protecting endangered species through to climate change, and one of the major themes this year is reducing pollution through reducing plastics. Sustainability as an imperative is something that’s also close to our hearts at IBM, so we thought we should join in with a few IoT-flavored ‘Acts of Green’ of our own. Read more: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/internet-of-things/tag/environment/

1. 5 Acts of Green
with the Internet of
Things

2. Earth Day 2018: End Plastic Pollution
By 2050, the oceans will contain
more plastic than fish by weight.

3. Researchers at the University of Oldenburg are using IoT solutions to track drift
movements. The ability to predict the movement of pollutants can help clean-up
operations to be more targeted and efficient. It also helps to establish new rules
and regulations to both people and businesses to pollute less.
Join the Earth Day movement

4. IBM Watson IoT is making the world
smarter and greener

5. 1. Smart Buildings Waste Less
According to the U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA), the Building Sector
consumes nearly half (47.6%) of all
energy produced in the United States.

6. How can IoT help?
ISS is transforming facilities management of more than
25,000 buildings worldwide with IBM Watson IoT.

7. The World Health Organization (WHO)
estimates that outdoor air pollution causes
4.3 million premature deaths per year.
2. Reduce Pollution

8. How can IoT help?
An intelligent methane monitoring system can detect pollution in real-
time. In the coming future, continuous sensor data will be combined with artificial
intelligence to provide insights into managing gas production and preventing leaks.

9. 3. Smart Transport for Smart Cities
Road transport is responsible for up to 30%
of particulate emissions (PM) in European
cities and up to 50% of PM emissions in
OECD countries – mostly due to diesel traffic.

10. How can IoT help?
Olli, the self-driving shuttle
bus, help to drive down
reliance on fossil fuels within
the automotive industry.
The #AccessibleOlli
project is making sustainable
cities a reality by helping
people with vision and
hearing loss, mobile
constraints and cognitive
disorders with technology
solutions.

11. 4. Reduce Energy Consumption
According to Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, 61-86% of the
energy that flows through U.S.
economy is ultimately wasted.

12. How can IoT help?
KONE improve efficiency by
connecting and remotely
monitoring over 1.1 million
elevators and
escalators worldwide.

13. 5. Protecting endangered species
According to the Rainforest
Conservation Fund, between 4,000
and 6,000 species go extinct in
the rainforest every year.

14. How can IoT help?
Welgevonden Game Reserve
in South Africa is harnessing IBM
Cloud, IoT and predictive analytics
technologies to protect endangered
rhinos from poachers.
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15. Join us to create a
sustainable planet in
the connected world.
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