IT TOWARDS GREENERY

Team Member: 1. Pratyasha Kaushik

2. Soumya Roy Choudhury
3. Hitesh Goyal
Class-XI/Science
School-Marias Public School, Birkuchi, Narengi, Guwahati, Assam., India.
Contact no: 03612641721
Email address- principal@[Link]
ABSTRACT
The concept of environmental sustainability includes a variety of attempts to combine growing concerns
about a range of environmental issues with socio-economic issues.
The need to approach environmental sustainability has been felt over a long time but neither
conservationists nor scientists have been able to dig what IT has aimed to. Innovations in IT, throughout
the centuries have aimed at modernization and environmental spirituality.
Our main focus is to address various environmental issues so as to make our lifestyles more comfortable.
So here we are using some sensing device to collect data about water Ph, germ build up, in and around our
house, soil Ph, a gas sensor to detect green house gas emissions, garbage sensing portals, and an energy
component circuit. The data then stored in mini thumb drives is to be transferred to a remote computer.
Then a special App designed for analytical study will be there, to which data will be uploaded and then it
would assess it using its detective techniques and prepare graphs based upon it. The App has to be
permanently installed in the computer memory and have to be connected to various electricity circuit and
water tank system via sensory adapters. Moreover the App would be connected online to provide cheap and
effective solutions to the problems.
The aim is to integrate environmental sustainability with modernity.
INTRODUCTION
The environmental issue we have chosen includes water problem,soil pollution, Air pollution , diseases
caused by germs as a whole. We have designed this project for any country or locality that is having this
kind of problem. We have chosen this topic because in coming years pollution will be widespread in all
over the world. So to stop any kind of pollution this idea must be implemented or our coming generations
will be be facing many problems

RESEARCH
As Derrick Jensen said-We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.
Its we who have to take the initiative to clean our environment. In the recent years lots of efforts have been
made, technologies have come up that have been effective in turning the households to green homes.
Carbon monoxide detector: easily available at local hardware shops these detectors could be used to
prevent carbon monoxide poisoning at your home.
Check for radon: Radon is a radioactive gas that can enter your home through cracks in your foundation.
Radon is also the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US. Radon test kits are available at most
hardware stores.
Save baths for special occasions: A shower uses about half as much water as the average bath - as long as
you keep it to less than 5 minutes. An egg timer suction-cupped on the shower wall is a good way of keep
track. When the time is up computer automatically guides the egg timer to break the circuit.
Smart Washing Machine
LG has created with a smart washing machine with Wi-Fi capabilities that saves a ton of energy, but also
allows you to use a Smartphone app to diagnose any problems with your washer.
Home Automation - Remote Controlled Houses
Automation has become a necessity in every aspect of life: from automated warehouses and shipping
systems in the commercial and industrial sector to self-driving cars domestically, it only makes sense that
we would do everything possible to make our homes as smart (and comfortable) as possible.
SOLUTION
The main theme is to build up a sustainable relation between information technology and pressing
environmental issues in and around your locality. The idea is to create a multi tasking mobile App that
would serve the purpose of an integrated home monitoring system. The mobile App will be a part a of an
integrated circuitry that would connect all the parts of the monitoring system. Small thumb drives
containing data about water and soil Ph, germs build in and around the atmosphere, sorting out garbage and
energy usage graphs.
Well, we had wanted to create a monitoring device that could enhance the suburb lifestyles, but when we
were asked to link IT to environmental sustainability we were far and wide inspired to approach our idea in
a sustainable manner. So we thought about integrating the various environmental issues already discussed
that we see in and around our house. We had always seen our parents quarrelling about supply of dirty
water to our homes or the sudden hike in electricity bills the garden going unproductive. Today this is the
problem of every household and urgent need to address this problem is the very inspiration of our idea.
The entire solution would work out in the following manner.
Firstly there will be a data sensor kept in the water tank or wherever water is stored for household chores.
The tank where the water is stored has valves to distribute water to all the parts of our home. The work of
data sensor will be to detect the Ph of the water. The device then finds if the water is acidic or has any
harmful chemicals dissolved in it and consequently store the information in a small thumb drive already
attached to it. The data is then sent to the computer App which will command the valves to be closed so
that the water does not reach the taps until the problem is resolved.
Secondly there would be another component in the App which will monitor the energy usage in the house.
But one has to get an electrician due the wirings to connect it to the remote computer. The system will goal
for a fixed energy usage per day. If the limit is somehow crossed a final warning is given to the user and
finally instructions are passed to shut down the electricity network. It will also detect if there is
overloading, short circuit in any part of the house, thus protecting unnecessary heating. [As electricity is
being dissociated a lot of heating takes place which is a major reason for global warming.
Thirdly there will be an USB germ detector device just like a bomb detector, but it will work using the
same technology used in detecting germs in the teeth. If any harmful bacteria or virus is found, it will
automatically give warning to the interface about environmental contamination and that the residents are in
a serious threat of getting ill.
Fourthly, there will a USB sensor device that will be used to detect the particulate nature of the waste in the
dustbins which could then be separated by various means. It will be of great use as many non-
biodegradable wastes dumped in landfills contain poisonous mercury remains, thus polluting the soil.
There will also be a separate data sensor that will be used to check the soil Ph and find if there is soil
pollution going on or not and consequently find out if it is suitable for Gardening.
There would also be a green house gas detector that would that the intensity of the green house gases
emitted by your refrigerants and where by the App could be approached for online solutions.
The main gate of the locality will have an air monitoring system which will sense the air coming out of the
car. If the car is found to be releasing poisonous fumes the car will be denied to go out the locality for a day
until the problem is fixed, thus protecting the atmosphere.
All the information from these devices would then together combine into the computer App which will
help in proper management of the house. All the information from houses in the locality will together be
send to various monitoring stations about the locality. All the information could be transferred to the
Internet for it to be accessed by the localities through an app which will be supported on every platform,
be it an Windows Phone or Symbian but one has to enter the username and password which will be
provided to the buyer upon purchasing this system.
Through the app the residents on typing the user name and password can access all the information related
to their energy consumption, purity of the municipal water supply, etc. Suppose I click on the energy icon,
it will show all the energy usage per hour. We can also access the history of energy usage of the house. If
we forget to close any appliances we can close it we can close through a sensor switch on the App
connected to all the circuits of the house. If it is about the germs building up in the house it would display
all the information on the virus or bacteria and what chemical or medicine or anti spray can be used to kill
the bacteria.
And then informations from all the monitoring stations of the city will together combine in the Main
monitoring system. Warnings can be given to people having high energy usage or acidic soil in their
homes. Peoples car releasing poisonous fumes will be immediately charged on the case of polluting the
environment. All this will combine to build a green city for when people would be levied upon heavy taxes
for each mistake they will try to maintain their neighboring environment.

Well the initial cost of putting up the technology could be high but once adopted it will not only be viable
but also the running and maintain it would be minimal. The App could be downloaded so there is no need
of spending money to buy it.
Well of course its not completely based on the existing technology but the thumb drives, data detectors do
find their roots to some of the existing technologies. Detection spywares are yet to be developed but in a
time span of 5-10 years the technology is expected to arrive. Setting up of large scale integrated systems
would require high-tech technology systems to assemble and integrate various units.
Conclusion
All the devices used in home management system will together be used to build a green city.
The advantages of the system will be -
Save energy and improve efficiency.
Maximize your home comfort and convenience.
Conserve resources today for a greener tomorrow.
Protect your household from diseases.
Protects the atmosphere from poisonous fumes from cars.
Check whether the soil is suitable for gardening.
Check the quality of water or if there is any harmful components in water which can cause harm to
us.
Harmful components in the garbage are sorted out easily.
See your home energy use at any time, from any place.
See your savings goals and track your progress.
View easy to read reports on real time, daily, monthly and yearly energy use and costs.
It will display all the germs present in your house and give solution to kill them.

But the system would lead to the wastage of resources as raw materials would be needed to produce
memory chips, thumb drives, large scale wire system, and monitoring softwares. Large scale
integrated communication network has to be set up which would require a lot of money. Some
people may hack the monitoring network of a city which may interrupt the day to day activities of
people. The biggest disadvantage of this solution is that one has to be at bay with the existing
technology and be enough educated to deal with any problem that could be faced.

Our case should be a winning entry because will be one of the most innovative project. Main
problems faced in todays life are power crisis, environmental pollution, health deterioration and
growing lust for lavish lifestyles. In coming years matters can become worse. So to build a
sustainable environment our idea is best to be implemented. It will be expensive but will have more
pros then cons.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
The following environmental impacts are to be observed upon the adoption of the solution;
Energy monitoring would allow us to reduce energy usage, unnecessary heating of atmosphere due
to energy dissociation and therefore reduce the impact of global warming.
Improve quality of water and help reduce contamination.
Reduce landfill contamination. Most of the city garbage is dumped into the land. The device by
detecting mercury and tungsten remains help in preventing contamination of soil.
By detecting levels of green house emissions and giving the solutions to reduce it, the system
allows you to reduce the green house gas effect.
We could determine which plant is to be grown in your garden and thus help in establishing
greenery.
By sorting out garbage into bin we are not only improving efficiency of waste management. We not
only ensure proper decomposition of waste but the App would Provide you with ways to use the
garbage.
Contamination of atmosphere by disease causing pathogens would be minimized.
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