Using internet of things to improve eco-efficiency in manufacturing: A review on available knowledge and a framework for IoT adoption

Abstract

Green manufacturing and eco-efficiency are among the highest priorities of decision makers in today's manufacturing scenario. Reducing the energy consumption of production processes can significantly improve the environmental performance of the human activity. This paper aims at investigating, according to currently available technologies and to their short-term feasible evolution paths, how the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm could actually be implemented to increase efficiency in energy consumption, and reducing energy consumption cost. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2013.