Prototype System for Monitoring and Computing Greenhouse gases

Global warming is not only the problem of the government or individual organization it is the fundamental problem of every individual. The main cause for global warming is green house gases (GHG). Monitoring and computing the greenhouse gases are a major challenging work. Globally, over the past several decades, human-induced activities like industrial revolution and burning of fossil fuels in power stations, vehicle transport systems and industries contribute significantly to the emission and concentration of GHG in atmosphere. Avoiding their usage may reduce the emission of GHG, but it may not be a practical approach as they are mandatory in modern day-to-day life, alternatively regular monitoring and reporting of GHG parameters may create awareness to individuals and organization for effective and proper use of human induced activities. There are very few works done in developing embedded systems for computing GHG. We have implemented a prototype system for sensing and computing the level of existence of GHG parameters (like CO2, CO, temperature and humidity) in atmosphere using environmental sensors and advanced microcontrollers and energy efficient wireless technologies. The Prototype supports quality in terms of low cost, energy efficiency, flexibility and user friendliness. Data is collected, consistency models are define for analyzing the quality of data and the level of GHG in the deployed environment is computed. The results show that the prototype is capable for monitoring and computation of GHG in the deployed environment and can be applied at all levels of organization for creating awareness, performing scientific studies and to forecast re mediation policies by the authorities to individuals and organization in controlling GHG parameters.