Improving Indoor Well-Being Through IoT: A Methodology for User Safety in Confined Spaces

The main objective of the research is to develop an integrated methodology for monitoring the management of worker/user safety in confined spaces, such as on a selection of construction sites. The methodology involves the use of IoT to detect environmental and personal psychophysical parameters, collecting and connecting them in real time so as to distance users from health risks. Furthermore, the intelligence of the monitoring sensors implies the command, when necessary, of the activation of architectural or technological devices in order to compensate for any environmental or health dangers. In fact, the integration of IoT into such construction devices is beneficial in confined spaces for bettering the indoor air, mitigating the impact on people of pollutants, noise and poisons of various natures. Safety devices – both those to be worn by the user and those to be installed in the environment – have to be IoT-equipped with sensors, communicating with each other during the operations onsite thanks to a specific network. The methodology described in this work is fundamental for protecting health under risky environmental conditions and can be extended in any closed space (the home, office or in shops, for example) with the aim of optimising internal comfort and thus improving everyday well-being.