abstract
The Internet of Things (IoT) fosters the development of smart city systems for sustainable living and increases comfort for people. One of the current challenges for sustainable buildings is the optimization of energy management. Temperature monitoring in buildings is of prime importance, as heating account for a great part of the total energy consumption. Here, a solar optical temperature sensor is presented with a thermal sensitivity of up to 1.23% degrees C-1 based on sustainable aqueous solutions of enhanced green fluorescent protein and C-phycocyanin from biological feedstocks. These photonic sensors are presented under the configuration of luminescent solar concentrators widely proposed as a solution to integrate energy-generating devices in buildings, as windows or facades. The developed mobile sensor is inserted in IoT context through the development of a self-powered system able to measure, record, and send data to a user-friendly website.
keywords
GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OF-THE-ART; POSTOCCUPANCY EVALUATION; CONCENTRATORS; EXTRACTION; PURIFICATION; PHYCOCYANIN; BRIGHTNESS; STABILITY; CHEMISTRY
subject category
Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Materials Science
authors
Correia, SFH; Bastos, ARN; Martins, M; Macario, IPE; Veloso, T; Pereira, JL; Coutinho, JAP; Ventura, SPM; Andre, PS; Ferreira, RAS
our authors
Ana Rita da Naia Bastos
Researcher
Inês Adriana Patrunilho Efe Macário
PhD Student
Margarida Martins
PhD Student
Maria Rute de Amorim e Sá Ferreira André
Full professor
Sandra Filipa Henriques Correia
Researcher
Sónia Patrícia Marques Ventura
Assistant ProfessorGroups
G1 - Porous Materials and Nanosystems
G2 - Photonic, Electronic and Magnetic Materials
G4 - Renewable Materials and Circular Economy
Projects
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020)
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDP/50011/2020)
Associated Laboratory CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (LA/P/0006/2020)
Solar-Powered Smart Windows for Sustainable Buildings (SOLPOWINS)
acknowledgements
S.F.H.C. and A.R.N.B. contributed equally to this work. This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020, and LA/P/0006/2020), Instituto de Telecomunicacoes (UIDB/50008/2020 and UIDP/50008/2020), CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020, UIDB/50017/2020 and LA/P/0094/2020) and SOLPOWINS -Solar-Powered Smart Windows for Sustainable Buildings (PTDC/CTM-REF/4304/2020) financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC) and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership through European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the frame of Operational Competitiveness and Internationalization Programme (POCI). The authors also thank FCT for PTDC/BTABTA/30914/2017, SFRH/BD/123850/2016, SFRH/BD/147346/2019, and SFRH/BD/122220/2016. S.F.H.C. thanks European Space Agency (ESA STAR AO 2-1790/21/NL/GLC/ov).