TECsPRO: an Integrated Platform Based on the Internet of Things for Sustainable Management of Work Environments and Production Processes

Industry's crucial role in contributing to the Green Deal and sustainability pushes to adopt monitoring systems based on the Internet of Things with the aim to support intelligent management of production processes, reducing environmental burdens and improving workers well-being. In this context, consistent with the Industry 5.0 vision, an open, interoperable and modular platform has been designed by integrating commercial, advanced and innovative low-cost sensors for energy and indoor environment monitoring, using artificial intelligence models and algorithms for data processing. The application to a pilot case of a thermoplastic moulding plant in the industrial district of Melfi, Southern Italy, has allowed to validate the effectiveness of the platform for indoor environmental quality monitoring and predictive maintenance. The platform can be easily adapted to other manufacturing industries, supporting a new concept of organisational innovation which opens the way to new market opportunities.