Indoor air quality control for asthma patients using smart home technology

Author

Fong, A.C.M. ; Fong, B.

Author_Institution

Auckland Univ. of Technol., Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2011

fDate

14-17 June 2011

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

19

Abstract

Indoor air pollution is known to be one of the contributing factors that worsen the symptoms of asthma. Asthma patients often react to a range of pollutants in the inhaled air that irritate the airways of the respiratory system. By providing a low-cost solution for home air quality regulation, asthma patients can minimize the health risks linked to poor air quality. This paper introduces the use of smart home technology to regulate indoor air quality through control of air-conditioning and heating system. The proposed smart home management algorithm allows dynamic control of indoor ventilation system.

Keywords

air pollution control; atmospheric composition; health hazards; risk analysis; ventilation; air-conditioning control process; asthma patient; health risk analysis; heating system; home air quality regulation; indoor air pollution; indoor air quality control; indoor ventilation system; respiratory system; smart home management algorithm; smart home technology; Air pollution; Monitoring; Pediatrics; Smart homes; Ventilation; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics (ISCE), 2011 IEEE 15th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Singapore

ISSN

0747-668X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-843-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCE.2011.5973774

Filename

5973774