Recent advances in Green Internet of Things

Environmental issues are acquiring more attention as the general public becomes more aware of the consequences that the environment degradation is capable of causing. This has triggered various initiatives, i.e., the IEEE Comsoc approved the technical committee of Green Communications and Computing, which aims at having a special task force focused on environmentally-friendly communication topics. In this work, some of the most recent advances in this field are discussed. The topics include energy efficiency, energy harvesting, and solutions to pollution issues all in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT), which is expected to have a great impact on the green topics.