How can connected things help create a more sustainable world, and how can we ensure that the digital infrastructure itself remains energy-efficient, resilient, secure and inclusive?

The Internet of Things (IoT) can support sustainable development by helping us monitor environmental conditions, manage energy and water more efficiently, improve transport and agriculture, and build more resilient communities. At the same time, connected technologies have their own environmental and social costs, including energy use, batteries, electronic waste, data processing and unequal access to digital services.

This course follows the complete IoT pathway from physical measurement to real-world action. Participants explore sensors and measurement quality, edge processing, wireless technologies such as BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, LTE-M and 5G, and practical concepts including data volume, link budgets and battery lifetime. The course also examines energy-efficient IoT design, interoperability, data flows, cybersecurity and system resilience.

By the end of the course, learners will be able to select appropriate IoT technologies and evaluate complete IoT solutions in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. They will consider not only technical performance, but also measurable sustainability outcomes, environmental footprint, security, resilience and digital inclusion.