Smart Grids and Their Role in Transforming Human Activities—A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

In this work, a systematic review of the literature has been carried out to analyse the design of intelligent networks in environments inhabited by people and the applications of sensors to improve quality of life and aid human activities. This study aims to answer three research questions. The first question is whether the design of smart grids is made with people in mind. The second question focuses on whether intelligent networks are being taken account of in the research on human activity recognition, the Internet of Things, and the recognition of activities of daily living. The third question looks at whether there are synergies and multidisciplinary teams studying state-of-the-art technologies applied to environments inhabited by elderly or disabled people. Installations with sensors deployed for the improvement of the quality of human life will also help to improve the quality of the intelligent network, thus integrating the Human–Technology binomial. This study concludes with an analysis of the results of the sources examined, putting forward a protocol of seven proposals to guide future work.

Evaluation of the Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals on an Activity Recognition Platform for Healthcare Systems

“…The selected devices have been proven to be successful in recent activity recognition methodologies [ 4 , 11 , 45 ]. They can be divided into two groups according to their purpose: location or daily activity detection.…”

Application of IoT in Healthcare: Keys to Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

“…The interrelation of IoT systems, health, and energy efficiency has a common nexus that we want to discuss in this paper: the need to design and implement smart technology projects for cities and human environments in which the welfare and quality of life of people coexist in a sustainable and efficient system, which will inevitably lead to substantial benefits for the planet [ 59 ]. This paper has also reviewed research on intelligent system designs in smart cities mainly through governance and in collaboration with technology companies, such as Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon, Facebook, Intel, Google, etc.…”