Wireless sensor networks (WSN) can monitor indoor air quality for gases, particles, humidity, and temperature. These all can affect tenant comfort and health. Through a simple smartphone app or desktop computer, the WSN nodes can communicate data through Wi-Fi. This is one of the latest Internet of things (IoT) developments.

RAIN RFID is the commercial name for the ultra-high frequency (UHF) technology behind the EPC Global Gen2 V2/ ISO18000-6 standards. It’s a passive wireless technology, meaning it doesn’t need a battery. It can be embedded in rigid tags, paper stickers, and as part of circuit boards. It can then be read very accurately at a distance of several meters, without a line of sight, and in bulk.

Light and the Internet are two great enablers of our times, and they can combine for an emerging technology called light fidelity (Li-Fi), the future of wireless communication. Li-Fi is 100 times faster than Wi-Fi and independent of congested radio frequencies and inferences from electromagnetic waves.

Emerging RFID technology applications effectively combat the endless flow of international product counterfeiting, from foreign-made knockoffs of trusted luxury brand merchandise to the potentially lethal importation of counterfeit prescription drugs.

After years of anticipation and hype, IoT is slowly getting into mainstream business use. The worldwide number of IoT-connected devices is projected to increase to 43B by 2023, and the spending on software and hardware related to IoT is projected to grow rapidly, from $726B in 2019 to $1.1T in 2023. Asia/Pacific accounted for most of the spending on IoT in 2019, with India spending $20.6B.

RFID technology tracks the location of airport employees and enables tags to communicate with readers and computers with locating software installed. 

Electronic noses are instruments that attempt to mimic the human olfactory system with an array of chemical sensors designed to detect gases or vapors.

Telematics, a subset of IoT, utilizes sensors like GPS mounted on vehicles; numerous systems already exist, such as taxis, buses, etc.

By implementing RFID technology, a construction company can overcome many of the issues and frustrations of managing and tracking materials.