Earth Day 2022 is here, and what better way to celebrate than discuss five ways that 5G can help the planet stay green! Still today several individuals believe 5G is harmful to humans or somehow has negative impacts. Let’s set the record straight now – That isn’t true – as 5G can be a great help to the environment and assist humans in our efforts to protect the planet we call home.
Remote Work
What does working from home have to do with helping the environment? Well, with 5G offering faster download and upload speeds coupled with ultra-low latency, millions of workers now have the internet connection required to work from home. According to Apollotechnical.com, nearly 4.7 million American workers are now able to work from home at least half of the time. With the average passenger car producing nearly 5 metric tons of carbon dioxide yearly just when used to travel to work, being able to work from home saves upwards of 22 million tons of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere every year.
More Efficient Travel
In a somewhat similar fashion, 5G can also help commuters travel more efficiently. One company in the United Kingdom, WM5G, deployed multiple 5G vehicle counting sensors to some of the busiest roads in the country. Enabled by 5G, these sensors can process data much faster than older models and in turn, allow for engineers to better map out traffic flows which reduce time spent traveling, thus decreasing the amount of C02 expelled into the atmosphere. Another example of sustainable travel is 5G connected drones that can complete last-mile deliveries. Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and other companies all compete to see who has the best delivery service, but what happens when an address is so remote that they can’t reach it? Instead of using large trucks or vans, drones could be the answer. By implementing the next generation of wireless connectivity, drone operators can see in real-time and automate otherwise treacherous deliveries.
Preventative and Predictive Maintenance
With consumers wanting their products faster than ever before, companies are turning to AI, machine learning, and automation to produce large amounts of inventory. What happens when one of those machines breaks? Production stops, delays in shipping are created, customers get angry, and tons of resources are required to bring in a replacement. By using 5G IoT solutions to monitor and track machine lifespans and usage levels, companies can perform necessary maintenance before an issue occurs. This significantly lowers the number of resources needed compared to replacing an entire machine, and while it does increase efficiency, it also produces less product waste that would otherwise end up in a landfill polluting the Earth.
Managing Energy Use
5G has introduced several benefits, with one of those being much higher bandwidth. This allows for the creation of “smart factories,” or manufacturing plants that don’t need much human oversight if any at all. The overall goal of this is to create fully automated factories that can run nonstop and requires zero human interaction. While using robots rather than humans may sound more harmful to the environment, doing this will enable companies to enact energy-saving methods and optimization that wouldn’t be possible if humans were involved. “Dark factories” are one example, which is the idea that a factory consisting of all robots won’t need any lighting or air conditioning, which will cut energy costs and usage down tremendously.
Infusing Technology with the Natural Environment
At the Sherwood Forest in the UK, 5G enabled drones are being used to proactively monitor the health of all life inside the forest. If you were to look up inside the forest you would see drones that have been carefully, non-intrusively placed within the trees there via live-streaming video. This is a perfect example of a data-intensive application that would only be possible with 5G. Another perfect example of technology and the environment working in harmony can be seen at the Eden Project, also located in the UK. The project creates domed biomes and uses 5G technology to monitor, protect, and facilitate the growth of numerous plant and animal species.
How RTech Can Help
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