Leveraging Internet of Things Technologies to Drive Societal-Based Decarbonisation in the Transport Sector: Green Mobile Application

The global challenge of carbon dioxide emissions has been widely recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 21st Conference of the Parties. There is a pressing need for sustainable transport systems, as the type of transportation used contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. This challenge is exacerbated by the lack of integrated heterogeneous human-centred innovations in the transport mode decision-making process. This preliminary work presents a mobile application called ‘Green’ that exploits the current advanced state of Internet of Things technologies to track and monitor the carbon emission footprint of individuals based on their choice of transportation mode in the completion of their daily activities. To alter human behaviour and build loyalty towards a decarbonised society, the paper discusses the integration of Green within a loyalty reward programme that uses CO2 emission reduction as a currency.