Smart and Low-Power Sensing Systems for Environmental Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 271
Special Issue Editors
Interests: portable sensors; electronics for sensors; low-power sensors; environmental sensing devices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental monitoring plays a crucial role in addressing global challenges, including climate change, air and water pollution, ecosystem degradation, and sustainable resource management. Recent advances in sensing technologies, microelectronics, wireless communication, and data processing have enabled the development of smart sensing systems capable of continuous, distributed, and real-time observation of environmental parameters. These systems are increasingly deployed in heterogeneous scenarios, ranging from urban environments and industrial sites to remote and resource-constrained locations.
At the same time, the growing demand for large-scale monitoring networks poses significant challenges in terms of power consumption, reliability, scalability, data quality, and long-term autonomy. Emerging solutions leverage low-power electronics, embedded intelligence, edge computing, energy harvesting, and advanced communication protocols to overcome these limitations. The integration of hardware, firmware, and system-level design is therefore a key enabler for next-generation environmental sensing platforms.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate recent advances in smart sensing systems for environmental monitoring, with a particular focus on integrated, low-power, and application-oriented solutions. We invite original research articles and reviews addressing the design, implementation, and deployment of sensing systems that combine sensors, electronics, communication, and data processing for environmental applications.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Smart sensor nodes and embedded sensing platforms for environmental monitoring
- Low-power and ultra-low-power sensor electronics
- Wireless sensor networks and IoT solutions for environmental sensing
- Energy harvesting and autonomous sensing systems
- Signal conditioning, data acquisition, and edge processing for environmental sensors
- Calibration, reliability, and long-term stability of environmental sensing systems
Field deployments and experimental validation of sensing platforms
Dr. Alfiero Leoni
Dr. Davide Colaiuda
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart sensors
- environmental monitoring
- low-power sensing
- wireless sensor networks
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- embedded sensing systems
- energy harvesting
- edge computing
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