Smart IoT sensors as part of a holistic solution for improving resilience and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas

Although Climate Change (CC) has already been reported to have a significant impact on historical areas hosting Cultural Heritage (CH) sites, it is still challenging to assess quantitatively and qualitatively the impact of various climatic and other parameters on the CH sites, since the specific climatic conditions at their vicinity, and the emanating effects on their structure, are difficult to grasp due to cost and regulatory barriers. In the framework of the HYPERION EU project, we address this problem by providing a holistic solution for improving resilience and sustainable reconstruction of historic areas, which integrates the use of smart IoT devices, called Smart Tags, designed to provide environmental measurements close to monuments, with a number of state-of-the-art of technologies, services and tools (e.g. advanced ML, IoT, satellite and terrestrial imaging, social networking, event, material decay and business continuity modelling), in order to develop a single decision support system which aspires to become the cornerstone for resilience and reconstruction planning for historic areas in the future.