Bioscience Research Institute, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest (TUS), Dublin Road, Athlone, Ireland; Empower Eco™ Sustainable Hub, Technological University of the Shannon Midlands Midwest (TUS), Dublin Road, Athlone, Ireland.
Software Research Institute, TUS, Athlone, Ireland.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Sep 10;838(Pt 3):156328. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156328. Epub 2022 May 29.
The world is heading in the wrong direction on carbon emissions where we are not on track to limit global warming to 1.5 °C; Ireland is among the countries where overall emissions have continued to rise. The development of wettable peatland products and services (termed 'Paludiculture') present significant opportunities for enabling a transition away from peat-harvesting (fossil fuels) to developing 'green' eco-innovations. However, this must be balanced with sustainable carbon sequestration and environmental protection. This complex transition from 'brown to green' must be met in real time by enabling digital technologies across the full value chain. This will potentially necessitate creation of new green-business models with the potential to support disruptive innovation. This timely paper describes digital transformation of paludiculture-based eco-innovation that will potentially lead to a paradigm shift towards using smart digital technologies to address efficiency of products and services along with future-proofing for climate change. Digital transform of paludiculture also aligns with the 'Industry 5.0 - a human-centric solution'. However, companies supporting peatland innovation may lack necessary standards, data-sharing or capabilities that can also affect viable business model propositions that can jeopardize economic, political and social sustainability. Digital solutions may reduce costs, increase productivity, improve produce develop, and achieve faster time to market for paludiculture. Digitisation also enables information systems to be open, interoperable, and user-friendly. This constitutes the first study to describe the digital transformation of paludiculture, both vertically and horizontally, in order to inform sustainability that includes process automation via AI, machine learning, IoT-Cloud informed sensors and robotics, virtual and augmented reality, and blockchain for cyber-physical systems. Thus, the aim of this paper is to describe the applicability of digital transformation to actualize the benefits and opportunities of paludiculture activities and enterprises in the Irish midlands with a global orientation.
全球碳排放形势不容乐观，我们尚未走上将全球变暖限制在 1.5°C 以内的轨道；爱尔兰是排放总量持续上升的国家之一。可湿性泥炭地产品和服务（称为“Paludiculture”）的开发为摆脱泥炭开采（化石燃料）、发展“绿色”生态创新提供了重大机遇。然而，这必须与可持续的碳固存和环境保护相平衡。这种从“棕色到绿色”的复杂转型必须通过在整个价值链中启用数字技术实时实现。这可能需要创建新的绿色商业模式，从而有可能支持颠覆性创新。本文及时描述了基于 Paludiculture 的生态创新的数字化转型，这可能会导致向使用智能数字技术来提高产品和服务效率以及为应对气候变化进行未来保护的范式转变。Paludiculture 的数字化转型也符合“工业 5.0-以人为中心的解决方案”。然而，支持泥炭地创新的公司可能缺乏必要的标准、数据共享或能力，这也会影响可行的商业模式提案，从而危及经济、政治和社会的可持续性。数字解决方案可以降低成本、提高生产力、改善产品开发，并为 Paludiculture 更快地推向市场。数字化还使信息系统具有开放性、互操作性和用户友好性。这是首次描述 Paludiculture 的垂直和水平数字化转型，以告知包括通过人工智能、机器学习、物联网-云感知传感器和机器人技术、虚拟现实和增强现实以及用于网络物理系统的区块链实现流程自动化在内的可持续性。因此，本文的目的是描述数字化转型在爱尔兰中部地区实现 Paludiculture 活动和企业的效益和机遇的适用性，同时具有全球定位。
