Opportunities and challenges for the building monitoring systems in the age-pandemic of COVID-19: Review and prospects

The latest COVID-19 pandemic outbreak posed a significant risk to millions of people worldwide who are safe and well-being. As the environment continues to be open from lockdowns and becomes unprecedentedly tenuous or what many called a “new norm,” it makes sense to focus on what the society has experienced, re-examine our fundamental beliefs, and map the path of designing and creating a sustainable world. This article has summarized the latest technologies that have been recently implemented to control the spreading of COVID-19 through embedded smart monitoring systems and communicate effectively with the building management infrastructure. This article also discussed the statistical research analysis, which motivates the achievement of the targeted sustainable development goals (SDGs). Last but not least, the implemented technologies and their related variables to be controlled, challenges, and new perspectives were also addressed.