" Sprouts is a modern Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) platform that utilizes unique service-oriented sensors with an energy-aware architecture in a Zigbee-compliant network. Serviceable sensors allow for the rapid conception of a wide spectrum of applications; efficiently shortening the time gap between design and deployment. The Sprouts platform is the result of an industry related research at Queen’s University, and has successfully attracted some of the biggest industrial companies in Canada including Oil & Gas mining, steel production, and Power Grid monitoring "