Prospects for creating smart buildings using smart concrete

Abstract

EN: Problem statement. The concept of “Smart Home Technologies” today is associated with a network of various sensors, controllers and devices to automate and optimize functions in buildings, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting, security systems, etc. Along with the undeniable advantages of smart building technologies that improve the quality of life, they may become highly complex resulting in failure. Therefore, along with the development of high technologies, it is advisable to use processes that occur in living nature. We think no one will deny that it is nature that has created the most perfect technologies. One of the elements that supports life on Earth is carbon. Along with oxygen, it is the most common in the human body and biosphere. The life on earth is sustained by the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of sugar. Modern achievements in materials science make it possible to create concrete carbon composites, which are energy-harvesting systems that imitate natural processes.