As photonics is around us everywhere, it is not surprising that construction industry is benefiting nowadays from it as well. Photonics nowadays provide techniques that allow accurate, fast and automatic leveling and rangefinding as never before. Moreover, various optical and photonic sensing techniques measure all the types of properties that are necessary to be known during the construction phase. Smart (and very eye-catching) lighting is the emerging industry in building construction industry nowadays. Using novel LED and OLED technologies, buildings get completely different look, shape and image making cities more attractive, environmentally-friendly and economic at the same time. Finally, all the modern building installations are vastly equipped by different sensors and optical fibres that make our lives easier and safer.

Research is currently being performed for some more ¨exotic¨ applications in building industry as well, i.e. photonic devices will allow exploring the chemical and physical processes that take place in the different states of concrete, and analyzing with unprecedented accuracy the role of additives in its performance will be very useful in future constructions.

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