Environment

This research service outlines future prospects in the water and wastewater treatment (WWWT) market in the Australian resources sector along with its key trends and opportunities. The challenges this market is currently faces are high mining cost, labor shortage, and lack of access to infrastructure in the resources sector. However, the market driv...

Buildings are one of the leading carbon emitters with hotels contributing 15% to 20% of the emissions. In Southeast Asia, green hospitality is often considered only as the compliance of hotels with green building standards. However, it also encompasses other specific operational aspects. Green hospitality is likely to benefit from approximately 15%...

The level of hazardous waste management varies among Asia-Pacific countries. Many countries still face major difficulties in managing locally produced hazardous waste. The private sector is often involved in treating hazardous waste at the national level; this is prevalent to a large extent in countries such as Singapore, Australia, and to a lesser...

The current slowdown in the mining sector and significant reduction in budgets across public sector agencies will have a dampening effect on FM demand. The Australian FM market is driven primarily by construction activity levels, demand for maintenance and refurbishment services, and a strong case for outsourcing. This study uses Frost & Sullivan's...

The produced water (PW) treatment market in Southeast Asia is currently facing challenges such as high cost in intensive technologies, lack of knowledge on produced water management and public acceptance towards treatment technologies. However, increase in oil production, ageing oilfields, stringent effluent discharge regulations and water conserva...

Driven by technological advancements, cost reductions, and stringent EU regulations for improving energy efficiency in buildings, the HEMS and BEMS markets are collectively expected to cross $2 billion in revenue by 2018. Growing demand for an integrated solution for communication between sub systems or machine-to-machine interaction has made the m...

This research service discusses the role of the buildings industry in fighting climate change in Asia-Pacific. Climate change is believed to cause the severe weather occurrences that cause disruptions and losses to socio-economic activities. Affected industries include the buildings industry. Buildings consume a considerable amount of electricity t...

Integrated facility management (IFM) continues to represent the fastest growing segment of the European facility management (FM) industry. Driven by cost savings, single contact solutions, sustainability and energy management, service quality and total building lifecycle costs, this will remain the case for the foreseeable future with significant ...

This document focus on the sustainability issues in the green buildings market in Asia-Pacific. Green buildings must be environmentally sustainable and remain green in their entire lifecycle. The key issue beyond the creation of a green building is the sustainability of the green status and functionality of the green aspects in that building. In or...